Los Angeles County Law Enforcement Trust

What Los Angeles County Law Enforcement Trust does

Los Angeles County Law Enforcement Trust (LACLET) is an IRS-certified 501(c)(3) public benefit charity founded in September 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Its stated mission is to provide and coordinate support services for families of L.A. County peace officers who have been killed or gravely injured in the line of duty. The organization delivers a coordinated package of services including grief counseling referrals, financial and legal support, accounting and financial management assistance, and coordination of federal, state, and union benefits for surviving families.

The organization is staffed entirely by volunteers, with no paid employees, and operates independently of any law enforcement organization. Its leadership team is anchored by founder and CEO David Ilan Weis, supported by an advisory board that includes former senior law enforcement figures (e.g., retired LASD Lt. John Stanley, retired FBI Special Agent Jonathan Weis) and experienced corporate directors (e.g., former PwC partner Brian Cullinan). In 2021, LACLET obtained GuideStar Silver certification as a marker of financial transparency.

LACLET's commercial activity is limited to charitable fundraising. It accepts tax-deductible donations through an iatsPayments.com online portal and offers merchandise-based donor tiers ($25 decal, $50 decal and pin, $100 adding a cap, $250 adding a license plate frame). It maintains working relationships with grief support providers (Our House Grief Support Centers), survivor advocacy groups (Concerns of Police Survivors SoCal Chapter), and national memorial organizations (National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Officer Down Memorial Page). Marketing is grassroots-driven via Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and the laclet.org website, with no paid acquisition channels or technology product offering.

Name

Los Angeles County Law Enforcement Trust

Legal name

Los Angeles County Law Enforcement Trust

Website

https://laclet.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Volunteer-run 501(c)(3) charity founded in 2016 in Los Angeles, providing grief counseling, financial and legal assistance, and benefits coordination to families of L.A. County peace officers killed or gravely injured in the line of duty.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Law Enforcement Survivor Support Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Victim Services & Witness Assistance (Justice System) (BPAIAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Legal Aid & Client Advocacy Services (BPAGAEAM)

Keywords

• Charitable support services
• Law enforcement survivor assistance
• Grief counseling coordination
• Benefits coordination nonprofit
• Volunteer charity organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Contributions: Tax-deductible charitable donations from individuals and organizations supporting the families of fallen peace officers. The organization is an IRS-certified 501(c)(3) public benefit charity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Los Angeles County Law Enforcement Trust (LACLET) is an IRS-certified 501(c)(3) public benefit charity that provides and coordinates support services for families of L.A. County peace officers killed or gravely injured in the line of duty. Services include grief counseling, financial and legal assistance, accounting/financial management help, and coordination of federal, state, and union benefits. The organization also accepts tax-deductible donations, with merchandise-based appreciation items (decals, lapel pins, caps, license plate frames) offered at various contribution tiers.

Product overview

Los Angeles County Law Enforcement Trust is a grass-roots 501(c)(3) non-profit organization staffed entirely by volunteers. The organization operates two core offerings: (1) Support Services providing grief counseling, financial and legal assistance, and benefits coordination for families of fallen L.A. County peace officers, and (2) Donation Tiers with Merchandise that offer branded items at various donation levels. This is a charitable organization rather than a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Support Services for Peace Officer Families Coordinated support services including grief counseling, financial and legal support, accounting and financial management assistance, and coordination of federal, state, and union benefits for families of L.A. County peace officers killed or gravely injured in the line of duty.
• Donation Tiers with Branded Merchandise Appreciation Items Tax-deductible donation levels ($25, $50, $100, $250) that provide donors with branded appreciation items — full-color decals, lapel pins, baseball caps, and license plate frames — alongside their charitable contribution.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Our House Grief Support CenterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrief support services organization that has helped thousands of grieving children, teens, and adults since 1993. LACLET maintains working relationships with grief counselors who provide comprehensive support systems for survivor families.
• Law Enforcement UnitedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization of Law Enforcement, Survivors, and Civilian supporters dedicated to honoring the fallen and remembering the survivors.
• Concerns of Police Survivors: Southern California ChaptercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRebuilding shattered lives of survivors and co-workers affected by line-of-duty deaths through partnerships with law enforcement and the community.
• Los Angeles County Peace Officers' MemorialcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHonors brave officers who sacrificed their lives serving the citizens of Los Angeles County.
• Crime Survivors, Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdvocacy and resource organization for crime victims and their families.
• Officer Down Memorial PagecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational memorial organization honoring fallen officers; LACLET links to officer profiles from this database on their In Memoriam page.
• California Peace Officers' Memorial FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit foundation honoring California peace officers who gave their lives in the line of duty and providing support to family members.
• National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial FundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization dedicated to telling the story of American law enforcement and making it safer for those who serve.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund: National organization that honors fallen law enforcement officers and tells the story of American law enforcement; LACLET links to it as a core partner and shares the same memorial/survivor-support orientation.
• California Peace Officers' Memorial Foundation: Statewide California nonprofit honoring officers killed in the line of duty and supporting surviving family members; directly comparable mission with a larger geographic footprint than LACLET. LACLET lists it as a core partner.
• Los Angeles County Peace Officers' Memorial: County-level memorial honoring L.A. County peace officers killed in the line of duty; the closest geographic peer to LACLET, sharing the same service territory and survivor family population.
• Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.): National nonprofit that rebuilds the lives of survivors and co-workers affected by line-of-duty deaths through peer support, youth programs, and benefits assistance — directly comparable to LACLET's mission at the federal/state level. LACLET already partners with its Southern California Chapter.
• Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP): National database honoring fallen U.S. law enforcement officers; LACLET draws its In Memoriam content from ODMP, making it a tightly linked peer in memorialization and survivor awareness.
• Law Enforcement United: Organization of law enforcement, survivors, and civilian supporters that honors the fallen and remembers survivors; LACLET counts it as a core strategic partner, sharing the survivor-support mission.
• Our House Grief Support Centers: Los Angeles-area grief support organization that has served grieving children, teens, and adults since 1993; LACLET lists it as a core partner that provides grief counseling capacity, and the mission overlaps heavily with LACLET's survivor-services work.

Broad incumbents

• Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: Large national nonprofit honoring first responders (including fallen law enforcement) and supporting families with mortgage payoffs and other benefits; comparable donor-supported model at much larger scale.

Regional players

• Tunnel to Towers Foundation / Police Benevolent-type state associations: State-level peace officer associations (e.g., California Peace Officers Association) that provide survivor benefits and member support; an adjacent regional peer that overlaps with LACLET's benefit-coordination function for survivor families in California.

Emerging players

• Crime Survivors, Inc. Advocacy and resource organization for crime victims and their families; comparable in adjacent victim-services scope but focuses more on violent-crime victims generally rather than the law enforcement officer subset LACLET serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/_laclet
• Facebookfacebook.com/laclet2016
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/los-angeles-county-law-enforcement-trust

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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M&A

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