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consistent pattern of undermining current legal legislation aimed at fostering accountability and <br /> transparency in policing. <br /> In addition, Lexipol is not the only option for police departments. Local governments have created <br /> systems for police rulemaking, independent of Lexipol. Some local governments have implemented <br /> a hybrid-model wherein the jurisdiction subscribed to the Lexipol service but continues to publish its <br /> own policy manual. Local governments that publish police department policy manuals independent <br /> of Lexipol include: Los Angeles Police Department (PD), San Diego PD, San Francisco PD, San Jose <br /> PD, Stockton PD and more. <br /> CLUE's mission is to educate, organize and mobilize the faith community to accompany workers and <br /> their families in their struggle for good jobs, dignity, and justice. In our work we stand regularly <br /> alongside poverty wage working families in Santa Ana — who are mostly immigrants and people of <br /> color — and we see again and again that they are not only suffering from poverty wages but also as <br /> a result experience bouts of houselessness, and mistreatment by the police. Using Lexipol will only <br /> reinforce and increase the free reign of police to see and treat these families as subhuman who don't <br /> deserve to live in this city. On top of this, these same working families in many cases do not have <br /> the right to vote in Santa Ana for or against detrimental policies such as this one. <br /> Our faith community cannot stand for this continued mistreatment at the hands of Santa Ana police, <br /> and strongly urge the City to end the contract with Lexipol and transition towards a more community- <br /> oriented approach to monitoring and updating the Department's Policy. For these reasons, CLUE <br /> urges you to vote NO on Item 14, and instead explore alternatives for community driven policies <br /> with community input. The City should explore options such as allocating additional resources to the <br /> City Attorney's office for in-house police policy maintenance, and collaborate with the newly <br /> established Commission to oversee and monitor the Department Policies. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Adam Overton <br /> Faith-Rooted Organizer <br /> Clergy Et Laity United for Economic Justice <br /> aoverton@ctuejustice.org <br /> CC: vamezcua@santa-ana.org <br /> PBacerra@santa-ana.org <br /> TPhan@santa-ana.org <br /> DPenaloza@santa-ana.orp <br /> JessieLopez@santa-ana.org <br /> JRyanHernandezCsanta-ana.org <br /> bvazquezC Santa-ana.org <br /> z <br />