CLEAR Commission Holds First Meeting, Establishes Review Committees

The Pennsylvania Citizen Law Enforcement Advisory and Review (CLEAR) Commission announced its first meeting was held yesterday to assist law enforcement agencies under the Governor’s jurisdiction with improving their policing practices. The meeting was an organizational meeting, with the Commission establishing bylaws and creating committees to review internal investigations.

CLEAR Commissioners received extensive training prior to their first meeting. PSP, in coordination with the Office of State Inspector General (OSIG), the Governor’s Office of General Counsel (OGC), and the Office of Administration (OA), developed a comprehensive training that included modules on use of force, stop, search and arrest; traffic enforcement; bias-based policing; internal affairs processes; discipline procedures; rules and regulations for law enforcement officers; the Governor’s Code of Conduct; and constitutional law.