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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCORRESPONDENCE - 19J 1 :ell - J µii SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 City Council Meeting Correspondence 19J -SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS Date of Sender/Representative Agency Corresp. 14 09/06/2016 Gerry Serrano,President/SAPOA Santa Ana Police Officers Association Board of Directors 2, 09/06/2016 Gerry Serrano,President Santa Ana Police Officers Association 3, 09/06/2016 David Cavazos, City Manager Santa Ana 4 09/06/2016 David Cavazos,City Manager Santa Ana I:1Agendas12016 AgendastExhibits 2016-Current Meeting12016-09-06_Exhibits_Correspondence_19J.docx P TA.1, ►� �'� �", 4� SANTA ANA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION * `,v>w -- . 1607 NORTH SYCAMORE SANTA ANA,CALIFORNIA 92701-3513 i 1 et 5 [714] 836-1211 FAX [714] 836-6108 eloSt 4t ca,,. Gbi TNHOV°�,,,,:.:,0 4a * ;M/ MEMORANDUM Date: September 6,2016 To: Mayor and City Council From: SAPOA Board of Directors Re: Fallow-up to City Manager and Chiefs Memorandum This response is based on the overwhelming displeasure of the Santa Ana Police Officers Association (SAPOA) and the SAPOA Board of Directors regarding the memorandum released on August 30, 2016, by the City Manager and Chief of Police. The memo contained numerous misrepresentations and distorted the current crime picture and fact pattern during their tenure, beginning in 2013. The truth must never be hidden from the community and the officials sworn to protect and represent the public. I applaud the City Manager for recognizing the phenomenal job Chief Paul Walters did from 1987 to 2013 during his 25 plus years, reducing crime by 74%. However, why is the current crime picture distorted with statistics from 1987, utilizing three-year averages? The truth is violent crime is up during their tenure beginning in 2013 (see chart below/reference #1) as substantiated by the UCR report by and to (SAPD) the FBI1. This legitimate data reveals an increase in Violent Crime by 45% since 2013, compared to the misleading representation of the truth presented in "3-year averages" by the Chief and City Manager (2013 violent crime reported incidents=1122 vs. 2015 violent crime reported incidents=1627 / difference of 505). Of major significance, the FBI does not statistically document "shootings" which is also a huge factor in painting an accurate picture of the current violence in our city. 1 Page 1 of 5 Violent Crime Reporting (#of Violent Crimes Reported-UCR DATA) 3.500 3,306 45% INCREASE ,230 6.190 since 2013 3,079 3,000 2,663 2,513 2.500 2,318 2,231 E2.021 2,016 1,998 2,000 1.930 1,828 1,844 1,. 1'947 ° 1.723 1,726 I v 1.829 1,788 1.845 1.6271 1,730 1, `8 1,510 s 1.500 1,558 1.575 "0 1,334 s 1,313 1,260 1.000 1,122 500 1 0 REFERENCE #1 In the last Shooting Analysis Report2 (see chart below/reference #2) conducted by the Santa Ana Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division, this illustrates the city of Santa Ana had 210 shooting incidents in the first half of this year (2016). By comparison, Santa Ana recorded 297 shootings over the course of a twelve-month period in 2015, which was a 130% increase from 2014. The following graph and table shows the number ofshootings from January to June.year to date from 2011-2016. 300 January-June Shootings 250 „., 2011-2016 YTD :4i.:t210 __.__-__ _.___._ _--__ .. _ .. __ 556% 200 - INCREASE 150 131 �_-___ .__ SINCE 100 .;,,,.,,,_ 2012 55 - so 32 iiI ,,- , ___ ,„ t, . „ ,_ a 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 :Vole: "Shootings” include the following crimes involving the use of a firearm: murder, attempted murder,assault wtdeadly weapon,shooting into an inhabited dwelling.and shooting into an inhabited vehicle. Page 2 of 5 The second UCR graph illustrated by the City Manager again gives credit to our prior leadership and only shows yearly statistics up to 2009. How is data that is over 6 years old pertinent today? Of even more concern is the use of Long Beach data comparing Anaheim and us to Long Beach. Long Beach, with a population exceeding 462,000 (according to 2010 census data) which equates to an approximate one third increase has only had 15 homicides this year as compared to our 1B YTD. Do the City Manager and Chief believe we are a city similar to Long Beach? Reference is also made to Santa Ana ranked as a safe city by Forbes Magazine in 2009. Not only is this information outdated, but also how relevant is it to compare our city to large metropolitan cities 2700 miles away? Where is the pertinent data? How do we compare to our neighboring cities? How do we fair in Orange County? In a 2016 study conducted by a local firma of the most dangerous cities in Orange County, Santa Ana ranked 1.t. We also ranked 1 s in the city least invested in its police department. MOST DANGEROUS CITIES IN ORANGE COUNTY COUNTY RANK COUNTY RANI( COUNTY RANK POPULATION CRIME RANK STATE POLICE RANK STATE COMMUNITY RANK STATE MO-ENT MURDERS OFFICERS 12015 CHU') I1 Is Most Limo) RANKING I1 IO Loom RANKING 11 Higho:t Risk Factor]RANKING CRIME lua'1 w'- ) 11001<) Invoctmnnc) Iger 100H) Santa Ona 335,264 1 26 1 15 1 3 374 49 5 35 78 46 Anaheim 351,433 2 31 6 48 3 19 317.33 4.04 107.79 Oona Mese 113.455 3 37 5 44 5 44 282.14 0.00 10026 Fullerton 141.042 4 45 4 37 4 37 242.32 000 97.93 Garden Move 174,774 5 47 2 26 2 18 230.54 2.84 86.31 Huntlngton Gooch 198,389 6 48 7 56 7 62 49.39 0 00 103 94 Orange 140,094 7 65 8 57 8 45 100.88 0.00 105.56 Irvine 250,384 8 68 3 27 8 65 49.39 000 8231 CITIES WITH LESS THANK 100K NOT RANKED Source: www.gddlaw.cam/2016/ REFERENCE #3 In an article by Neighborhood Scout in May of 20164 it mentions Santa Ana has a crime rate considerably higher than the national average. "Based on the FBI crime data, Santa Ana is not one of the safest communities in America in 2016." In multiple articles by the Orange County Registers regarding shootings (February of 2016, 50 Days, 55 Shootings) Chief Rojas is quoted saying it's the busiest January for the department since 2011. This is substantiated by data from 2014 to 2015 when violent crime rose 29% according to the FBI and the local police. Page 3 of 5 In coverage by CBS Los Angeles in February of 20168, Chief Rojas is quoted saying, brazen individuals are assaulting police officers and members of our community. Chief Rojas also says he "believes the police and community can come together to take back the streets." Clearly, by the chief's own admission, he's lost control of the streets. In another article by the Orange County Register Chief Rojas is quoted saying "it's been a violent start to the year, I haven't seen this level of violence in recent times." In regard to total number of police officers, the author of the memo surreptitiously hides the truth. Yes, the city has increased the number of sworn positions by 44 officers since 2012, but the truth is we have fewer officers in 2016 than in 20128 (see chart below). However we are being told that the city has increased staffing levels by 13% and 44 officers. For the first time in a generation, officers are leaving Santa Ana for other cities and officers eligible to retire are leaving as soon as they qualify. Since 2013, eighteen (18) officers are now working at other police departments and more are in the process and or considering leaving for other agencies°. Actual Number of Sworn Officers 2012 as Compared to 2016 (Comparing August 20th, 2012 to August 20th 2016) * ....... ...... .. ....... ...... . .... _..... .... .... 309 SSS :.___..._..._ ...-._..........._..............._.._..__..__....__....._......._.,... 310 ..__ 4 - I 305 {..__ __._._.... .. .........._. .._. _.................._...., ___.___.___._____...._...................__.._ 300 ._. ........_........ .. 0 2012 295 —.:—_._._..____.....__................_. ....._......__.._._.......^�('� ... ............._.........__ Y 2016 272 i290 j._........— ._......------ ... _. I 285 4 .._ _...._........ 280 +__........___......----.._.-'-- .__..... Sworn Offlrerz * Sworn Officers count includes all sworn personnel below the rank of Lieutenant, however it should be noted we actually have less sworn management as well. The Department currently has 5.5%less officers then it had in 2012 even with the large volume of hiring as reported by the City Manager and the Chief of Police. Patrol staffing has been a grave area of concern to our membership and plays a vital role to officer safety and the ability to provide the quality service the families and business community of Santa Ana deserve. According to the Santa Ana Police Department's scheduling system and minimum staffing limits8 (see schedule printed below), in May of 2016 on a dayshift nine (9) police officers were scheduled which was eight (8) less than minimum staffing recommendations. Page 4 of 5 Cover-shift had 15 officers, which was one below minimums, and on graveyard shift there were 12 officers, which was five (5) below minimum levels. The numbers listed in red on the city manager's graph are specialty units that are assigned to a different function and their primary responsibility is not that of responding to calls for service, which is the function of the "patrol officers" assigned to Patrol. In the City Manager's chart it indicates "average XX officers available at any given time". Is it an average of a year, month, week or a selected day? It is my belief this is a single day picked by the chief or city manager to illustrate their misleading staffing point. The information on 911 Response Times is incomplete. There is a huge difference between "drive time" and the "total"time taken from when the 911 call is taken, the total time pending and the response/drive time. Why isn't this information given? What are total times (from initial call, pending, drive time) for all Priority 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 calls? Many residents and even Councilman Sarmiento recently told me that his constituents believe that sometimes police don't even respond to 911 calls as they have pended so long. In my opinion, that can definitely hinder the trust the police department has with the community. Federal Bureau of Investigations. (2016). Uniform crime reporting. Federal Bureau of Investigations. Retrieved from https://ucr.fbi.gov/. 2 Santa Ana Police Department, Criminal Investigations Division. June (2016). Analysis of Shootings&Assault with Deadly Weapons Cases. 3Graham Donath Law Offices, APC. May 2016. Most Dangerous Cities in Orange County. http://www.qddlaw.com/2016/05/12/cities-california-darmerous/ 4NVeighborhood Scout. (2016). Crime rates for Santa Ana. https://www.neighborhoodscoutcom/ca/santa-ana/critne/ SThe Orange County Register, (2016). 50 Days, 55 Shootings:Gangs blamed for Santa Ana's most violent week http://www.ocregister.com/articles/police-705000-gang- shootinqs.html GCBS Los Angeles. On Average 9 Shooting reported each day in Santa Ana in 2016. http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/02/19/more-than-1-shooting-reported-each- d a y-i n-s a n s a-a n a-i n-2 016/ 7The Orange County Register. (2016). Santa Ana Police react to spate of gang-related shootings. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/probation-699616-police-officers.html BSanta Ana Police Officers Association. Membership rosters. BSanta Ana Police Department. May 2016. ISE Scheduling System. ioSanta Ana Police Officers Association. Membership rosters. Page 5 of 5 1 . . g 1 ..7. , #of Reported Violent Crimes 7,- NJ ‘..,.) b cu = kr, b U' 0 Ui U' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .7.! 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .:7 1-- ..„ •,..„ U-1 Ln -.I ::1 ‘,-.• NJ CD N-) = VI , NJ irt' w n CO t-, *. -G) • G-1 3. , (.... ...., - :,...: ',.i., • u., X 0-, u., ...g e—ii , 0 - , ,...., ‘.0 ....2• 'S 1-- •••114 NJ 1..xJ 1--, NJ 0 0 a, - - r• :f.: -00 1-P' CO r) ''.'• 'E' NJ • L.0 1-4 3 .p2. v) u., 0 -0 ' co . 0 vi .2 ca el- ,_ ,..... o ,,, ... ,...0 1.: .,.., 1.....▪ ..Z 1 .r. t 111 _ II 4....0 -..- 1A l'•' r , 0 M 2 2 I:: ^, 1•-• , r P w 0 vino , ,.... NJ C•3 irnP i I. N, ,..,. r.. • N u W �I� r CO `� *k N N " a _ . . 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N lD q : CO O ( 0 y 113 m q: _ GO 00 I 0 n 0 NE=- � 0z n co m .� V IV n A q N O Xi y N m I'1'1V1 N JNul t i. v 4h fill' Qv r '� J m 0 tNTA441 MEMORANDUM CruirlirlatinVeginS DiViSiOn POL` 0 ' 1 TO: Acting Sergeant C.Elms(Crime Against Persons) 4Ir'AANhp! I ROM: C.R.A. Elvia Abelar DA'I l;: July 05,2016 S1111.11:C1. June 2016 Analysis of Shootings&Assault with Deadly Weapons Cases Per your request,an analysis was conducted for the month of June 2016 showing the number of shootings and assault with deadly weapons cases. This analysis will show a breakdown of cases based on day of week,and time of day. Below is a chart and table depicting shootings for the month of June for the last six years. i I 50 June Shootings 45 2011 - 2016 42 40 35 30 26 25 20 15 13 ;; ■ 10 ■ 5 •J RJI { ° 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Note: "Shootings" include the following crimes involving the use of a firearm: murder, attempted murder, assault w/deadly weapon, shooting into an inhabited dwelling, and shooting into an inhabited vehicle. June 2016 A.D.W.Analysis "1 REFERENCE #2 Annual #Of % Year Shootings Change 2011 13 N/C 2012 5 '61.5% 2013 9 80.0% 2014 10 11.1% 2015 26 160.0Y6 2016 42 61.5% The graph below shows the number of shootings and ADW's year to date. 50 Shootings ADW's |` 45 41 January June � 1�� 41 42 _-_- -1 40 35 ` -33-34'--'--- --- ______ as | | � �� ---� ----- ' ------ 30 -- 36 , �6 | -~�— 24 -- 22 25 ` _ _ __ cl • | zo ---r` . ,- -----' ' -----' � --' 0| o � 0, li =�, �°--- --- '--_ ° on '�. ' 5 � __ k%�; .. �-' -- - � J'77U ~-^^ --�—���� �� ' ' ____ —_—___. .�sy, January February March April May June LI Shootings Firearm Related oxoWt Note: °Shoodn8u" include the following crimes involving the use of a firearm: murder, attempted murder, assault w/deadly weapon, shooting into an inhabited dwelling, and shooting into an inhabited vehicle. "ADW's"include assault v/deadly weapon not firearm-related(e.g.,knife,bat,pipe,etc.). January February March April May June YTD Shootings- Firearm Related 41 29 33 24 41 42 I10 ADW's 20 26 3426 35 22 163 - —_ Total 61 55 67 50 76 64 373 June 2016 A.D.W.Analysis 2 REFERENCE ���� �ro� A day of week analysis was conducted for the month of June. The busiest days of the week for this month were Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday with 40 crimes. These days account for 62.5% of the crimes. See the bar graph and table below for numbers and percentages. i 20 1 18 Crimes By Day Of Week I I 16 15 14 14 12 I I11 10 ___-----__-... 8 8 _.�_.._.. _ _.__._ w __. __ ___ _.__._. 7 .—. .... 6 5 li 4 4 1 li "ii,i-- ■ e 7 2 -V.. Visi ■ ■ Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Lam,. ,,�.._.�. . >:.�����:� ::.�.•� ..�.��m,,,,,,..,,,,��..- ,�.<.� _., �.�,..,.m� �q Day Of Week Count of DOW Percentage Sun 15 23.4% Mon 5 7.8% Tue 4 6.3% Wed 14 21.9% Thu 8 12.5% Fri 7 10.9% Sat 11 17.2% Grand Total 64 June 2016 A.D.W.Analysis 3 REFERENCE #2 A closer look at the time of day for the month of June shows that crime increases at 1900 hours and peaks out at 0200 hours. Number Of Crimes By Hour 8 1 8 { • 6 6 5 5 . 1 S 4 4 4 ----__.........._....._____._...._ .._. __._.____......_.. I . 3 -ii• 3 3 HL0 2 2 22 2 2 2 1 i i1ti, 1 • . I 66 60 60 O 60 60 60 60 60 60 00 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 61 6'L .0 o 0 o 61 6� e ti0 N ,y'L ti, N., til N, N, ',P 4P 1, ,til i) i',' ,tip 't! O'%'1clW CP 300 p60 X60 600 100 X60 000 000 100 `LOO X6 p60 h00 roC 160 X60 060 000 160 LOO �6' 'L O 4 O O O O O O O 1 4 1 4 1 1 'Y 1 1 1 'L i' 'L 'L The information from these 64 shootings & ADW's was compiled into a spreadsheet/matrix with more detailed information for each case. Please refer to this separate document for a more detailed synopsis of each case. June 2016 A.D.W.Analysis 4 REFERENCE #2 The following graph and table shows the number of shootings from January to June,year to date from 2011-2016. 300 January - June Shootings 2011-2016_ __....._ 250 ��._ YTD 210 200 150 131 100 55 57 y"_ 50 ..,s ; . 32 34 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Note: "Shootings" include the following crimes involving the use of a firearm: murder, attempted murder, assault w/deadly weapon, shooting into an inhabited dwelling, and shooting into an inhabited vehicle. Annual 556 A Year Amount Change 2011 55 N/C 2012 32 -41.8% INCREASE 2013 34 6.3% 2014 57 67.6% 2015 131 129.8% SINCE 2016 210 60.3% 2012 June 2016 A.D.W.Analysis REFERENCE #2 co com m te03 1 cn aln z Fi 1:1 N - _1 - - - W co O o O A co A p� W CTI 0" C m 0 CO V A Cal W 0) Z A A co A N 01 w A co z O n co N. II o ami cR z v co v a) al A w N ° m 0q 33 • ^Z zcn YJ O) a7 A A A co j Z T co0 m cn co cn z m 5O CI N C i C PD __ C � � � z CA w 90 V N A UI 09 �' 3 m m 1 i II z D I muma , i a D co co zD .Ni m m A CD cn 3> I N O m j 7C - ° I N Z N. o o 9 sE z o 2 Xi N. CO co ®! N A 01 W a) i 7 z 13 D D 2 z Cz CI y rn D cn j C co A co — co A W z D O Ul 01 N CD V A CO o m , C ry R) fU co IF n Do o j Z A A73 CO to O CO co03 A co01 63 J A r" 1 nil CO 00 CO A N A G] CO x m z TI I m O P O N O O A U1 ro c m o 0 o A 0 0 A Co 00 z _, -cy, 0o 111 °N° o o o o co 71CO in co .03 03 W rn A rn co 4Neighborhood Scout . ( 2016 ) . Crime rates for Santa Ana . https:ll www. neighborhoodscout . com/ca/santa -ana/ crime/ REFERENCE #4 8/31/2016 Print Article:50 days,55 shootings:Gangs blamed for Santa Ana's most violent week ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER 50 days, 55 shootings: Gangs blamed for Santa Ana's most violent week By LOUIS CASIANO JR., JESSICA KWONG, ALMA FAUSTO and JENNA CHANDLER 2016-02-10 22 11:32 . • SANTA ANA-Three people died and two others, including a police x• . • • • . officer, were wounded in a rash of shootings across the city this week- r underscoring what the police chief on Friday called a surge in brazen � r gang-related crimes. 1.1 • - ter.--- a 1 t t Santa Santa Ana shootings Ana Conn el,ureY .: S R: t-,ti l'n:ilc N SANTA ANA NWROMININIPPORaa.•._ l.Ist St. Thursday: Iwo .I Tuesday: Wednesday:Gang suspected burglars shot I ;t•sl d':;r• member,police exchange ano killed by police fire;one officer injure-1 Thursday:Man checks into hospital with f.tFai,den Are. 0.: gunshot wound n ttir,dinger Ave. S IAFF GRAPHIC Santa Ana police Chief Carlos Rojas said it was the worst week in a year already rocked by the"busiest" January for his department since 2011. The number of shootings reached 55 on Thursday since Jan. 1. "We're seeing more gang activity now, and I think a lot of that has to do with gang members being released into the community and more of a soft-on-crime approach," Rojas said. The chief cited the early release of offenders under Proposition 47 as a contributing factor to the violence. The initiative, passed in 2014, reclassified some nonviolent felonies, including those for drug and theft crimes, to misdemeanors,which can lead to earlier releases from jail. Rojas, however, said he did not know precisely how many people arrested in connection with this year's shootings had been released early under Prop. 47. The spate of gunfire this week unfolded over three days starting Tuesday with a drive-by shooting outside a home near two elementary schools. Police officers were involved in two of the shootings that followed, one each on Wednesday and Thursday. The department has released few details on the fourth shooting, also on Thursday, of a man who walked into a hospital with a gunshot wound. Rojas said Friday that the department's 13-member gang unit has"sufficient" manpower to go up against the 100 documented gangs in the city and their estimated 4,500 members. But the department, with 305 officers, remains understaffed, the continuing fallout of a major budget crisis in the htlp:/www.ocregister.com/common/printer/view.php?db=ocregister&id=705000 1/3 REFERENCE #5 8/31/2016 Print Article:50 days,55 shootings:Gangs blamed for Santa Ma's most vident week 2009-10 fiscal year. The chief has openings for 67 more officers. "We're making a concerted effort to hire as many officers as we can," Rojas said. He's working to beef up the force at the same time the city grapples with a swell in crime. From 2014 to 2015,violent crime in Santa Ana rose 29 percent,driven largely by a 39 percent jump in aggravated assaults,according to the FBI and local police. The proliferation of aggravated assaults equated to 262 incidents more than the prior year,dwarfing increases in Orange County's other most populous cities. Compared with January 2015, the number of shootings this January spiked to 41 from 24. By mid-January,with the number of shootings reaching more than 20, the department began orchestrating sweeping probation compliance checks,seizing guns, and rifling through furniture, kitchen cabinets, bedrooms and cars, looking for drugs, paraphernalia or signs of recent gang activity at the homes of people on probation. Police union President John Franks said Friday that Prop.47 has created a"perfect storm." Newly released rival gang members, he said, "walk into each other and no challenge goes unanswered ... the answer is always going to be violence." It doesn't help, Franks said,that the Police Department is understaffed and no longer boasts an elite SWAT team that once helped gang officers deal with the most violent criminals in the city. The team was disbanded three years ago. "Some specialized enforcement is needed,"Franks said."We have a very, very effective gang unit, but again, when you have other enforcement teams, everything helps right now. This week's string of shootings began Tuesday evening with a drive-by in the 1100 block of South Harmon Street.The victim was 24-year-old Francisco Sotelo Gonzalez,who police said had no gang affiliations or criminal history. He was struck multiple times and later died in a hospital. At 3:30 p.m Wednesday, in an alley near the 2700 block of West McFadden Avenue, police said, officers exchanged fire with Carlos Michael Rodriguez, a 30-year-old gang member who previously sed eight years in prison for a separate attack on a police officer. According to police,officers were patrolling the alley when Rodriguez fired "one of his weapons at a detective." The bullet grazed the head of a detective,who was treated and released. The Orange County District Attorney's Office charged Rodriguez on Friday with five felonies, including attempted murder of a peace officer. Prosecutors allege he used a semiautomatic weapon. At 4:15 p.m.Thursday, a man walked into Coastal Communities Hospital with a gunshot wound. He is expected to survive.Authorities said the victim may have been shot about 20 feet from Wednesday's officer-involved shootout with Rodriguez. Later that day, at 5 p.m., police officers shot and killed two of four burglary suspects at a home in the 400 block of Eastwood Avenue. Police have not released the burglary suspects'names, but one was identified by his family as 30-year-old Jose Manuel Quintanilla of Hawaiian Gardens. "He had his problems and he stole, but he was never violent. Why did he have to die for this?" his sister Silvia Llamas said Friday. Rojas said police officers were involved in three shootings this year. "I think what you're seeing is the gang members being a lot more brazen," Rojas said. But,he said, residents should feel safe. "There's people every day that live very comfortably here in Santa Ana," Rojas said. "We don't want to send a message that everybody should be in a panic and there should be this kind of fear." httpil w w.ocregister.com/commonrprinter/view.php?db=ocregister&id=705000 2/3 REFERENCE #5 8/31/2016 Print Article:50 days,55 shootings:Gangs blamed for Santa Ana's most violent week He added: "Should everybody be concerned and everybody be willing to call the police when they see something?Absolutely." Resident Marta Rivera said the shootings in her neighborhood have been alarmingly frequent. She lives in an apartment building near the scene of Wednesday's alley shooting. Her door faces a narrow passageway cluttered with plants and toys and trash bags. "Bad things happen all around this area. It's not that the criminals live here, but they come here because of the alley. It's very dark there," she said. "That's why people gather there to do bad things or run into the alley to hide. They run through our apartments(passageway)here and into the alley and nobody ever sees them." Rivera said she doesn't see many police officers patrolling the area. "There's a certain point in the day where we go in our homes and don't really come out anymore,"she said. Staff writers Alyssa Duranty, Scott Schwebke and Jordan Graham contributed to this report. Contact the writer: Icasiano af7.ocregister.com ©Copyright 2016 Freedom Communications.All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy&Terms of Service I Copyright I Site Map http'//www.ocregister.com/commortfprinterlview.php?db=ocregister&id=705000 3/3 REFERENCE #5 8/31/2016 On Average,1 Shooting Reported Each Day In Santa Ma In 2016«CBS Los Angeles 1, ,.�.�._ .. KNX1070 lL soC6IbrnW.coni HOME NEWS SPORTS RAMS HEALTH EAT.SEE.PLAY LA OC EVENTS VIDEO AUDIO TRAFFIC WEATHER CONTESTS cashcalL How Can We Help? CashCall Consumer CashCall Business CashCall Mortgage Personol Loans Small Busine]s Lear s Home Loans&Refinance er�:AbNaoOe Ccr.tllt.Ca-_m; ...,.L"_23I On Average, 1 Shooting Reported Each Day In Santa Ana In 2016 February 19,2016 7:40 PM Filed Under:Chief Carlos Rojas.Gun Violence,Murders,Santa Ana,shootings LISTEN LIVE 19e goe FOLLOW US ON Slcle_l.,lst_for i'ewsIeltiirr It's a sign of affection. Nis /14-2• SANTA ANA(CBSLA.com) — Fifty-five shootings in 50 days. • There has been more than one shooting per day in Santa Ana in 2016 Thal's why we put TECHRON in all 3,grades. • .. ,. , Learnmore/ CBS2's Michele Gile on Friday looked at what is causing the increase in Care for your car crime and the toll it's taking on the community. 010.0/• "How many bad people are there in this world?"asked an 11-year-old boy whose family has been touched by gun violence. Deposits happen. "This has been my neighborhood for as long as I could remember,"says Jesus Gonzales,"and it's just turned into the Devil's home." Cs DT). Gile first encountered the youngster at a vigil for his cousin—Francisco / ..} —murdered three days ago on South Harmon Street. That's why we put TEoH ON in all 3 grades. Learn more Care for your car "A white car just randomly pulled in over here,"he said pointing out the hitpJAosangeles.cbstocal.com/2016/02/19/more-than-1-shooting-reported-each-day-i n-sanla-ana-in-2016/ 1/3 REFERENCE #6 801/2016 On Average,1 Shooting Reported Each Day In Santa Ana In 2016«CBS Los Angeles murder scene,"and the guy fired three bullets and one hit Francisco in MORE NEWS the chest." SantaAna Police Trainee With Speech Impedimentt Gets Help From Veteran Officer Police said the shooting was unprovoked and the 51st this year.There have been four in the three days since. More Reports Of Clowns In h3 South Carolina Woods Santa Ana recorded 297 shootings in all of 2015. 1 Los Angeles Settles$200 Yv [ Million Disabled Housing "What we're seeing in Santa Ana,we're seeing some very brazen VW*" Lawsuit individuals who are willing to challenge authority and assault our police - officers and members of our community,"said SA Police Department Chief Carlos Rojas. In the past 72 hours,a parolee's bullet grazed an officer's head during a shootout. Two alleged gang members were killed by police on Thursday during what they called a botched burglary. One reason for the spike in crime. Rojas called it the Proposition 47 effect —criminals who once committed a felony and arrested are now giving a citation and walking the streets. After San Francisco,Santa Ana is the most densely populated city in the state. "I could barely[stay)in school,"Gonzales said,"I couldn't handle it." And there is no answer to his question—"How many bad people are there in this world?" Rojas believes the police and community can come together to take back the streets—many of the crimes he said were gang-related. He told Gile officers need to rely on their training to stay safe and they need to take care of one another. Comments http:Mosangeles.cbslocat.com/2016/02/19/more-than-1-shooting-reported-each-day-in-Santa-ana-in-2016/ 2/3 REFERENCE #6 8/31/2016 Print Article:Santa Ma police react to spate of gang-related shootings with a probation sweep ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Santa Ana police react to spate of gang-related shootings with a probation sweep By ALYSSA DURANTY 2016-01-12 18:46:43 SANTA ANA—Hours after police swarmed the city Tuesday to conduct probation checks as a direct action to a recent spate of gang-related °bit I shootings, a man in his 20s lay wounded on West 10th Street after he ' r" was shot in the upper body during a suspected gang attack. .'i ,.. r , i I Tuesday afternoon's shooting—the man is expected to survive—is only a�lr- .4' , the latest of more than 20 shootings since Jan. 1. Most of them have occurred on the west side of town. "It's been a violent start to the new year,"police Chief Carlos Rojas said. "I haven't seen this level of violence in recent times." Officials are trying to stop the violence through a number of tactics. One of them took place early Tuesday morning as Santa Ana police and probation officers fanned out around the city to run a series of compliance checks. "A surge of violent assaults since the beginning of the year prompted this operation,"police Sgt. Gil Hernandez said during an early morning briefing, which included the Tustin Police Department, the Orange County Sheriff's Department and U.S. Marshals officials. In 48-degree weather before sunrise, rows of black-and-white patrol cars headed out to areas with recent shooting activity or known gang action. A little later, Sgt. Jay Miller stood at the end of a driveway, armed with a large rifle, in the 1700 block of North Poinsettia Street,while nine other officers headed around the sides and to the back door of the single-story blue home with a broken front window. Looking for a 24-year-old felon, they knocked loudly. The man in question had recently been let out of lockup early after he was convicted of evading and drug-related charges. But that search came up empty: The probationer was not there and no illegal items were found inside the dwelling. In all, 25 probationers were checked Tuesday, each a registered gang member with a history of firearms, Hernandez said. Later, Miller and Cpl. Gonzalo Garcia—veteran officers with more than two decades of Santa Ana police experience—pulled up to the second of five houses for their team to inspect in the 1100 block of North Spurgeon Street. A man with a shaved head, on probation for felony evading and possession of a stolen vehicle, sat on the couch of the second-story apartment he shares with his family while a line of officers made their way into the unit. Checking kitchen cabinets, bedrooms, and even looking in lidded candles on the entertainment stand, the authorities looked for drugs, paraphernalia or any signs of recent gang activity—including certain colored items or objects with graffiti. http:/Mrww.ocregister.com/commoNprinter/view.php?db=ocregister&id=699616 1/2 REFERENCE #7 8/3112016 Print Article:Santa Ana police react to spate of gang-related shootings with a probation sweep Officers looked at the gang tattoos on his arms with a flashlight, and the man admitted to recently having eight tattoos removed from his face. As with each of the searches by Miller and Garcia's team, nothing illegal was found. But that wasn't the case everywhere. In one of the two gang-injunction zones checked Tuesday, officers found two firearms stored near the undercarriage of a white commercial van parked adjacent to a probationer's car on South Townsend Street.A .22 Long Rifle and a small-caliber revolver, likely a .22 or .25,were seized by police. "They usually stuff(guns) under wheel wells or the undercarriage to get them quickly or avoid prosecution," Hernandez said. Four arrests were made during the compliance checks Tuesday, including the arrest of man on probation for kidnapping and carjacking, as well as a hit-and-run suspect with an outstanding warrant. In the past month, Santa Ana police have seized 25 guns throughout the city through vehicle and probation checks, as well as patrol calls. Approximately 1,200 adults are on probation in Santa Ana and they are supervised by 17 deputy probation officers and two supervising probation officers, said Ed Harrison, the division director and public information officer for the Orange County Probation Department. "These checks are about holding people accountable," Hernandez said. "If people aren't checked, then they'll start thinking (the police) don't care and (they)will go about their old ways." Contact the writer: 714-796-7802 ©Copyright 2016 Freedom Communications.All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy&Terms of Service I Copyright I Site Map httpJhwww.ocregister.comlcommonlprinterlview.php?db=ocregister&id=699616 2J2 REFERENCE #7 8/31/2016 Print Article:Gang cops from around the world descend on Garden Grove for annual confab ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Gang cops from around the world descend on Garden Grove for annual confab By JOSHUA SUDOCK 2016-08-16 17:30:49 _ GARDEN GROVE—Law enforcement from around the world gathered at z the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Tuesday to discuss gang enforcement during the 25th annual California Gang Investigators Association conference. More than 700 gang cops from 163 agencies,22 states and four countries 101' assembled in a hotel ballroom and listened as a panel of top brass from A various Southern California agencies welcomed them to the four-day seminar. Over the next few days,officers will discuss best practices and try to enrich one another through guided conversations and workshops. They'll explore various gang cultures by ethnicity, intelligence-gathering techniques, data analysis, human trafficking, ethics, personal safety and prison gangs. "There are people in this room who have tried very creative means to solve cases and, in addition to the litany of(classes)and first-rate instructors, that's where the value is,"Anaheim Deputy Chief Julian Harvey told participants. "Talk to these people during the breaks.That's the value of this conference." While speakers were quick to note that crime rates in Orange County pale in comparison to places like Los Angeles, many noted an uptick in gang-related activities and violence in recent years, citing the passage of laws such as Assembly Bill 109,which shortens jail time for non-violent criminals, and Prop.47,which reduces certain drug-possession felonies to misdemeanors. "Over the past 20 months, gang violence in Orange County has surged with the city of Santa Ana leading the way," Garden Grove police Chief Todd Elgin told the group. "In 2016, the city of Santa Ana experienced 55 gang shootings in the first 50 days of the new year. "In Garden Grove,gang assaults have increased 30 percent over the previous year,and we are seeing a resurgence in gang-recruitment activities in our neighborhoods,"the chief said. "Today's gang members ... utilize social media and technology to assist in their criminal activities," Elgin said. Still, Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens told the group she was optimistic about law enforcement's ability to keep pace with—and even get ahead of—evolving trends in gang activity. "I am inspired every time I address a group like this," Hutchens said. "With all of the obstacles placed in your way,you still step up to do the job and our communities are safer because of you." 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Di.., Darren 2015 • The three (3) highlighted were lateral officers hired that left within a year of employment REFERENCE #10 Mitre-Ramirez, Norma From: Gerry Serrano <gerry.serrano@santaanapoa.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 2:11 PM To: Huizar, Maria; eComment Cc: Gerry Serrano (POA) Subject: 19J agenda item Attachments: SAPOA-SantaAnaCityCouncil-CityManagerRebuttalLetter.pdf Hi Maria, Please also add the attached letter to the Council Agenda Item 19J reference the follow-up to the city manager's 85A memo. Please confirm reception of document. Thank you. GERRY SERRANO, President Santa Ana Police Officers Association 31-STRONG ### 2 1 �e j.1=� I dl, SANTA ANA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION ~:' t:_,---- *y` 1607 NORTH SYCAMORE • SANTA ANA,CALIFORNIA 92701-3513 ;j�� !1i` [714] 836-1211 FAX[714] 836-6108 K {l.. e P II l•. Th Mite' NL p I. / *Valk AO Ode September 6, 2016 SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL 20 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA P.O. BOX 1988, M31 SANTA ANA, CA 92701 Honorable Members of the City Council: The Santa Ana Police Officers Association is not as confident as City Manager Cavazos in that the public safety needs of the citizens of Santa Ana are being met as well as they could be, or as well as they should be. Do not be misled by the fancy charts and displays, a famous tool of the city manager. Please do not get lost in the numbers. Look closely at the data. You will find the holes that are artfully covered up. You will have questions that are not answered. You will find needless blather disguised as relevant information. Most importantly, listen to the men and women who put on the uniform every day. Who is better able to most accurately describe what is really happening in the streets - someone sitting in an office on the 8th floor of city hall, or someone driving a car around the city for twelve and a half hours every day? The question that you have to ask yourselves regarding the city manager's dog and pony show is this: If the police department is doing such a great job, and there is no doubt that it is even if some of the details are in dispute, and that great job is the result of the hard work, effort, and dedication of the department's loyal employees [see the Chief Rojas email to all department employees),then why won't the city manager recommend that you follow the MOU and increase salaries in accordance with the salary study that was bought and paid for by the city? If we are doing such a fantastic job and are above average crime fighters, why does the city manager want to keep us close to the very bottom of the list of survey cities when it comes to salary? Why are you agreeing with him? Is that the reward for a job well done? Let us look at some of the issues raised in the city manager's report. The 74% crime reduction since 1987 is great. The nationwide trend during that period did show a reduction in crime. We are not sure why the names of the police chiefs are included in the chart. The only inference to be drawn from this chart is that Paul Walters must have been a great chief of police; crime took a nosedive during his time in office. The chart does not include the period of time from 2013 to the present - see note 3 on the chart;the real small print. A review of the UCR statistics for the city for 2014 and 2015 shows an increase in crime. This period coincides with the tenure of both Chief Rojas and Mr. Cavazos. Is there an inference to be drawn here also? Page 2 September 6, 2016 SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL The comparison with Anaheim and Long Beach suffers from the same flaw. It is not current. The downward crime rate trend that is lauded, as being responsible for a growth in property values, sales tax revenue, business licenses and employment rates must have a negative affect on those same indicators when it shows an increase. Shouldn't we be addressing the current data that shows an increase in crime? Shouldn't we be looking ahead to the future? What about staffing? The charts would have you believe that there is a huge increase in hiring. There is a huge increase, but it has to be put in context. When you eliminate 74 positions so that you can build an excessive reserve of 20%, surplus accounts, any increase looks good. Mr. Cavazos had you eliminate positions and now wants you to be excited because he has had you increase the very positions that he eliminated. My goodness, doesn't one's head feel good when one stops hitting it with a hammer? As an aside, the 733% increase that the charts glorify doesn't represent actual human beings. The pictures show increases in positions. According to this police officer's association, there are less officers actually working at the police department today then in 2012 even after this dramatic increase in hiring (292 officers in 2016 and 309 officers in 2012). Of greatest concern to the men and women who work the patrol function, the ones who are out every day and night, driving around being dispatched to calls for service and keeping an eye on the city,the ones who are asked to be the first line in reducing crime and who are first responders to emergencies, disasters, fights, shootings, and all of the other problems that they are called upon to deal with, is the misrepresentation with regard to staffing. If you accept the principle underlying the statement that there are "an average of 26 officers in the field to meet public safety concerns," you might as well believe that there are 210 officers (budget authorized police officer positions in Field Operations) in the field to meet public safety concerns, plus all the detectives, plus the officers in training, administration, etc. All officers are always subject to being called out. The average of 26 includes officers who are assigned to special duties, important to the delivery of police service to the citizens, but not"patrol" as that term is used by the people who do the job every day. On day shift, nine or ten people in uniform, riding around in a car, being dispatched to calls is the more realistic number. And, while response times to "Priority 1" calls may be good, again because of the superhuman effort by the members of the Santa Ana Police Officers Association (SAPOA), response times to the lower priority calls that most citizens become involved in is horrible. People wait a half hour,45 minutes,an hour or more for a police officer. These calls are the most common point of contact between citizens and the police department. Most people are not involved in shootings, assaults, or the other crimes that are "Priority 1" although they are up. They are victims of a petty theft, they have a problem with a neighbor, their kids are misbehaving. When they have to wait for an hour or more for a police officer, what is their take-away? The initial response to the "statistical analysis" of the police department budget as a percentage of the General Fund has to be "so what?" Is that chart meant to imply that less money should be spent on the police department? Providing public safety service is the most important obligation of government. It costs what it costs. There can be no doubt but that the city is getting by at the lowest cost possible. The only reasonable conclusion to be drawn from the chart is that "things cost more today than they did four years ago" but then again they factor in "attrition salary savings' and we are back to square one. Did we really increase by that much? Page 3 September 6, 2016 SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Finally, the presentation is not correct when it comes to officers who have left the department for other agencies. The city manager claims that nine (9) have left and twenty-seven (27) officers have lateralled from other agencies into SAPD. The SAPOA tracks every employee in the bargaining unit because we are responsible for providing healthcare insurance for each member. Those members who leave the department physically come to the SAPOA office to finalize their insurance issues. We know that since 2013, eighteen (18) officers have left the police department. We have interviewed each of those officers. Sixteen (16) of them went to work for another law enforcement agency. Two (2) of them left law enforcement completely. Going back 30 years in SAPOA history, there has never been a time when this number of officers have left the department for other law enforcement positions. A year and a half ago you agreed to a salary study. You agreed that if warranted by the salary study you would meet and confer to consider a salary increase in addition to the 2.5% to be paid on July 1, 2016. While we can argue over charts and graphs all day and sometimes the numbers can be manipulated (see the staffing issue), in the end,the numbers are there in the Koff study. When it comes to salary Santa Ana police officers are not paid at the average of the comparison agencies. They are not paid just below the average of the comparison agencies. They are not paid just below the median of the comparison agencies. There aren't a few departments above us and a few below us, as the city manager suggests. On the list of 13 comparison departments, nine pay a higher salary for police officers than Santa Ana. On the list of 13 comparison departments, 11 pay a higher salary for police sergeants than Santa Ana (the city is now trying to include the July raise into the comparison). Every comparison is a picture at a fixed point in time. The fixed point in time that you agreed to study was that time prior to the July increase. We can point to increases that have occurred or will occur in the comparison agencies. Witness the Orange County Sheriff's Department agreement recently reached. We cannot play "move the goal line" now. We agreed to a study for the purpose of determining whether an increase"in excess of 2.5% effective July 1, 2016,"is warranted. The operative date is June 30, 2016.) The time and effort spent on preparation of the city manager's report and the time spent selling it to the public would be better spent developing a strategy to hire more officers. Perhaps higher pay would attract a better grade of applicant. The Santa Ana Police officers Association is prepared to meet and confer regarding a salary increase in excess of 2.5% effective July 1, 2016, as required by the MOU. We are again asking you to meet your contractual obligation and give your representatives authority to enter into meaningful negotiations. Respectfully, 6114/ ' eL———--— GERRY SERRANO PRESIDENT SANTA ANA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION GS/rr SAPOASantaAnaCityCou ncil-CityMana gerRebutta(Letter Mitre-Ramirez, Norma From: Huizar, Maria Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 2:53 PM To: Mitre-Ramirez, Norma Subject: FW: ECOMMENT - Agenda Item 19J - SAPOA Communication Please upload to web. Thank you. From: Cavazos, David Sent:Tuesday, September 6, 2016 2:12 PM To: Huizar, Maria <MHuizar@santa-ana.org>; City Council <CityCouncil2@santa-ana.org> Cc: Carvalho, Sonia R. <SCarvalho@santa-ana.org>; Sonia Carvalho- BBK<Sonia.Carvalho@bbklaw.com>; Rojas, Carlos <CRojas@santa-ana.org>; Rossini, Laura <LRossini@santa-ana.org> Subject: RE: ECOMMENT-Agenda Item 19J -SAPOA Communication Thank you Maria. Mayor and City Council, I have done a quick review and using Mr. Serrano's Chart REFERENCE: 1, on his page 2, It important to Note that Chief Rojas was the Police Chief during all of 2013 and Mr.Walters separated in early 2013 as City Manager. This is the reason to evaluate the 3 years wherein Chief Rojas acted as Police Chief for the entire calendar year. In 2013, the Violent Crimes was the lowest of any year in the REFERENCE REPORT 1. His memo uses one portion of the FBI Crime index.The index in comprised of two parts, count of Part I incidents and the population. Separating these two numbers removes the standardization that is the foundation of the FBI model. Therefore, we believe that the information reported and validated by the FBI is a standardized model of the crime in Santa Ana over time. RE City Manager Presentation, Santa Ana Police Department, like every other police jurisdiction, submits data to the FBI, which then undergoes data validation and goes through algorithms.The comparison data that was used for the cities comparison Chart with Anaheim and Long Beach was gathered through the FBI UCR data portal.This data source was selected so that the public and the press could independently duplicate the results. The cities of Anaheim and Long Beach were utilized as a basis to compare agencies of similar dynamics to Santa Ana and larger in population. No two cities are the same, however by comparing UCR index data assists in standardizing the results. Note, we reached out today to Long Beach Police Department, and they have had 22 homicides this year, not the 15 reported by Mr. Serrano. We look forward to the discussion this evening. City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, M31/Santa Ana,CA 92701 From: Huizar, Maria Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 12:33 PM 3 a Cc: Cavazos, David; Carvalho, Sonia R.; Sonia Carvalho - BBK; Rojas, Carlos; Rossini, Laura Subject: ECOMMENT- Agenda Item 19J - SAPOA Communication Mayor and City Council, The following communication has been received on the Police Statistics item and will be entered into the record. From:Gerry Serrano [mailto:aerrv.serrano@santaanapoa.com] Sent:Tuesday, September 6, 2016 12:27 PM To: Huizar, Maria <MHuizar@santa-ana.org>; eComment<eComment@santa-ana.org> Cc: Gerry Serrano (POA)<gerrv.serrano@santaanapoa.com> Subject: Follow-up Memorandum to Staff Report by city manager 19J Maria, Please attach the Memorandum by the SAPOA to the 19J agenda item for tonight's council meeting as a follow-up to the city manager's staff report. Please confirm you received it (28 pages). Respectfully, GERRY SERRANO, President Santa Ana Police Officers Association 31-STRONG ### This email and any files or attachments transmitted with it may contain privileged or otherwise confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, or believe that you may have received this communication in error, please advise the sender via reply email and immediately delete the email you received. 2 Mitre-Ramirez, Norma From: Huizar, Maria Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 4:15 PM To: Mitre-Ramirez, Norma Cc: Trujillo, Rose Ann; Orozco, Norma; Alcala, Abigail Subject: 85A - CM responses Attachments: SAPOA Memo-Sept 6 2016-Follow-up to City Manager and Chief's Memorandum (28pages)-FINAL.pdf Norma, please enter into record as requested by City Manager. Thank you. From: Cavazos, David Sent:Tuesday, September 6, 2016 4:00 PM To: City Council <CityCouncil2@santa-ana.org>; Rojas, Carlos<CRojas@santa-ana.org>; Huizar, Maria <MHuizar@santa- ana.org> Cc: Garcia,Jorge (CMO) <jgarcial0@santa-ana.org> Subject: FW: responses. Dear Mayor and City Council; Please take time to review Mr. Serrano's report and the notations below. very important. Thank you. david Maria, please include in the official record. David Cavazos/City Manager City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, M31/Santa Ana,CA 92701 These numbers match the notations on the PDFs.Still working on it but wanted to get your eyes on the first major set. Will print final versions for the meeting. 1. This was used as a basis of comparison. A three year period was selected as that is the current tenure of Chief Rojas. Such a comparison was equally distributed for the time period in which UCR data is readily available through the FBI UCR portal. Additionally, average are utilized to capture trends and provide a comprehensive perspective, rather than a singular data set which can be misrepresented as fact. 2. UCR Data and its related index is utilized as an industry standard. Dissecting the data from its entirety is problematic.The UCR index is based on bother the total number of incidents and the population estimates from the Census.Separating the two removes the standardization, which is the basis for the FBI model across the country. 3. The City of Santa Ana Police Department does not currently nor has it in the past tracked or utilized shootings as a basis of data collection.The data references was mined from various sources and can't be compared as it is not a standard that is utilize by the FBI, or any other regional, state, or federal law enforcement agency to track/monitor/quantify. Note that crimes involved with a shooting would have been captured through the UCR index for Part I offenses. 4 4. The data used was that which was publically available through the UCR data.SAPD, like every other police department, submits data to the FBI,which then undergoes data validation and goes through algorithms. Anaheim and Long Beach, both have populations over 250,000, which is the threshold for cities in Population Group I by the FBI. The comparison data is the maximum start and end data available through the FBI portal. This data source was selected so that the public and press could independently duplicate the results. 5. Long Beach has had 22 homicides so far this year.This was confirmed today, 09/06/2016. 6. In 2009, crime count was higher than it is today.This illustrates a nationwide reduction in crime and emphasizes the importance of UCR data to provide a standardized and accepted method of comparison. 7. No such report exists on Orange County.The document that was cited is a report on "Most Dangerous Cities in California".As far as we can gather the information from the California Report was synthesized into Orange County specific data. What is neglected is that this is an independent rating and the methodology of 14 various data sources. When comparing violent crime,Santa Ana's total violent crime is lower than Anaheim. Moreover, Santa Ana is specifically cited as a counter example to Anaheim. "... in Anaheim both violent crime and property crime rose after their law enforcement personnel were reduced by close to 8 percent. In Santa Ana,violent crime plunged by 24 percent after a modest reduction of 4 percent in their police staff." 8. There is no such quote on the referenced website.The comparison on the site lists all cities in the Country, including cities in Orange County such as Rancho Santa Margarita and Aliso Viejo (neither have their own PD). Therefore the number reference is an unfair representation. Even so, Santa Ana is listed as safer that the State average. This email and any files or attachments transmitted with it may contain privileged or otherwise confidential information. 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