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Texas Training
Authority Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (TCLEOSE) www.tcleose.state.tx.us
Timothy A. Braaten, Executive
Director 6330 US Hwy 290E, Suite 200 Austin, Texas
78723 (512) 936-7700 FAX (512) 936-7714
About Executive Director Braaten:
Taking office in TCLEOSE on January 1, 2006, he has served in Law
Enforcement since 1968. Most recently, he has served as
Chief of Police in Victoria, Texas, for the past ten years.
Prior to this, he served as Chief of Police in Oakridge, Tennessee,
and Mequon, Wisconsin. A graduate of the FBI National Academy,
he has a master's degree in public administration from Wayne State
University in Detroit, Michigan, and a Bachelor's Degree in
psychology and sociology from Concordia College in Moorhead,
Minnesota. Braaten and his wife Linda have three grown
children.
On-line Training. Check
this out! TCLEOSE portal to "On-line" Training and
Information TCLEOSE would like you to know
that unlike previous TCLEOSE on-line courses, the courses on this
new site include streaming video. This may place considerable
demands upon your internet connection. Please be
patient. Additionally, several plug-ins will need to be
present on your machine to facilitate these courses. These
plug-ins are Authorware and Real Media. The first time you
attempt to take a course, there will be some downtime as these
plug-ins are installed on your computer. All courses presented
on this site are FREE of charge.
www.texas-poseit.org
"While
primarily designed to support Internet-based certification training
for Texas law enforcement officers and TCLEOSE certified
individuals, all are welcome to use the resources provided
here."
Definition of a
Reserve from Local Government Code 85.004, 86.012 or
341.012 Municipal / Sheriff - www.capitol.state.tx.us
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www.oag.state.tx.us
Attorney
General of Texas Opinion Number GA-0435 Summary dated June 8,
2006
In response to Letter from Honorable Charles A.
Rosenthal, Jr., Harris County District Attorney, Houston,
Texas
For Letter of Nov. 8,
2005, and for the complete AG's Opinion GA-0435, please go to
www.oag.state.tx.us
This opinion relates solely to reserve peace
officers, and in no way implicates non-reserve peace
officers.
RE: Whether a
Reserve Peace Officer may wear his/her official uniform and display
the insignia of an official law enforcement agency while working as
a private security officer licensed by the Texas Private
Security Board (RQ-0421-GA).
Dear Mr.
Rosenthal:
You ask whether a reserve
peace officer may wear his official uniform and display the insignia
of an official law enforcement agency while working as a private
security officer licensed by the Texas Private Security Board (the
"Board")......................
SUMMARY OF OPINION
NUMBER GA-0435:
"A Reserve Peace
Officer who is employed by a Sheriff, Constable, a Navigation
District, or a Municipal Police Department may not wear his official
uniform and display the insignia of an official Law Enforcement
agency while working as a Private Security Officer licensed by the
Texas Private Security Board."
FROM: Attorney
General of Texas GREG ABBOTT First Assistant Attorney General
BARRY R. MCBEE Deputy Attorney General ofr Legal Counsel ELLEN
L. WITT Chair, Opinion Committee NANCY S. FULLER Assistant
Attorney General, Opinion Committee RICK
GILPIN
See
complete AG Opinion GA-0435 and Letter from
Honorable Charles A. Rosenthal, Jr., Harris County District
Attorney, to Honorable Greg Abbot, Attorney General of Texas (Nov.
28, 2005) on file with the Opinion Committee available
at www.oag.state.tx.us.
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