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Orozco, Norma From: Dave and Darren < Sent: Monday, May 06, 2019 7:45 PM To: eComment Subject: 5/7/2019 Public Comments - Agenda Item 50A - ORDINANCE FIRST READING: AMENDING SECTIONS 10-196 TO 10-199 TO CHAPTER 10, ARTICLE III OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO RECOVER DUI EMERGENCY RESPONSE COSTS Public Comments Santa Ana City Council Meeting May 7, 2019 RE: Agenda Item 50A — ORDINANCE FIRST READING: AMENDING SECTIONS 10-196 TO 10-199 TO CHAPTER 10, ARTICLE III OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO RECOVER DUI EMERGENCY RESPONSE COSTS {STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL 1, 51 — Police Department Dear Mayor and Councilmembers, While we fully support the concept that the City should be able to recoup the costs of emergency services provided when a resident behaves badly, such as a DUI, we find this particular ordinance at this time, hypocritical. Perhaps the Police Department should instead offer a course entitled, "How to get arrested for DUI, refuse the mandatory test, be an asshole to the arresting officers, have the case dismissed by the DA's Office, rise to one of the highest paid positions in the City and wrest control of the City from the residents and their duly elected representatives." It's very simple. Either Westminster Police committed perjury by filing a false police report or the Orange County DA's office is complicit in enabling a Santa Ana Police Officer to become the de facto Mayor of Santa Ana in an egregious scheme of pay to play. Regardless of whether the DA has been criminally culpable or whether you want to pass this off as "Politics as Usual" each of you recognize that this pay to play scheme is wrong, corrupt, unethical and will eventually catch up with you. Are you going to clean it up or are you going to stick your head in the sand and hope the FBI doesn't come knocking on your door? Sincerely, Dave Hoen Darren Shippen 35 year residents 1