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Salas, Diana <br />From: <br />Susana Llamas <susanallamas17@gmail.com> <br />Sent: <br />Tuesday, June 09, 2020 11:1 S AM <br />To: <br />eComment <br />Subject: <br />POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE <br />My name is Susana and I was born and raised in Santa Ana. As a resident <br />of Santa Ana I am DEEPLY concerned about the ongoing abuse of power <br />by the Santa Ana Police department. The standard Santa Ana police <br />training is only 976 hours, while a cosmetologist is required to complete <br />1600 hours, and when you graduate cosmetology school, you still have <br />MUCH to learn before you are doing hair on your own. Yet when Santa <br />Ana police graduate they are essentially given the task of handling life and <br />death situations after ONLY 976 hours of LAUGHABLE training. Santa <br />Ana police chief David Valentin is the head of this corrupt department. In <br />2019 the state of California passed law SB 1421, which gives the public <br />access to exclusive police records of misconduct and internal <br />investigations. In a DESPERATE attempt to cover up the loads of <br />corruption with his department, Chief Valentin submitted a request to the <br />city council to destroy these records. Which SCREAMS how guilty he and <br />his department are. Thankfully for the community the departments <br />untrustworthy and despicable behavior is being brought to light, thanks to <br />video recording. Chief Valentin cannot be trusted to ensure that the police <br />are "protecting and serving" Santa Ana residents. During the BLACK <br />LIVES MATTER protests the Santa Ana police shot a photographer <br />directly in the head with a rubber bullet, which could have ended up being <br />another fatality! ! ! Rubber bullets are not meant to be used in close range <br />and CAN be deadly when shot directly at people! But we cannot expect the <br />Santa Ana Police department to follow rules OR guidelines even when the whole city is <br />watching. From having the highest number of fatal shootings in Orange <br />County to the transparent disregard for people's lives, the Santa Police <br />department has proven to be in DIRE need of reform, and that starts with a <br />POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE!!! <br />I <br />