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Sec. 2-668 — Access to Police Department records, data and reports
<br />To effectuate meaningful oversight and accountability, the Commission and the
<br />Independent Oversight Director shall have complete and prompt access to all police
<br />department records, information, and data, including, but not limited to, audio and video
<br />recordings, photographs, police reports, dispatch logs, and other records related to the
<br />underlying incident to assist the Commission and the Independent Oversight Director in
<br />effectively discharging their respective duties, subject to all federal, state and local laws
<br />including any and all restrictions set forth in the Santa Ana Charter, Municipal Code and
<br />the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights (Government Code Section 3300, et
<br />seq.). The Police Department shall designate staff who will timely receive and process
<br />requests for records made by the Commission and/orthe Independent Oversight Director.
<br />To increase transparency, all data including, but not limited to, stop, detention, arrest,
<br />and use of force data, including Racial and Identity Profiling Act ("RIPA") data and
<br />reports, that are legally disclosed to the Department of Justice and/or any other federal
<br />or state law enforcement agency, shall, at the time of disclosure of that data, be
<br />concurrently provided to the Commission and the Independent Oversight Director.
<br />Sec. 2-669. - Rules and records.
<br />The Commission shall, in consultation with the Independent Oversight Director and the
<br />City Manager, develop rules for the transaction of business of the Commission, which
<br />rules shall, among other things, include the manner of calling and giving notice of special
<br />meetings and hearings, and the appointment and powers of ad hoc and standing
<br />subcommittees. Said subcommittees may be formed to work on various topics within the
<br />scope of police activities. The city council shall adopt the rules for the transaction of
<br />business of the Commission. The Commission shall also keep records of its resolutions,
<br />rules, transactions, motions, orders, findings, recommendations and determinations.
<br />Except for those items made confidential by California Penal Code Sections 832.5, 832.7
<br />and 832.8, or by any other applicable privileges under the law, the records of the
<br />Commission shall be open to the public. Commission reports shall be posted on the City's
<br />website and open to public inspection, except that information contained therein that is
<br />confidential and prohibited from disclosure under any other applicable law shall be
<br />redacted.
<br />Sec. 2-670. Severability.
<br />Should any provision of this division, or its application to any person or circumstance, be
<br />determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unlawful, unenforceable or
<br />otherwise void, that determination shall have no effect on any other provision of this
<br />division or Chapter or the application of this Division or Chapter to any other person or
<br />circumstance and, to that end, the provisions hereof are severable.
<br />Secs. 2-671 - 2-699 Reserved.
<br />SECTION 2. Section 2-325 of Article IV of Chapter 2 of the Santa Ana Municipal
<br />Ordinance No. NS-3029
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