Reports about Santa Ana police raise questions about role of new Oversight Commission
Members of the public filed more than a dozen complaints about the Santa Ana Police Department in the wake of the agency’s supporting role during protests that took place in mid-May at UC Irvine.
But while those complaints have been reviewed by Santa Ana’s police department — and a member of the department has determined that they should not be made public — they have yet to be seen by members of Santa Ana’s newly formed Police Oversight Commission.
That apparent disconnect is prompting some city officials to look at the relationship between the long-sought commission and the agency it was created to oversee.
