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Santa Ana city spokesperson Paul Eakins did not respond to repeated <br /> requests for comment. <br /> Calls For Transparency And <br /> Accountability Grow <br /> Casillas and Ibarra have become the focus of a community effort to hold <br /> the department accountable for its violent incidents. In recent months, <br /> statements calling for Casillas and Ibarra to be put on leave without pay <br /> have been circulated online, in-person and during council meeting <br /> public comments. <br /> The Community Service Organization Orange County (CSO OC) has been <br /> on the forefront of this effort. They have organized protests calling for <br /> the jailing of Casillas and Ibarra. They have also utilized SAPD officer <br /> headshot photographs, released by SAPD through a public records <br /> request, to make sure community members know exactly who killed <br /> Rodriguez. <br /> David Pulido, an organizer with CSO OC, stated via phone interview, "All <br /> of our demands and the direction that our struggle, our campaign takes <br /> is based on what the family wants." <br /> Pulido said via text later that their most recent demands are that Casillas <br /> and Ibarra be "fired from SAPD, and that the officers be jailed." <br /> Their efforts have not gone unnoticed by the city's largest political <br /> player: the Santa Ana Police Officers Association (SAPOA) and its <br /> controversial president, John Kachirisky. <br /> On May 27th, 2025, the SAPOA sent a letter to the mayor, city council and <br /> posted it on social media. The letter referred to a "so-called 'community <br /> organization"' transparency and accountability efforts as "manufactured <br /> outrage", despite people protesting in solidarity with the calls to hold <br /> Casillas and Ibarra accountable. <br /> 3 <br />