Agencies, Boards and Commissions

Law Enforcement Officer Standards-Education, Texas Commission on*

9 Members - 6 Years

General Information Agency #: 407 6330 U.S. Highway 290 East Suite 200 Austin, TX 78723 (512) 936-7700 Fax: (512) 936-7714 Staff Listing Sunset Commission Report (PDF) Website

Members

Office	Office Holder	Hometown / Term Ends
Presiding Officer	Charles Hall	Midland, 08-30-2011
Secretary	James Oakley	Spicewood, 08-30-2011
Board Member(s)	Melissa Goodwin	Austin, 08-30-2015
	Stephen M. Griffith	Sugar Land, 08-30-2013
	Dr. Johnny E. Lovejoy II	San Antonio, 08-30-2013
	Joseph Pennington	Jersey Village, 08-30-2015
	Joel W. Richardson	Canyon, 08-30-2013
	Patt Scheckel-Hollingsworth	Arlington, 08-30-2011
	Ruben Villescas	Pharr, 08-30-2015

Staff

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Executive Director	Timothy Braaten	936-7711 / 936-7714
Legal and Enforcement Services	Christopher Davis	936-7746
Credentialing, Education and Training Programs	Kim Vickers	936-7712
Public Information	Laura Le Blanc	936-7763
Fiscal and Staff Services	Brian Roth	936-7725

Notes

The Legislature established the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
Officer Standards and Education (TCLEOSE) in 1965 to set voluntary training and education standards for law enforcement. Standards for peace officers became mandatory in 1969, followed by regulation of county jailers and telecommunicators. The Commission also licenses and approves training providers for both basic training and continuing education. The Commission
does not investigate complaints against, or alleged crimes by, individual law enforcement or county corrections officers. The mission of the Commission
is to ensure highly trained and ethical law enforcement and county corrections personnel. The agency accomplishes its mission by performing the following main functions:

• licensing and certifying qualified individuals as peace officers, county jailers, and telecommunicators;

• approving and evaluating training providers;

• developing and maintaining basic training and continuing education courses;

• taking disciplinary actions against licensees to enforce statute and rules; and

• maintaining and adding names to the Texas Peace Officers’ Memorial.

* Subject to the Texas Sunset Act; will be reviewed in 2021.