Oklahoma Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training
The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) is a government law enforcement agency of the state of Oklahoma which supports Oklahoma's state, county, and local law enforcement agencies by providing education and training which promotes professionalism and enhances competency within the ranks of Oklahoma law enforcement.
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Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1963 |
Headquarters | 2401 Egypt Road Ada, Oklahoma |
Employees | 41 unclassified |
Annual budget | $7.2 million |
Ministers responsible |
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Agency executives |
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Website | Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training |
The Council is composed of 13 members, each appointed by various methods. The Council elects, from among its own members, a Chair and Vice Chair. All members of the Council serve without additional compensation. The Council appoints an Executive Director and Assistant Director to oversee the work and services of the agency.
The current CLEET Director is Steve Emmons.
Duties
CLEET has the following responsibilities and duties:
- Establish guidelines and conduct basic training for all full-time peace officers in the State
- Provided continuing education programs for all full-time peace officers in the State
- Ensure that all agencies approved to conduct their own internal academies meet minimum standards as required by law
- Establish guidelines and conduct basic training for reserve peace officers
- License and regulate private security industry in the State
Relevant Statutes
Oklahoma statute Title 11: Cities and Towns §11-34-107[1] provides a list of issues they are required to be addressed by department policy. Complaints of non-compliance are handled by CLEET and considers the following issues including but not limited to:
- Search and seizure;
- Arrest and alternatives to arrest
- Strip and body cavity searches
- Evidence and property management
- Inventories and audits
- Use of firearms and use of force
- Pursuit driving
- Impartial policing/racial profiling
- Mental health
- Professional conduct of officers
- Domestic abuse
- Response to missing persons
- Supervision of part-time officers
Council members
Agency | Member | Title | CLEET Position | |
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Oklahoma Department of Public Safety | Todd Blish | Major, Oklahoma Highway Patrol | ||
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control | Darrell Weaver | Director, OBNDDC | ||
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation | Stan Florence | Director, OSBI | ||
Tribal Law Enforcement Agency | Randy Wesley | Chief, Chickasaw Nation Lighthorse Police | ||
Large City Police Department | Bill Citty | Chief, Oklahoma City Police Department | ||
Small City Police Department | Byron Cox | Chief, Weatherford Police Department | ||
Small County Sheriff Office | Ken Grace | Sheriff, Carter County Sheriff's Office | ||
Large County Sheriff Office | Paul D. Taylor | Sheriff, Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office | Chairman | |
Oklahoma Fraternal Order of Police | Jason M. Smith | 1st Vice President Oklahoma State Fraternal Order of Police; Chief of Police, Anadarko Police Department | ||
East Central University | Vacant | |||
Immediate Past Chairman of CLEET | Norman McNickle | Director, City of Stillwater Department of Public Safety | ||
Oklahoma House Speaker appointee | Robert Ricks | Chief, Edmond Police Department | ||
Oklahoma Senate President pro tempore appointee | Michael Robinson | Chief, OSU Department of Public Safety | Vice Chairman |
Organization
- Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training
- Executive Director
- Assistant Director
- Finance Division
- Private Security Services Division
- Chief of Operations
- Administrative Services Division
- Law Enforcement Training Division
- Assistant Director
- Executive Director
Staffing
The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training employs 47 employees as follows:
- 22 in the Administrative Services Division
- 19 in the Training Services Division
- 6 in the Private Security Services Division.
Budget
For Fiscal Year 2013 CLEET's operating budget is $6.7 million. Down from 2012 which was $6.8 million. CLEET's 2011 budget was $7.2 million. 2014 budget has not been approved by the Oklahoma Legislature at this time.
See also
- Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
References
- "2014 Oklahoma Statutes. Title 11. Cities and Towns §11-34-107. Safety and liability policies". Retrieved September 6, 2019.