Supplement Incident 2020-23197009 Rodriguez Julian 2836_REDACTED

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Wednesday, November 4, 2020 2:19 AM SAPD Sergeant A. Silva #2668 called me at home and reported a custodial death at the Santa Ana Detention Facility.Sergeant Silva requested the SAPD Homicide Section respond to investigate.I notified my chain of command and called my counterpart at the Orange County District Attorney¶s Office Special Assignments Unit, Supervising Investigator Stan Berry.I then initiated a call-out of Homicide Section Detectives. 4:00 AM I arrived at the Santa Ana Police Department and met with OCDA Special Investigations Investigator B. Tanner and his team of investigators.We congregated in the Homicide Section with my detectives pending the arrival of Orange County Sheriff¶s Department personnel.I assigned Detective F. Gomez #2706 as the case agent for this investigation. 5:12 AM I held a preliminary briefing in the Homicide Section with the limited information gleaned during my preliminary telephone call with Sergeant Silva.Investigator Tanner and I made assignments, pairing DA investigators and homicide detectives. 5:34 AM The assembled investigative team walked over to the Santa Ana Detention Facility ±D Mod, and signed in with the scene scribe, Officer K. Gray #3412. 5:47 AM The scene supervisor, Sergeant J. Garcia #3030 conducted a briefing of the known facts.He identified the decedent as (47), an inmate of the United States Bureau of Prisons.Sergeant Garcia recounted the timeline of when a correctional officer found unresponsive in his cell Following the briefing, I walked up to cell D-24 I looked inside and observed the 6:00 AM I checked out of the crime scene with Officer Gray and returned to the Homicide Section. Julian Rodriguez, Detective Sergeant Crimes Against Persons Division Homicide Section Author: Rodriguez, Julian 2836 BWC NOT Activated BWC Inactive Reason: N/A Santa Ana PD 2020-23197 3 of 3