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Santa Ana police will post hate crime data to website Residents came out to a candlelight vigil to stop Asian hate in Garden Grove on March 23. (Raul Roa / Times Community News) Print Santa Ana police will now post monthly reports of hate crime data to the department’s website after the City Council showed unanimous support for the proposal at a meeting this week. The item was brought forward by council members Thai Viet Phan, the first Vietnamese American woman elected to the council, and Phil Bacerra as the country reckons with increased reports of rising racism and violence agai...

Santa Ana police will now post hate crime data to website Local residents came out to a candlelight vigil to stop Asian hate in Garden Grove on March 23. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer) April 7, 2021 5:59 PM PT Print Santa Ana police will now post monthly reports of hate crime data to the department’s website after the City Council showed unanimous support for the proposal at a Tuesday night meeting. The item was brought forward by council members Thai Viet Phan, the first Vietnamese American woman elected to the council, and Phil Bacerra as the country reckons with increased repo...

Santa Ana’s Crime Surge Prompts Taskforce Police and city officials in Santa Ana are launching a multifaceted crime-fighting initiative in response to a rise in homicides and other violent crimes. “The increase in violent crime, unfortunately, is consistent with patterns, both in small and large cities across the country throughout 2020,” Santa Ana Chief of Police David Valentin said during a March 11 press conference. “The department remains committed to community-oriented policing and partnering with our community to address violent crime.” Santa Ana Police Chief David Valentin...

By City News Service Mar 12, 2021 SANTA ANA (CNS) - Santa Ana police and political leaders today sought to assure the public it was tackling a rash of violent crime spurred in part by illegal gambling businesses. “There's been an increase in some of the rates of homicides versus last year,'' said Santa Ana Mayor Vicente Sarmiento. “We've had eight in this first quarter and we had one in the same time period last year, so it was important that (Police Chief David Valentin) address the source of that and the ways he's going to address that.'' Sarmiento, City Council members and Valentin he...

. Orange County sheriff officials are investigating whether an off-duty employee was at the U.S. Capitol riot in Washington, D.C. earlier this month. The employee – who has not been identified publicly – is cooperating with the probe, according to a Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman. “The Department is investigating the employee’s possible attendance and if so, participation,” said Carrie Braun, the department’s spokeswoman, in response to questions from Voice of OC. “We received one report [of] an OCSD employee who may have been present at the rally in DC,” Braun said. A...