Los Angeles Regional Criminal Information Clearinghouse

The Los Angeles Regional Criminal Information Clearinghouse (LA CLEAR) is a joint-agency, investigative intelligence, support initiative task force formed in partnership between the Los Angeles County Chief’s Association, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the California Department of Justice, Division of Law Enforcement. Since its inception in 1994, LA CLEAR has grown to become a nationally recognized premier Intelligence Support Center (ISC). LA CLEAR’s mission is to produce and provide intelligence products, enhanced information sharing and advanced systems technology to Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies. LA CLEAR represents a unified effort to develop an innovative and progressive information management system in support of law enforcement operations in not only Los Angeles County, but the entire Los Angeles High Intensity Drug Trafficking (LA-HIDTA) region, a region that encompasses Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. LA CLEAR uses advanced technologies coupled with skilled professionals to maximize the ability of law enforcement’s counter-drug, gang, terrorism and Part I Felony Crime enforcement efforts to manage and share critical information.