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The Community Law Enforcement and Recovery (CLEAR) Program
The CLEAR Mission
The mission of Los Angeles City/County Community Law Enforcement
and Recovery (CLEAR) program is to facilitate the recovery
of gang-infested communities. This is accomplished by an
infusion of coordinated resources into targeted areas of
high gang crime in order to decrease gang violence and
promote community recovery. This mission is accomplished
through an effective collaboration among several city,
county and state criminal justice agencies, and through
partnerships between CLEAR’s core collaborative and
agencies, programs and individuals in the targeted communities.
CLEAR’s Core Team Members
Los Angeles Mayor's Office
Los Angeles County District Attorney
Los Angeles Police Department
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Los Angeles County Probation Department
Los Angeles City Attorney
California Department of Corrections Parole
CLEAR Program Organization
CLEAR’s policy, management, operations and community
engagement functions are distributed among several organizational
components.
- CLEAR was founded at the highest levels of local government
and, on occasion, convenes a summit of the leaders of
its constituent agencies: the Mayor of Los Angeles, LAPD
Chief of Police, LA County Sheriff, LA City Attorney,
and heads of the County District Attorney and County
Probation offices, who work together on strategies against
gang violence.
- Program-level policy, management and oversight are
provided by the CLEAR Executive Committee, which represents
each core agency. The Executive Committee meets monthly
and has an administrative staff. The District Attorney
member of the Committee serves as CLEAR program Coordinator.
- At each CLEAR site, local management, operations and
community engagement are handled by an Operations Team,
which also works closely with a Community Impact Team
(CIT) composed of CLEAR personnel and community stakeholders.
Each Operations Team also engages other law enforcement
agencies and community programs to make CLEAR a truly
comprehensive anti-gang initiative.
CLEAR Target Areas
CLEAR Results
Compared with similar high gang crime areas where CLEAR
has not been operating, CLEAR's primary target areas
have experienced 22% less gang crime during the last
3 years than occurred before the CLEAR program was there.
Questions Regarding CLEAR
Please address any questions to Detective Jorge L. Martinez,
CLEAR Administrative Director at (213) 847-1698 or Deputy
City Attorney Peter Shutan, CLEAR Executive Board Member
at (213) 978-4090.
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