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<br />Orozco, Norma <br />From:Sandra Esmeralda De Anda <andasandes@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 3:25 PM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:85A <br />Categories:Correspondence <br />Hello, My name is Sandra De Anda. I have been a long time resident of Santa Ana. It is my hometown and it is <br />the hometown of my brother who recently started experiencing schizophrenic episodes. I do not have <br />confidence in the current SAPD department to de-escalate mental health crisis issues. I live with fear everyday <br />that your police department department will be the reason why my brother loses his life. I have seen SAPD <br />police department try to deescalate mental health crisis on Minnie St. where I grew up for many years and it <br />usually ended up with police using excessive force on our immigrant and refugee communities! Another issue I <br />want to touch upon, is that though Santa Ana is a sanctuary city, I am for certain that your police department is <br />still data sharing with ICE to detain our community members. I am a first responder for the OC Rapid Response <br />Network and for some reason SAPD is always on the scene when ICE shows up. Also when someone is arrested <br />for a crime by the police, inevitably the next week ICE shows up at their doorstep. They are doing this during <br />this pandemic. There needs to be a police oversight board to hold the SAPD department accountable now! This <br />is how we protect our communities. We got us! <br />1 <br />