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18/02/2025

Is any reasonable American shocked?

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – A sergeant, a lieutenant and two officers assigned to the Los Angeles Police Department’s Recruiting Employment Division have been assigned home with their police powers …

13/11/2024

This can be our father or grandfather. It’s time to hold police accountable.

10/08/2024

16/07/2024

These are the “good guys”.

11/07/2024

A college student who was trying to get her dad during a house fire got punched by a cop in Huntington Park. To make matters worse, the fire ended up displacing Adriana and her family and the young woman says she is facing a felony charge. MORE⬇

10/07/2024

07.03.2024 | 10:49 PM | SANTA ANA - Complaints About Santa Ana Police Spark Concerns Over New Oversight Commission's Role.

In the aftermath of protests at UC Irvine in mid-May, the Santa Ana Police Department received over a dozen complaints from the public. Although the department has reviewed these complaints and a member has decided not to disclose them publicly, they have yet to be presented to Santa Ana’s newly established Police Oversight Commission.

This situation has led some city officials to scrutinize the relationship between the commission and the police department it is meant to oversee. Santa Ana City Councilmember Jessie Lopez expressed concern, stating, "The purpose of the civilian oversight is so that no one can undermine it. If the police department receives complaints and decides to withhold information, it undermines the commission's function and the transparency it is supposed to provide."

The commission, which began meetings earlier this year, was created by the City Council to enhance transparency, accountability, and public confidence in the Santa Ana Police Department, as outlined in a city ordinance. To support this mission, the commission recently launched a portal on the city’s website for residents to file complaints about interactions with police officers.

According to city documents, these complaints should be reviewed by the commissioners, who would then make recommendations to police and city leadership. However, at the June 13 Oversight Commission meeting, Assistant City Attorney Jonathan Martinez informed commissioners that the city had received at least 16 complaints related to the police department’s presence at UC Irvine. Martinez mentioned that technical issues had prevented sharing these complaints with the commission.

Days later, the Santa Ana Police Department denied a public records request from The Orange County Register to access the complaints, providing only a redacted record of a non-misconduct-related report about a stolen bike. Santa Ana Police Department Commander Jorge Lopez was identified as the person responsible for withholding and redacting the records. The police department directed further questions to the city’s communications department.

29/06/2024

Two years later, but better than nothing. Don’t forget folks, the Police will not save you, even when they can.

Pete Arredondo, the former Uvalde schools police chief, was indicted over his role in the 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary that left 19 children and two teachers dead.

Arredondo failed to identify an active shooting, did not follow his training and made critical decisions that slowed the police response to stop a gunman who was "hunting" victims and ultimately killed 21 people, according to the indictment.

28/06/2024

An L.A. County deputy was found dead with a m**h pipe and white powder in station bathroom after working a double shift, medical examiner's report says.

12/04/2024

12/03/2024

(Kill the) Community First.

14/01/2024

We hate criminals as much as we hate the bad police men and women that roam our Santa Ana Streets. Criminals should be arrested, but this should have played out differently. If the suspects weren’t dead, they sure were a lot closer to death once SAPD arrived.