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lI September 18, 2023 Mayor Amezcua and City Councilmembers 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92701 ecommentC&,Santa-ana.ors Via Email RE: OPPOSE ITEM 20: Approve Master Service Agreement with Lexipol, LLC Dear Mayor Amezcua and City Councilmembers, We are writing in response to the false and misleading claims made in Lexipol's letter addressed to the City Council last week, which disputed various Councilmembers' statements during the Special City Council meeting on August 29, 2023. We want to set the record straight and urge the Council to vote NO on Item 20, to Approve the Master Service Agreement with Lexipol, LLC. The City should continue to lead in police reform efforts by rejecting the Lexipol Contract and instead allocate additional resources to the City Manager's office for maintaining and updating the Department's policies. Additionally, we recommend that the City work in collaboration with the Police Oversight Commission (Commission)to oversee and monitor these policies effectively. Addressing the specific claims Lexipol presented in its letter: • `Lexipol is a police consulting firm. "—FACT Lexipol is indeed a police consulting firm, founded by former law enforcement officers Bruce Praet and Gordon Graham, that sells boilerplate off the shelf policies to police departments to shield officers from accountability.' Since its establishment in 2004, Lexipol has expanded its influence to over 3,500 agencies across 35 states. Notably, Lexipol proudly highlights that 95% of law enforcement agencies in California subscribe to their services. 'Pauly,Madison,Meet the Company That Writes the Policies That Protect Cops,Mother Jones(September/October 2020 Issue),https://www.motherjones.com/crime justice/2020/08/lexipol-police-policy-company/ 2 Eagly,Ingrid V., Schwartz,Joanna C.,Lexipol: The Privatization of Police Policymaking.UCLA Public Law& Legal Theory Series(2018),https:HescholarsWp.org/uc/item/3wf3z6nn 1