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Middleton, Samuel <br /> From: Chelsea Boyle <cdrake1221 @yahoo.com> <br /> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2022 6:42 PM <br /> To: eComment <br /> Subject: Public Comment meeting 10/18 item 22 <br /> Hello, <br /> My name is Chelsea and I am a concerned community member commenting on agenda item 22 regarding police <br /> oversight. Effective police oversight is long overdue. Santa Ana residents have been calling on the city to create <br /> a Police Oversight Commission since the 1960s. It's time to deliver on this campaign of 60 years and listen to <br /> residents' demands for accountability and transparency of the Police Department, and I urge to adopt the <br /> ACLU and Chispa's amendments to the draft Police Oversight Ordinance. Police violence and misconduct <br /> have cost Santa Ana residents over $20 million in lawsuits settlements over the last decade. I'm in full support <br /> of a strong and robust Police Oversight Commission to rein in abuses by Santa Ana police officers, and ensure <br /> accountability and transparency to residents. Bad oversight is worse than no oversight so Santa Ana must get it <br /> right. As currently written, the draft ordinance put together by City Staff would create a Review Model similar <br /> to Anaheim's, which is completely inadequate and insufficient. I urge you to adopt the ACLU and Chispa's <br /> amendments to the draft Police Oversight Ordinance. It must be meaningful independent! <br /> Thank you, <br /> Chelsea Boyle <br /> i <br />