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<br />Orozco, Norma <br />From:Azalea Rendon <rendon.azalea@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Monday, June 14, 2021 11:31 PM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:Santa Ana budget <br />Hello, <br /> <br /> <br />The Santa Ana Police Department budget has consistently increased in the last 6 years. This increase to their budget is <br />not reflected in our community, in the last 10 years over 24 million tax dollars has gone to settlements relating to police <br />misconduct. This money should be reallocated to invest in housing, youth programs or education.Increasing the police <br />budget does not hold Santa Ana PD responsible for their actions, they should not be rewarded for their misconduct in <br />our communities. Less than 10% of complaints against police officers have ruled in favor of the civilians, the police <br />officers of Santa Ana have proven that an increase in budget is not positively reflected in our community. Money is <br />power and Santa Ana PD is taking this power away from other resources and doubling down and abusing our tax <br />dollars,they are not held accountable for their actions. I ask that our tax dollars are used to positively impact our <br />community and improve programs for housing, youth and education. Santa Ana PD does not deserve an increase in <br />Budget, the number of police misconduct cases filed against them is embarrassing, this is reflected in our community by <br />creating fear and insecurity with our police department. The Santa Ana police department officers took an oath to <br />protect our community and put its citizens first, but taking the largest portion of Santa Ana revenue and then additional <br />money to settle police misconduct lawsuits puts them before our citizens.Reallocate the funds for Santa Ana PD and put <br />our residents first because our residents deserve it. <br /> <br /> <br />Thank you, <br /> <br /> <br />Azalea <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br />