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Lizbeth Ruiz Date: 03, 10, 2025 The Honorable David Penaloza United States Santa Ana Council 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana CA 92701. Dear David Penaloza, My name is Lizbeth Ruiz from Santa Ana California. I attend Los Amigos High School and the reason I am writing is to express my concerns regarding the lack of trust in law enforcement within Our community. I hope this letter finds you well and will be taken into consideration. To start off, many recent events have shown how many people don't feel safe and fear law enforcement rather than recurring to them for help. With the many present things going on today, for example, The Immigration raids, protests, and violence to people with native descendants. I believe it is important that we address these issues to have a safer and more trusting environment for all. Many people don't trust law enforcement due to many situations that have happened in the past. For example, in 2020, when a colored person named Geroge Floyed was killed under the hands of a white officer. This led to an outburst of violence and brutality on both parts. Many lost trust because they saw how that officer took advantage of his authority which cost someone's life. This led many to have a bad perspective towards officers. Also, we see police brutality on the daily. With social media being an easy access, many videos of police brutality surface showing a bad image towards law enforcement. '"I'his also plays a role in the lack of trust in our community because many are also colored people and they may have developed fear towards law enforcement which leads to the community not working together. To rebuild trust, I encourage many more events to implement our community with law enforcement. First, implementing community programs with law enforcement can help the people get to know their local officers. This would help the community know who they are calling for help and get to know the values and goals each officer has which at the end would all come to helping and keeping the community safe. Additionally, increasing communication with people to know and keep them up to date with everything going on would help better the situation due to everyone being able to see what officers and other law enforcement do for the community. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read this letter and I look forward to your response. Sincerely, Ljzbetli Ruiz