A Latina selected as the new Public Information Officer at the SAPD

The Santa Ana Police Department is proud to announce the selection of our next Public Information Officer (PIO), Officer Natalie Garcia.

Officer Garcia was born in the City of Santa Ana and raised in Garden Grove, where she graduated from Pacifica High School. She attended California State University of Long Beach on an academic scholarship and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice. Officer Garcia worked as an AVID tutor at a local middle school and coached little league soccer for AYSO.

Officer Garcia has been a police officer six years and started her career with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department as a Deputy Sheriff assigned to Central Women’s Jail.

While at Santa Ana PD, Officer Garcia has worked various assignments including patrol, the Quality of Life Team (QOLT) and most recently, was selected to be one of the first members of the newly established full-time Recruitment and Social Media Team. In this role Officer Garcia created and managed the Recruitment social media platforms.

In addition, Officer Garcia collaborated with members of the Training Division and Recruitment Team to form the first-ever SAPD Recruit Pre-Academy (RPA) Training Course. Officer Garcia is also part of our first Baker to Vegas Women’s Running Team and a SWAT Team apprentice. Officer Garcia is bilingual in the Spanish language and looks forward to furthering our Department’s communication and transparency initiatives.

Officer Garcia will officially begin her new role August 1, 2023.

Art Pedroza Editor
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.
Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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