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Please add any comments below regarding your thoughts on police oversight. It's extremely necessary. We need to hold police accountable and they cannot feel like they have all the power in our community. They should never feel comfortable. If we cannot abolish the police right now, then police oversight is the bare minimum we can do to ensure Santa Ana residents are safe from police violence and corruption. Anyone on the civilian oversight body should have no police affiliation, including being former police themselves I come often to the park with my son and therea€T""s sometimes guys next to the restroom which is scary. I come often to the park with my son and therea€'ms sometimes guys next to the restroom which is scary. Thank yaCTmall for creating this survey Mechanism must be independently funded. Funds must be protected. Members must be protected from any and all retaliatory action. Members must essentially act as a check to balance, in accordance to and in the interest of the Santa Ana residents. Police oversight should be a neutral agency that reviews unjust use of police force and over interpretation of the law to criminalize unknowing people. The ultimate goal would be to hold the police accountable when they overbreach their power. The agency should compose people highly trained in law and criminal defense. It is vital that a police oversight board be established which is independent and is representative of the communities most affected by policing issues. Independence and power are NECESSARY to make this entity meaningful, beyond just surface level performative gestures. The people most impacted by over policing should be the ones on the oversight committee. We have heard at council meeting of police knocking door to door helping in some areas and harassing people in others areas. COUNTER SURVEILLANCE is key to holding police accountable. They act right when theya€T"re being watched. DEFUND THE POLICE Members of the police oversight committee should be diverse and actually represent the population of the residents of Santa Ana. They should also include residents in neighborhoods who are most affected by police brutality and violence. It's important that outiside lobby money does not affect the decision of who serves on this committee. Police Oversight should be for the people of Santa Ana with no hidden political agenda City Council 34 — 65 9/7/2021