About Us

Incorporated as a South Dakota non-profit organization on February 24, 2021.
CLEAR Partners is a Brookings SD community based citizens organization.

Mission statement: Support community-focused policing through increasing communication between civilians and law enforcement.

Governed by a board of directors:

President: Fedora Sutton
Secretary-treasurer: Lawrence Novotny
Board members at large: Mary Perpich, Sue Assmus, Betty Beer Franklin, Wenfeng An, Xiangming Guan, Bonny Specker, Goeff Grant, Patty Bacon
Ex-officio liaisons: Brookings Police Chief Michael Drake, Brookings County Sheriff Marty Stanwick