Officer Brent William Clearman
California Highway Patrol
California
End of Watch: Sunday, August 6, 2006

Biographical Info
Age: 33
Tour of Duty: 1 year, 4 months
Badge Number: 17843

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Date of Incident: Saturday, August 5, 2006
Weapon Used: Automobile
Suspect Info: Plead guilty to felony hit-and-run

Officer Brent Clearman was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while investigating and accident on I-880, near the 66th Avenue on-ramp, in Oakland.

Officer Clearman suffered severe injuries when he was struck by the vehicle. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries the following day.

The driver of the vehicle who struck him fled the scene. The man turned himself in on August 7th, 2006. He plead guilty to a felony hit-and-run charge on September 26th, 2006, and faces up to four years in prison.

A former member of the US Marine Corps, he was a veteran of the War on Terrorism, where he served as a sniper. He had served with the California Highway Patrol for 16 months.

The officer is survived by his wife, parents, and four sisters.