Community Law Enforcement Accountability Network
Sharing police data for impact
The Community Law Enforcement Accountability Network, also known as CLEAN, is a first-of-its-kind partnership of journalists, lawyers, computer engineers and academic institutions.
They are united by a shared goal: Opening up vital public records and holding law-enforcement agencies accountable.
Big Local News partners

American Civil Liberties Union

California Reporting Project

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

The Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism

UC Berkeley’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department
Big Local News contributors
Publications
Date | Publisher | Headline |
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2022-04-13 | KVPR | Bakersfield Police Department fails to identify people in crisis, thwarting reform |
2021-12-20 | Berkeley | Berkeley Data Science Students, Journalism Faculty Building Public Database of Police Misconduct |
2021-11-29 | KPBS | San Diego Police use force most often in neighborhoods south of Interstate 8 |
2021-10-19 | San Jose Mercury News | One Bay Area city, 73 police dog bites, and the law that made them public |
2021-06-16 | KQED | Bakersfield Police Broke 31 People’s Bones in Four Years. No Officer Has Been Disciplined for It |
2021-03-09 | Los Angeles Times | What secret files on police officers tell us about law enforcement misconduct |