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Advancing social justice and building power with working-class Vietnamese and <br /> �ffimmigrant communities in Orange County. <br /> V ® <br /> Garden Grove,CA 92843 I www.vietrise.org I generalc&vietrise.org @vietriseoc <br /> April 5, 2022 <br /> Santa Ana Mayor and City Council <br /> 20 Civic Center Plaza <br /> Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> ecomment&santa-ana.org <br /> Via Email <br /> RE: Agenda Item 38 "Police Oversight Ad Hoc Committee Informational Report" <br /> Dear Mayor and City Council, <br /> I write on behalf of VietRISE to express our strong support for a robust Police Oversight model <br /> in the City of Santa Ana. <br /> VietRISE is a non-profit organization based in Garden Grove, California. Our mission is to <br /> advance social justice and build power with working-class Vietnamese and immigrant <br /> communities in Orange County. We build leadership and create systemic change through <br /> organizing, narrative change, cultural empowerment, and civic engagement. In Santa Ana, <br /> VietRISE has worked with many residents in Ward 1 and throughout the city who have expressed <br /> strong support for civilian-led oversight of law enforcement in the city. <br /> The core purposes of civilian-led oversight of law enforcement are to increase transparency, <br /> ensure accountability for misconduct, and expand public safety. Given the nationwide and local <br /> civic engagement for racial justice and the reimagining of the role of police, the City of Santa <br /> Ana's effort to examine police oversight models is an important step forward. Since 2017, Santa <br /> Ana community-based organizations have advocated for a police oversight model that is <br /> independent of law enforcement, community-led, transparent, fully funded, and empowered with <br /> auditing, investigative, and disciplinary authority. We believe the City Council Ad Hoc <br /> Committee's majority recommendation for a hybrid investigation-focused and <br /> auditor/monitor-focused model and the outlined oversight functions' provide the infrastructure <br /> for a meaningful and effective police oversight model. To ensure the full and prompt <br /> implementation of such a model, we urge the Mayor and City Council to direct staff to (1) <br /> Ridge,K. (2022).Police Oversight Ad Hoc Committee Informational Report. Santa.Ana City Manager's Office. <br /> IlUs aHsanta-ana.12rime goy.com/Vortal/viewer?id=2579&tvne=0 <br /> Page 1 <br />