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and trying to create a re volving door. All human beings should be appreciated. We need love and not flashlights in our windows. Police shouldn't try to Make up Laws. Also forcing registrants to sign false statements and swear out false oaths wasn't a good idea because duress and coercion was mentally tough. Since th a officers are putting our information on the internet for the entire world to see,their disciplinary re should be reciprocally exposed and all police disciplinary records should be discoverable and accessible. Taking victims to the gutter and loud door knocks aren't always necessary because citizen privacies should take priority over force. Force sends to break things. Young officers seem to be doing too much paperwork and implicating vigilantes. Deprecating comments regarding registrants are unnecessary and hurtful to citizen goals. We are respectful to the clerks so little need to are swayed y news, bad press, and bitter current and tormer criminals that are anti -police. Instead,focus on properly equipping, staffing, and allowing Santa Ana police to do their jobs. Stop the city's corrupt politicians from using them as a bargaining chip or political talking point. Their lives are in danger, our lives are in danger, all while healthcare, etc Carah Reed - I think in a city where we have so many police, there should be accountabilyt to the community. Are they making our city safer? Are the people feeling protected? And open communication should be established. resources to better equip otticers. I he community wants to have an un erstan ing of w at is ppemng here and throughout the country as a result of little self accountability. Citizens that pay for the oversized budget that is attributed to the police department should have the right to more directly affect decision making processes that police the police. Transparency and an effort to improve policing without just giving them more money is what Oversight should be independent, transparent, diverse, and citizen staffed. legitimacy policing Santa Ana communities. criminals with a badge. see the road for a few seconds. who appeared to be dead on the ground a few steps from my home and they were more concerned if he was homeless or not. A Human life is a life regardless of socioeconomic status. Thank you for reading this. The oversight members should be independent of any bias for or against the SAPD. essential to hold late enforcement accountable for the actions. Accountability is t e east of w at cane prime considering how much of the city's budget they consume. discourage officers that promote a culture of violence, discrimination, unethical, and unlawful behavior anathema to law enforcement and its objectives. Recommendations and the potential to comment on investigations are not enough, and would serve as window dressing. Furthermore, divestment and reinvestment in preventative youth use a use are a mentallmeclical issue and NOT a criminal one, and therefore sou a treated as such an r policies need to be changed around narcotic issues. Mental health professionals need to work with the police to de- escalate mental breakdowns of people struggling, not deadly force. Various forms of training should be mandatory. i.e. de-escalation, mental heath, and more. The police union should not be involved with ANY elections or recalls. They are to follow the mandates of the elected. The individual police officers are of course free to vote how they business meetings, Latino focused issues are a big part of what can help Santa Ana and it will also help the police department with first time conversations with residents. We can make sure kids' first meeting with cops are good ones rather than bad ones and it gives the police an opportunity to actually know the residents they work around. because our community needs more police not less. Thank you very much. This is sorely needed in Santa Ana and across the country. This is a good start. This is a good start. addition of an oversight committee will not harm the department, but rather stands to impact it positively by creating greater trust from the community. toe into consi eration the needs and the opinions of the community that our officers wi be servina. We s ou c unite as a community and work together to create just, inclusive, sustainable systems. 65D-123