Another protest against police violence set for June 20 in DTSA
Another Santa Ana protest against police violence has been set for Saturday, June 20 at 3 p.m., at the corners of 4th & French St. This event is being touted…
A Police Oversight Commission will be considered at the next Santa Ana City Council meeting
Santa Ana Councilmembers David Penaloza, Phil Bacerra, and Vincent Sarmiento have added an 85a item to the agenda for tomorrow night's Santa Ana City Council meeting regarding the creation of…
City Councilman Bacerra addresses claims about the proposed Police Oversight Commission
By Santa Ana City Councilman Phil Bacerra After I announced that Councilmember David Penaloza and I agendized having City staff research the creation of a Police Oversight Commission, there have…
Council Members Bacerra and Penaloza are starting to sound like Ceci Iglesias
Santa Ana City Council Members Phil Bacerra and David Penaloza are starting to sound like recently recalled City Council Member Ceci Iglesias. Check out what Bacerra posted on Facebook yesterday:…
Retired SAPD police officer charged with using unreasonable force and filing false reports
SANTA ANA, California – A retired Santa Ana Police officer was charged today by a federal grand jury that accused him of violating the civil rights of a man by…
Mayor Pro Tem Martinez wants to set up a Review Board to review police force incidents
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Michele Martinez is proposing at the next Santa Ana City Council meeting that an Independent Review or Citizen Review Board be set up to review…
Three SAPD cops plead not guilty to stealing treats and smashing cameras at a pot shop
[embed]https://youtu.be/JTKTfUHfeKM[/embed] Three Santa Ana police officers pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of petty theft in connection with a raid at Sky High Holistic, an unlicensed medical marijuana dispensary that…
Three SAPD cops who ransacked a marijuana dispensary charged with petty theft and vandalism
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Case # 16CM02387 Date: March 14, 2016 THREE SANTA ANA POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH PETTY THEFT AND VANDALISM DURING SERVICE OF SEARCH WARRANT ON MARIJUANA…
Survey – are SAPD cops really worse than local gangbangers?
Protesters marched on McFadden Street last night in opposition to the SAPD and the OCDA's gang injunction in the Townsend Street neighborhood. The SAPD did themselves no favors when they…
The SAPD responded to an alleged riot at the OC Pride Festival on Saturday night
A riot apparently broke out at the OC Pride Festival event that was held this Saturday, August 1, 2015, in Downtown Santa Ana. Details are sketchy but I did receive…
The SAPD will host community meetings about the use of body cameras on 7/25 and 8/1
Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: SAPD will be hosting a series of Community Forums on the Benefits and Challenges of Body-worn Camera Systems. The primary purpose of this forum is…
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Press conference and rally against the SAPD’s marijuana dispensary raids set for 6/15
A press conference regarding Santa Ana Police Department outrageous raids on medical marijuana dispensaries will be held this Monday, June 15, 2015, at 1:30 p.m., at the Westin Hotel located…
O.C. Human Relations Commission plans police community dialogues
Orange County Human Relations Commission FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 19, 2014 Contact: Ken Inouye, Chair, OC Human Relations Commission, 949-586-6640 Commission Plans Police Community Dialogues An African American woman shared that her kindergartener asked,…
Gentrifiers and Latinos protesting against police brutality face off in DTSA
Employees of a business called the American Barbershop allegedly hurled racist insults at a group of mostly Latino protesters who had gathered on Friday, August 15, 2014 to held a…
Victims of SAPD attack on marijuana colectives to speak out at the City Council meeting tonight
OC NORML is asking their supporters to attend tonight's Santa Ana City Council meeting so that they may speak out against the "outrageous treatment that the medicinal marijuana collective operators,…