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Zuniga, Diana From: CheriSoda < Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 2:34 PM To: eComment Subject: Police Accountability and Transparency Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana.Use caution when opening attachments or links. My name is Kyson and I am writing to demand that Santa Ana Police Department be held responsible! The City Council needs to act! The people of Santa Ana deserve justice when cops in the department kill, harass, or withhold important information from residents! On December 1 st, 2024 two SAPID officers murdered Noe Rodriguez after giving him commands in only English, although he spoke only Spanish. Officer Luis Casillas shot Noe 18 times and Officer Isaac Ibarra shot him 11 times. Noe's family, including his two young daughters, deserve justice! They have to live the rest of their lives without him and the department hasn't had the decency to even give them a full police report of what happened. But the body cam footage shows that Noe was not a threat and officers continued to shoot even as he fell to the ground. Noe's family is demanding justice and that Casillas and Ibarra be held responsible for this killing like any normal person would be! They are demanding that Casillas and Ibarra be jailed for this murder and I am writing in support of this demand! The City Council must act to support the family's fight for justice! It's unacceptable to allow these officers to stay patrolling the streets when they are a threat to the lives of the people of Santa Ana. I am also writing due to the alarming report by Ben Camacho that proved SAPID has received 42 notifications from ICE about actions in the city since January and they have withheld that information from the public. SAPID also did not provide this information when the council and the Police Oversight Commission directly questioned Chief Robert Rodriguez and Commander Jorge Lopez about any information shared between SAPID and ICE. The Trump administration is launching aggressive attacks against the immigrant community and in a city where 46% of residents are immigrants, this information is critical to avoid potential detention and/or deportation! We have seen since this administration took power, many people in our communities have felt a deep fear to the point of avoiding leaving their homes. Santa Ana residents deserve transparency from SAPID in the form of immediate alerts when any information regarding immigration enforcement actions is given to the department! Santa Ana residents deserve better, and they deserve a council that will stand up for what's right when our police department murders residents and withholds information critical to resident safety! 1