We have written quite a bit this year about the massive increase in violent crime in Santa Ana – and how shorthanded our police department is. What we don’t often talk about is how much our SAUSD School Police do to keep our community safe.
Today, for example, there was an outrageous episode that started just before 3 p.m., when the SAUSD School Police Dispatch got a call from SAUSD employees who were accosted by a male suspect while they were in a parked vehicle in the parking lot between one of our local elementary schools and one of our city parks. I am withholding their identity to protect my source – but I can tell you that this happened in Councilman Roman Reyna’s Ward.
The male suspect walked up to the vehicle in question and threatened the SAUSD employees. The situation quickly escalated as the suspect began to strike their vehicle with a four foot piece of PVC pipe.
Fortunately a School Police officer arrived at the scene within two minutes and he confronted the suspect, who was still armed with a PVC Pipe.
The suspect did not comply with the School Police Officer’s orders. Instead the suspect fled on foot, through the park. The suspect was able to get to his vehicle, that was parked in the area, and he took off.
The School Police Officer called for backup and additional School Police Officers chased the vehicle to an address on W. 10th St.
The suspect then pulled into the driveway of a home, ran to the front door and he kicked in the door! Reportedly one of the male occupants of the invaded home punched the suspect while defending his family. The suspect then ran back outside and he attacked an SAUSD School Police Officer. The crazed suspect tried to gouge out the eyes of the Police Officer. When other Police Officers arrived they were finally able to take the suspect into custody.
The suspect was being monitored, while in custody, due to possible drug influence. The injured police officer was treated and released.
The suspect is facing a number of charges including attempted murder of a police officer and resisting arrest as well as threatening a school employee and trespassing (breaking into a home), as well as resisting arrest. Reportedly the suspect also had marijuana in his possession.
Our City Council wants a raise even though they are failing to protect the people of our city. Our City Council has placed a measure on the November ballot, Measure PP, which will give them a 700% raise if we are stupid enough to vote for it.
Do you feel safe in this city? I sure don’t. Not only do I plan to vote against Measure PP, I also am not going to vote for incumbent City Councilmen Roman Reyna and Vince Sarmiento. Nor should you!
BTW, both Reyna and Sarmiento have no problem with our city’s crime logs being kept secret from us. This situation is really intolerable. We deserve to know what is happening in our city! Please do not vote for any City Council candidates who want to pull the wool over our eyes. That would include Reyna’s pal David De Leon, who is running for Ward 3. De Leon is on the record as not supporting making our crime logs available to the public. He said as much at a City Council Candidates forum that I attended.
If Roman Reyna does not have superpowers to stop bad guys he should stop telling people he does! Honestly how hard is it for a City Councilmember to know everything that is going on in the city at all times specially in his own ward! It’s not like the wards are that big anyways he can just look outside his window, through houses and see crime happening. And worse is that he wasn’t there to protect the law enforcement agents. If law enforcement agents are there to protect the people who else other than the council is going to protect law enforcement from being attacked? Someone should make a proposal to strip away divine powers from the council if they aren’t going to use them! Give them to the real heroes like Cecilia Iglesias and Angie Cannot who are out there blessed by the grace of God, fighting evil!
That is pretty funny. We remain disappointed that Reyna is against hiring more police officers and he does not support making the SAPD’s crime log available to the public.
Reyna should stick to coordinating volleyball games at our local parks.
This city has changed so much in the past, Sending my kids to SAUSD schools I can see the amount of crime creeping closer to the campuses everyday. Thank god school police respond faster than the city cops. I called a few months ago and the city took 3 hours to respond. Those school cops come right away. I read an article few yrs back showing these guys make 30% less than all the other cops in the area. I also saw Cecilia has voted against her own school police many times. I wonder if the city or board even cares about their own police?
Sausd board members DO NOT have a clue as to what their officers encounter everyday. Those officers are the only ones keeping kids safe. Where is the public outrage about this piece of xxxx attacking an officer? Board Members? City Council? City Manager? Mayor? Residents?
Baby thug gangsters are terrorizing neighborhoods and there is no outrage! Kids killing kids, people having their cars and houses shot up every night. Still no outrage from our city representatives. When are the good citizens going to rise up and fight back?
WAKE UP!
I send my kid to santiago elem and a few months ago a guy walked into a bathroom and almost raped a student. NO cameras no security nothing, The board gives everyone a chrome book or i pad. We voted for Valerie last time thinking her experience in law enforcement would help these idiots wake up, WELL she is the biggest bully and ANTI cop of the group. I know for a fact we have at least 2000 votes against her in the next school board election.
She made promises to every group to get in on platforms she now opposes.
Its only a matter of time a SAUSD student is killed by a lack of school police presence.
Ask a santa ana cop any of them the difference in the school safety on the very west end thats not part of SAUSD. These school cops deserve way more credit than they get.
I have always supported and continue to support our Santa Ana School Police and Support law enforcement.
Vote Ceci Iglesias and Angie Cano for Santa Ana School Board to support Safe schools and safe neighborhoods