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Zuniga, Diana <br /> From: Diana < <br /> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 2:39 PM <br /> To: eComment <br /> Subject: Agenda Item 27 <br /> Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana.Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br /> To the Santa Ana City Council: <br /> My name is Diana, I'm a resident of Ward 4 and I am writing to support demands that Santa Ana Police <br /> Department be held responsible and be transparent! <br /> There was an alarming report by Ben Camacho that proved SAPD has received 42 notifications from ICE about <br /> actions in the city since January and they have withheld that information from the public. SAPD also did not <br /> provide this information when the council and the Police Oversight Commission directly questioned Chief <br /> Robert Rodriguez and Commander Jorge Lopez about any information shared between SAPD and ICE. The <br /> Trump administration is launching aggressive attacks against the immigrant community and in a city where <br /> 46% of residents are immigrants, this information is critical to avoid potential detention and/or deportation! We <br /> have seen since this administration took power, many people in our communities have felt a deep fear to the <br /> point of avoiding leaving their homes. Santa Ana residents deserve transparency from SAPD in the form of <br /> immediate alerts when any information regarding immigration enforcement actions is given to the department! <br /> I am also writing because on December 1 st, 2024 two SAPD officers murdered Noe Rodriguez after giving him <br /> commands in only English although he spoke only Spanish. Officer Luis Casillas shot Noe 18 times and Officer <br /> Isaac Ibarra shot him 11 times. Noe's family, including his two young daughters, deserve justice! They have to <br /> live the rest of their lives without him and the department hasn't had the decency to even give them a full police <br /> report of what happened. But the body cam footage shows that Noe was not a threat and officers continued to <br /> shoot even as he fell to the ground. Noe's family is demanding that Casillas and Ibarra be jailed for this murder <br /> and be held accountable like any regular person would be. I am writing in support of this demand. It's <br /> unacceptable to allow these officers to stay patrolling the streets. <br /> Santa Ana residents deserve better and they deserve a council that will stand up for what's right when our police <br /> department murders residents and withholds information critical to resident safety! <br /> 1 <br />