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Police oversight & accountability

Oversight review requested

The Police Oversight Commission, use-of-force policy, surveillance, and public review of police equipment and conduct.

Matching meetings
48
Agenda records
57
Summary

The recent arc

Newest records first

  1. Councilmember Hernandez moved to reject the police department's annual military equipment report outright.

    4:28:12

  2. Councilmember Vazquez asked the council to have a public report prepared and the Police Oversight Commission hold a hearing on how police responded to a demonstration at the Civic Center.

    6:32:12

  3. The oversight director presented options for rewriting the ordinance that sets what the Police Oversight Commission can and cannot do.

    1:09:03
Record

Recent council history

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  1. Jul212026
    Item 18Agenda and summary

    Santa Ana Police Department’s Annual Military Equipment Use Report for 2025-26

    • Councilmember Hernandez moved to reject the police department's annual military equipment report outright.4:28:12
    • He told the council that his cousin Brandon Lopez was killed in 2021 by Anaheim officers who came into Santa Ana with an armoured vehicle, a concussion grenade and tear gas, and that the city has since built the same capability itself.4:28:12
  2. Feb32026
    Item 19Agenda and summary

    Discuss and Consider Providing Direction to the City Manager to Prepare a Public Report and Direct the Police Oversight Commission to Hold a Public Hearing Regarding Law Enforcement Response to a Demonstration at the Santa Ana Civic Center – Councilmember Vazquez

    • Councilmember Vazquez asked the council to have a public report prepared and the Police Oversight Commission hold a hearing on how police responded to a demonstration at the Civic Center.6:32:12
    • He said reporting by independent local media had raised serious questions about the department's use of force that evening.6:32:12
  3. Feb32026
    Item 16Agenda and summary

    Resolution for Police Oversight Commission Bylaws

    • The council adopted the bylaws for the Police Oversight Commission by resolution.4:50:50
  4. Feb32026
    Item 15Agenda and summary

    Agreement with Axon Enterprise, Inc. for the Implementation of the Drone as a First Responder System and Patrol Drone Purchase for the Police Department (Non-General Fund - SLESA)

    • The police chief presented a proposal to buy a drone as first responder system, where a drone is sent to a call before officers reach the scene.5:02:00
    • Councilmember Vazquez asked whether the Police Oversight Commission had helped write the policy, and said new technology should routinely go through it so the public can see it has been through a process.5:19:17
  5. Feb32026
    Item 8Agenda title · no cited summary

    In-Car Cameras at the Santa Ana Police Department

    No evidence-backed summary is available for this agenda record.

  6. Jan262026
    Item 1Agenda and summary

    Police Oversight Commission Ordinance Work Study Session

    • The oversight director presented options for rewriting the ordinance that sets what the Police Oversight Commission can and cannot do.1:09:03
    • Mayor Amezcua opened by correcting a claim made during public comment that the meeting had been called at short notice, and the city manager confirmed the direction to hold it dated back to the previous July.1:07:59
  7. Sep162025
    Item 30Agenda and summary

    Police Oversight Commission Ordinance Work Study Session

    • The council held a work study session on rewriting the ordinance that governs the Police Oversight Commission.3:38:34
    • It came two months after the council deadlocked three to three on amending that ordinance, with one member absent.3:34:31
  8. Aug192025
    Item 10Agenda and summary

    Annual Military Equipment Use Reports for 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25

    • The council took the annual police military equipment use reports for three years at once, covering 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25.6:36:20
    • Mayor Amezcua opened by asking the police chief to confirm that despite comments made in public that evening, no drone purchase was before the council.5:30:38