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On February 25, 2020 at 6:30 am, the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) received a call from agents of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) pertaining to their actions in the east alley of 835 S. Townsend.

SAPD was informed that DHS had performed a traffic stop on an individual wanted for a warrant. DHS requested SAPD to respond to assist with crowd and traffic control as the individual was refusing to surrender to DHS agents.

As is the case with any request from all law enforcement agencies, SAPD responded to the location. Upon arrival, SAPD supervision was informed DHS was attempting to arrest the individual for a warrant pertaining to an immigration offense.

SAPD notified DHS that the department’s involvement would only be crowd and traffic control and no members of the Santa Ana Police Department would become involved in any immigration enforcement matters.

During the police department’s involvement, a single male attempted to breach law enforcement containment and was detained.

A records check on that individual revealed a valid warrant out of North Orange County Municipal Court for Driving Under the Influence. That male who breached containment was arrested for that warrant based on state charges.

After a period of time, DHS notified SAPD that they would not be arresting the original individual for his outstanding immigration issue and all law enforcement left the scene.

INCIDENT INVOLUCRANDO AL DEPARTAMENTO DE SEGURIDAD NACIONAL – 800 BLOQUE DE LA CALLE SUR DE TOWNSEND

El 25 de febrero del 2020, a las 6:30 AM, el Departamento de Policía de Santa Ana recibió una llamada de agentes del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés) con respecto a una parada de tráfico de un individuo buscado por orden judicial. El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional pidió asistencia del Departamento de Policía de Santa Ana con el control de multitudes y tráfico, ya que la persona se negaba a rendirse a los agentes del DHS. Como es el caso con cualquier solicitud de asistencia, el Departamento de Policía de Santa Ana respondió a la ubicación. Cuando llegaron los oficiales de policía, se informaron que el DHS estaba tratando de arrestar a la persona por una orden de arresto relacionada con un delito de inmigración. Se le notificó al DHS que la participación del Departamento sólo sería del control de multitudes y tráfico y ningún miembro del Departamento de Policía de Santa Ana se involucraría en ningún asunto de ejecución de las leyes de inmigración. Durante la participación del departamento de policía, un solo hombre intentó violar la contención de las fuerzas del orden y fue detenido. Una verificación de registros de esa persona reveló una orden válida de la Corte Municipal del Condado de North Orange por Conducir Bajo la Influencia. La persona fue arrestada por esa orden basada en cargos estatales.

Después de un período de tiempo, agentes del DHS notificaron al Departamento de Policía de Santa Ana que no arrestarían al individuo original por su problema de inmigración pendiente.

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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.

By 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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