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Please add any comments below regarding your thoughts on police oversight. <br />I attended a patriotic rally in Santa Ana that turned violent when thugs, who brandished <br />brass knuckles, attacked the peaceful rally attendees. The attendees included women <br />and children. The Santa Ana Police Department conducted itself with professionalism. It <br />promptly ended the violence that was orchestrated by the perpetrators and ensured that <br />all attendees were able to safely leave the event by escorting them to theirs cars. <br />Outstanding officers! An oversight committee would only serve to debilitate the <br />SAPD’s efforts to keep the Santa Ana community safe. A committee would also be a <br />waste of taxpayer dollars. Stop impeding the city’s law enforcement capabilities with <br />anti‐police rhetoric. This “oversight†seems to be agenda‐driven to demoralize the <br />SAPD, rather than to protect the community. Thank you. <br />There should be an oversight made up of Santa Ana residents with no influences by city <br />council or law enforcement. <br />We need Police oversight asap. We need results and accountability <br />Working with several law enforcement agencies across the State, including most of all <br />OC local law enforcement, I have encountered SAPD to be one of the most kind, caring, <br />professional and understanding forces. SAPD does not have the same issues as other <br />Local PDs around the country. We need to support both community and SAPD and focus <br />on collaboration. I want to continue to be comfortable to call PD when I see a crime and <br />also receive unexpected help from them when I am having trouble changing my car tire <br />or catching my dog who ran off on me. SAPD is not only LE but also part of the <br />community. Outside organizations have no right to manipulate the city when they <br />themselves have never sat down and had a genuine conversation without an ulterior <br />motives. <br />Commissions are excellent ways to waste and hide money. That being said a citizen run, <br />odd‐numbered, and financially conservative committee may provide a good <br />intermediary between public complaints and police affairs. In order for the committee to <br />be effective it needs powers to discipline, but should not have the power to terminate <br />employment. That power should be held exclusively by police and city leadership. <br />Should not be nominated by the Council; as elected officials are allowed to receive <br />campaign contributions from organizations like the POA. Which would in turn create a <br />bias. <br />We need a system of checks and balances! <br />The oversight committee should be completely independent with absolutely no familial <br />or business ties to the police <br />Any organization forms its own culture, which is often a good thing, but can become <br />insidious and in the case of police can create a sense that they have rights to do <br />whatever. An oversight committee or council makes it more important for them to <br />remember that they are here to protect the public and to keep it safe. <br />TELL OFFICERS TO STOP FLASHING THEIR SPOT LIGHTS AT RANDOM CARS DRIVING PAST <br />THEM. ALMOST CRASHED BECAUSE OF IT
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