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) 486-5392 or Assistant City Attorney Anne Tremblay, CLEAR Executive Board Member at (213) 978-4090.

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