Police oversight & accountability

Discuss and Consider Directing the City Manager to Direct Staff as Follows: (1) Report Back to the City Council Within 30 Days on the City’s Agreements with Flock Group, Inc. (Agreement No. A-2025-059) and Motorola Solutions, Inc. (Agreement No. A-2025-060) for Automated License Plate Recognition Services, Including All Options and Costs to Terminate, Suspend, or Not Renew Each Agreement; (2) Present the One Year Update from Staff That the City Council Directed When It Approved the Agreements on May 6, 2025, Including Data on the System’s Effectiveness; and (3) Report on All Outside Agency Access to the City’s ALPR Data, Including Searches Conducted by the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center, and the City’s Compliance with California Civil Code Section 1798.90.5 et seq. (SB 34) and SAPD Policy 436 – Councilmember Jessie Lopez (Continued from the Regular City Council Meeting of October 6, 2026, Item No. 30)

• The council directed staff to prepare Councilmember Lopez's requested report on the Flock and Motorola licence-plate reader contracts, covering the options and costs of ending them, the system's effectiveness and outside agencies' access to the data.8:40:02
• Lopez cited reporting that the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center ran more than 27,000 searches of the city's data in six months, and asked colleagues to end the contracts.7:57:34

Agreement with Lexipol, LLC to Provide Policy Manual Maintenance and Support to the Police Department (Specification No. 27-022) (General Fund and Non-General Fund) (Continued from the Regular City Council Meeting of October 6, 2026, Item No. 17)

• A three-year contract worth up to $175,908 with Lexipol to maintain and update the police department's policy manual passed four votes to three, with Councilmembers Hernandez, Lopez and Vazquez opposed.5:39:10
• A substitute motion by Hernandez, seconded by Vazquez, to end the contract and develop police policy in-house failed three votes to four.5:38:26

Discuss and Consider Directing the City Manager to Direct Staff as Follows: (1) Report Back to the City Council Within 30 Days on the City’s Agreements with Flock Group, Inc. (Agreement No. A-2025-059) and Motorola Solutions, Inc. (Agreement No. A-2025-060) for Automated License Plate Recognition Services, Including All Options and Costs to Terminate, Suspend, or Not Renew Each Agreement; (2) Present the One Year Update from Staff That the City Council Directed When It Approved the Agreements on May 6, 2025, Including Data on the System’s Effectiveness; and (3) Report on All Outside Agency Access to the City’s ALPR Data, Including Searches Conducted by the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center, and the City’s Compliance with California Civil Code Section 1798.90.5 et seq. (SB 34) and SAPD Policy 436 – Councilmember Jessie Lopez

• Councilmember Lopez's request for a report on the Flock and Motorola licence-plate reader contracts, including the options and costs of ending them and outside agencies' access to the data, was continued to 20 October without discussion.6:42:17
• Six speakers backed the request, five of them calling for the contracts to end over privacy and searches of the city's data by outside agencies, while two defended the cameras as a crime-solving tool.5:41:56

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

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

Resolution for Police Oversight Commission Bylaws

• The council adopted the bylaws for the Police Oversight Commission by resolution.4:50:50

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

In-Car Cameras at the Santa Ana Police Department

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