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<br />Orozco, Norma <br />From:Greg Camphire <gcamphire@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Thursday, June 18, 2020 2:13 PM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:Public Comment for Item 85A <br />Hello City Council Members, <br /> <br />As you continue your budget discussions related to Item 85A this evening, please know that the citizens who <br />elected you are demanding the creation and implementation of a police oversight commission. This commission <br />must specifically have the power to subpoena, investigate, and discipline police officers when they break the <br />law, use unnecessary force, or as in the case of George Floyd and so many others, actually murder citizens. <br /> <br />This much needed police oversight commission is just one of the demands for justice and accountability in the <br />context of our under-trained, over-militarized Santa Ana Police Department. Other initiatives include diverting <br />funds from a bloated and uneconomical police force budget, in order to redirect those funds towards crime <br />prevention and public health initiatives including parks, libraries, and youth community programs. <br /> <br />These and other initiatives will help break the stranglehold that the police union has held over this city, its <br />politicians, and citizens for far too long. <br /> <br />Do the bare minimum to protect Santa Ana by establishing a police oversight commission that has real power to <br />affect change. <br /> <br />Thank you, <br />Greg C. <br />Santa Ana <br />1 <br />