Elvia Fernandez, a Santa Ana mom, is having trouble processing what she saw happen today at John Adams Park, in Santa Ana. She videotaped a burly Santa Ana Unified School District Police Officer who jumped on top of a kid he caught tagging at the park. Allegedly the cop threatened to pepper spray the kid.
According to eyewitnesses the child was perhaps fourteen years old. You can hear him crying in the video that Elvia shot. And the cop clearly shouts at Elvia and another bystander – demanding that they stop speaking in Spanish. They were telling the child to stop struggling and were trying to calm him down.
Tagging sucks, that we understand. But roughing up little kids like this is worse. And this cop surely doesn’t seem to know how to work with people in our community. How did this guy get hired in the first place?
If you want to contact the SAUSD School Board Members, good luck. They no longer list any email addresses on their website! Fortunately I have some of their personal contact information available, as follows:
- Rob Richardson, vrrichardson@email.msn.com, (714) 558-5512
- Jose Alfredo Hernandez, JoseAlfredo@1JAHLaw.com, 714-568-4529
- Audrey Yamagata-Noji, aynoji@gmail.com, 909-274-4505
- John Palacio, jpalacio@pacbell.net, (714) 856-5214
- Cecilia Iglesias, d47ceci@yahoo.com, iglesias4sausd@gmail.com, 714-485-6396.
Rick Miller, Ph.D.
Superintendent
Phone: (714) 558-5512
Fax: (714) 558-5610
Antonette Roberto
Confidential Assistant
to the Superintendent
Phone: (714) 558-5512
antonette.roberto@sausd.us
Cynthia Gastelo
Recording Secretary
Board of Education
Phone: (714) 558-5515
cynthia.gastelo@sausd.us
Rosie Rosales
Executive Assistant
Phone: (714) 558-5511
rosie.rosales@sausd.us
Travis Tamasese
Sr. Executive Secretary
Phone: (714) 558-5513
travis.tamasese@sausd.us
