Jan 29, 2026 Police Oversight Commission

I KNOW, BUT I DIDN'T READ IT TILL LATE YESTERDAY.

AND DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? OKAY.

THE MOTION'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

UM, I WILL NOW, I WILL NOW HAND IT OVER TO DIRECTOR CARRIAGE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR

[2. 26-54156 Recommendation to solicit feedback and discuss, and if appropriate, approve the 2025 Office of Police Oversight Annual Report. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

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UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THE OPLS 2025, UH, ANNUAL REPORT.

A LOT OF WHAT'S GONNA BE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING WAS ALSO DISCUSSED IN THE OCTOBER MEETING.

SO FOR BREVITY, I'LL KIND OF GO OVER THE HIGHLIGHTED POINTS JUST TO NOT BELABOR IT.

UM, WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED BY THE LPL WAS THE, DURING THE COMPLAINT REVIEW REPORT PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION IN OCTOBER.

AS A PART OF THIS ANNUAL REPORT, WE ARE MOVING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD IN THAT REPORT INTO THIS REPORT, AS WELL AS A BRIEF RECAP, THE LPO REVIEWED 100 CLOSED LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS.

WHAT WAS EVALUATED WAS TIMELINESS, THOROUGHNESS, THE ALLEGATIONS, THE DISPOSITION, AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE USE OF BODY-WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE DURING THAT INVESTIGATION, PER DEFINITION BY THE OPO TIMELINESS, IS CONSIDERED HOW LONG AN INVESTIGATION WOULD HAVE TAKEN WITHOUT UNDUE

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DELAY.

THE POLICE OFFICER BILL OF RIGHTS DOES ALLOW FOR 364 DAYS FOR A COMPLETED INVESTIGATION WITH ALSO DISCIPLINE IMPOSED.

ON AVERAGE, THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT TOOK 295 DAYS TO COMPLETE AN INVESTIGATION.

ONCE IT WAS RECEIVED, THE LPL FOUND THAT THIS LONG, UM, DELAY IN 83% OF THE CASES COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED, AND WE ONLY AGREED THAT 17% FAILED INTO AN EXPECTED TIMEFRAME.

REGARDING THE THOROUGHNESS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS, THE OPO FOUND THAT 92% OF THE INVESTIGATIONS COMPLETED APPEAR TO BE THOROUGH WITH AN ADDITIONAL 8% NOT HAVING ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR US TO MAKE A DETERMINATION OF THE THOROUGHNESS.

IN THE SECTIONS OF ALLEGATIONS, THERE WERE A HUNDRED CASES, THERE WERE 799 ALLEGED POLICY VIOLATIONS.

OF THE A HUNDRED CASES THAT ALSO INCLUDE 26 USE OF FORCE INVESTIGATIONS TO INCLUDE 51 ALLEGED POLICY VIOLATIONS.

THE DISPOSITIONS, THE OPO AGREED WITH THE INVESTIGATIVE FINDINGS 89% OF THE TIME, AND DISAGREED WITH 11% REGARDING ASSOCIATED BODY-WORN CAMERA TO THE INVESTIGATIONS, THE OPO DETERMINED THAT 55% OF THE COMPLAINTS REVIEWED COULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED THROUGH INITIAL REVIEW OF BODY-WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE, AND THAT WOULD'VE PREVENTED THE UNDUE DELAY OF 295 DAYS ON TYPICAL AVERAGE TO COMPLETE THE COMPLAINT REVIEW REPORT INCLUDED 12 RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I JUST WANT TO INFORM THE COMMISSION THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RESPONDED TO ALL 12, UM, THAT WAS SENT TO US ABOUT A WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF AGO.

THE OPO WILL BE RESPONDING TO THEIR RESPONSE, AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, IT WILL GO BACK OUT TO THE COMMISSION AND ALSO BE, UM, POSTED PUBLICLY.

SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T DONE A PRESENTATION ON THEIR RESPONSE YET, BECAUSE WE WILL BE PROVIDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT A RESPONSE TO THEIR RESPONSE WITH RECEIPTS OF OUR POSITION AND WHY.

SO, JUST ONE MORE FOLLOW UP.

UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO, UM, WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSION WITH THEM AND AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, WE HAVE REMOVED RECOMMENDATION FOR, WHICH WAS REGARDING COLLECTING, UM, ASSOCIATED VIDEO FOOTAGE WITH CRITICAL INCIDENTS THAT ARE IN THE JAIL.

THEY DO CURRENTLY HAVE THAT PRACTICE.

AND, UH, THE FOOTAGE THAT WAS MISSING IN THE INVESTIGATION THAT WAS ASSOCIATED TO THAT PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION, I JUST DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

SO IT WAS DONE.

SO IN GOOD CONSCIOUS, WE DID REMOVE THAT PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION.

SO WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH 11, UM, ACTUAL RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THE COMMISSION WILL ALSO RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL EDITS THAT WERE MADE.

THERE WAS JUST SOME LANGUAGE CLARIFICATION THAT WAS CLEARED UP.

UM, SPECIFICALLY REMOVING, WHEN IT COMES IN, WHEN IT COMES TO ALLEGATIONS, WE USE THE TERM ALLEGATIONS.

SO WHEN I SAID 799 ALLEGATIONS IS ACTUALLY 799 POTENTIAL POLICY VIOLATIONS.

'CAUSE AS I MENTIONED WITH THE DEBRIEFING IN OCTOBER, ONE ALLEGATION CAN HAVE SEVERAL POLICY VIOLATIONS.

SO JUST TO KEEP THE LANGUAGE CONSISTENT AND TO AVOID CONFUSION, WE AGREED TO EDIT THAT AND MAKE THAT CORRECTION.

UM, AND BEYOND THAT, REGARDING LOOKING AHEAD, SOME OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT WE WILL DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE AD HOCS WORK THAT WAS DONE, IS THE NUMBER ONE, UH, INTEREST OF THE OFFICE AS WELL AS THE COMMISSION MOVING FORWARD, IS OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AND TO SOLICIT INPUT, UH, REGARDING AUDITS AND FUTURE AUDITS, AND WHERE WE SHOULD SPEND OUR ENERGY FOCUSING ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO WITH THAT, THAT'S THE, UM, COMPLETION OF MY PRESENTATION, AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY, PETITIONERS ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.

I HAVE, IF NO ONE ELSE, UM, I HAVE, UH, OH, I SHOULD GO TO THE, THE SCREEN.

I, I HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, COMMENTS.

ONE IS A TYPO.

YOU HAVE ON PAGE 10.

IT SAYS, MORAL INSTEAD OF MORALE, , THERE'S AN E MISSING.

IT'S A TYPO.

YOU COULD HAVE EMAILED ME THAT CHAIR, BUT THANK YOU, .

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, I HAVE PATRICK ADJUST, BUT THEN I HAVE, I HAVE A MORE BASIC QUESTION.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

WHICH IS, UM, ONCE THE CONVERSATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR RESPONSE AND THEN OURS, IS THERE A LONGER TERM PLAN FOR FOLLOW UP ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS? I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY THIS ALL THE TIME, THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY COUNTS IS IMPLEMENTATION.

UM, THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS ALL THE TIME I, ON ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

AND SO THE FOLLOW UP ON IMPLEMENTATION AFTER THE DISCUSSION, I GET THAT AND WHAT'S ACCEPTED AND NOT, BUT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE PLANS AROUND FOLLOW UP ON IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS.

THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.

UM, AND FORGIVE ME FOR NOT ADDING THAT TO THE PRESENTATION.

SO WE DID REACH OUT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON DECEMBER THE FIRST, DECEMBER THE FIRST, AND ASK FOR AN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE TO OUR 2024 ANNUAL REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS.

AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ACCEPTED ALL SIX.

UM, SO WE FOLLOWED UP TO ASK THEM, WHERE ARE WE WITH IMPLEMENTATION? THEY HAVE CREATED A RESPONSE TO THAT, THAT WE WILL INCORPORATE INTO THIS REPORT.

UM, IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF GOING UP THE CHAIN OUTSIDE OF THAT, THE CASE REVIEW REPORT IS SEPARATE.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RESPONDED TO THAT IMPLEMENTATION, IF ANY OF THOSE ITEMS IS A PART OF THAT RESPONSE.

BUT BECAUSE I WANT TO RESPOND TO THEIR RESPONSE, UM, THAT WILL TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME.

BUT REGARDING THE PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS MADE, UM, WE WILL INCORPORATE THAT INTO THIS ANNUAL REPORT, BECAUSE IT IS LISTED AS A CHART WITHIN THE DOCUMENT, UM, WITHIN THEIR UPDATED RESPONSES.

AND IT WILL ALWAYS BE A LIVE DOCUMENT ON OUR WEBPAGE AS WELL, THAT WE WILL, UM, UPDATE QUARTERLY OR AS THINGS HAPPEN, UM, AND WHAT WE GET RESPONSE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

'CAUSE THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME.

UM, AND WELL, THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THE FOLLOW UP IS ALSO IMPORTANT.

UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO.

MR. CLERK, CAN WE DO A VOTE TO IMPROVE, APPROVE THIS ITEM? OKAY.

MOTION IS CARRIED.

UH, MR. CLERK, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM.

ITEM THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE'S POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION GUIDEBOOK FOR FUTURE COMMISSIONERS.

AND IF APPROVED, TERMINATE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? AND A SECOND.

SO, UM, MOTION BY OCO AND SECOND BY BENDER.

WHAT? YOU'RE GOING, UH, I WHAT'S THE ORDER? WHAT'S THE ORDER? IT DOESN'T SAY , UM, CHAIR.

SO IS THERE, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OH, YOU WANTED

[3. 26-54157 Recommendation to approve the Ad Hoc Committee’s Police Oversight Commission guidebook for future Commissioners, and if approved, terminate the Ad Hoc Committee. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

YOU CAN TAKE THE STAFF REPORT FIRST IF YOU'D LIKE.

YEAH.

THE NEXT SECTIONS OF THE PLAYBOOK FOCUS MORE ON CLARIFYING, UM, OUR ROLE WITHIN THE CITY'S OVERSIGHT STRUCTURE, UM, AND REINFORCES OUR LEGAL AND ETHICAL BOUNDARIES, AND STRENGTHENS THE LEGITIMACY, LEGITIMACY OF THE OVERSIGHT PROCESS.

ARE YOU GOING TO IT DOES START, YES.

I, I THINK, UM, IT'S BEST TO DO THE STAFF REPORT FIRST, AND THEN THAT WAY PUBLIC CAN WEIGH IN AFTER HEARING THE PRESENTATION.

SURE.

WE CAN DO, UH, THE, THE QUICK YEAH.

PRESENTATION.

IT'S ONLY THREE SLIDES, SO WE CAN, IT'S GONNA BE REALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

THE, THE DOCUMENT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

UM, SO AS YOU RECALL, WE, WE, UH, CREATED A AD HOC SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AS THE OFFICE WAS STARTING TO STAND UP.

SO THE COMMISSION HAS SOME BASIC GUIDANCE, UM, TO EFFECTUATE OUR MANDATE UNDER THEIR CHARTER.

UM, AND WE'RE NOW, I THINK, AT THAT, AT THAT MOMENT WHERE WE'RE NEEDED TO FULFILL OUR MANDATES.

UM, SO WE WANTED TO JUST GET SOMETHING IN WRITING, UM, SOME SORT OF LIVING DOCUMENT, UM, NOT BYLAWS, NOT POLICY, JUST SOME SORT OF PLAYBOOK IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT.

SO, UM, WE'RE NOT, UM, LOST AS COMMISSIONERS AND HAVE SOME SORT OF, UM, IDEA OF HOW TO, HOW TO GET OUT THERE WITH COMMUNITY AND ENGAGE AND, AND, UM, AND PERFORM OUTREACH.

UM, SO THE FIRST SECTION OF IT FOCUSED ON JUST BASIC FRAMEWORK OF THE COMMISSIONER'S OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, UH, GROUNDED ON THE COMMISSIONER'S CHARTER MANDATE.

UH, AND IT'S DESIGNED TO PROMOTE CONSISTENCY, TRANSPARENCY, AND CREDIBILITY.

UM, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

UM,

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UM, SO WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW WE HAVE LIMITS, AND THIS JUST KIND OF PUTS IT IN PLAIN LANGUAGE IN THE PLAYBOOK OF, OF WHAT OUR, WHAT WE ARE, CAN DO AND CANNOT DO AS, AS COMMISSIONERS AND HOW TO SEPARATE OUR ROLES FROM OUR PRIVATE WORLD AND OUR COMMISSIONER WORLD.

UM, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND, AND THEN IT MORE MOST IMPORTANTLY, LAYS OUT SOME BASIC WAYS TO HIT THE GROUND AND TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ENGAGEMENT AND, AND OUTREACH.

OUTREACH, AS WE ALL KNOW, IS JUST SOME BASIC STUFF, TABLING, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE EXIST, UM, CREATING ACCESS, UH, TO US, TO THE COMMISSION.

UM, BUT THE, THE TOUGH WORK IS THE ENGAGEMENT PART OF IT.

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE DOING A WHOLE LOT OF LISTENING, UM, GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY BACK TO THE, TO THE, UH, OFFICE OF, UH, POLICE OVERSIGHT, UM, AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION BACK OVER TO THE COMMUNITY SO WE CAN HAVE MEANINGFUL DISCOURSE.

SO, UM, IN SHORT, THE PLAYBOOK HELPS TO ENSURE THAT OVERSIGHT IN LONG BEACH IS NOT JUST A PERSONALITY DRIVEN EPISODIC ENTITY, BUT CONSISTENT WITH PRINCIPLED, UM, UM, AND PRINCIPLES.

AND IT'S, AND IT, AND IT'S, AND IT'S, UH, IT'S DURABLE, UM, AND THAT WE DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN, UH, PERFORMANCE.

SO THAT'S IT.

UM, THEN THE DOCUMENT IS, IS IT'S IN THE AGENDA.

UM, I, I, I KNOW THAT THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, HAVE ALL LOOKED THROUGH IT.

UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT HELP WITH, WITH DIRECTOR CARRIAGE AND HER STAFF ON GETTING THE LANGUAGE CORRECT.

UM, COMMISSIONERS, ROCO CAMPBELL REALLY CHIPPED IN TO HELP GET SOMETHING DOWN IN WRITING AND, AND, UH, AND ALSO, UM, FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH, UM, WHAT'S REQUIRED BY THE CITY.

SO, APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HELP.

WITH DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT, BUT WE WILL HAVE A STANDING ITEM ON THE AGENDA MOVING FORWARD WHERE WE WILL ASK FOR A COMMISSIONER REPORT OUT ON ANY OUTREACH EFFORTS THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN, AND ANY FEEDBACK, WE'LL HAVE THAT PREPARED THROUGH WHATEVER WE GET THROUGH THE PULSE SURVEYS AS WELL.

UH, DIRECTOR CARRIAGE, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE ITEM? UH, YES.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC THAT TOOK THIS ON.

I KNOW ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS IS KIND LIKE FEELING LIKE YOU'RE SITTING AROUND, AS YOU KNOW, THIS OFFICE IS AS NEW AS THE COMMISSION, SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO INTO PLAY ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE OFFICE COMING INTO CREATION, BUILDING A TEAM, UM, JUST REALLY WORKING ALONGSIDE THE COMMISSION AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO FORM SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA ACTUALLY BE HELPFUL, SUCCESSFUL, AND SUSTAINABLE.

UM, I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR OVER 20 YEARS NOW, AND A LOT OF THINGS COME AND THEN THEY, THEY ALSO GO.

SO MAKING SURE THAT THE FOUNDATIONS ARE PUT INTO PLACE SO THAT NO MATTER WHO'S IN POWER TO WHATEVER LEVEL OF AUTHORITY, UM, WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S LASTING AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE EXTREMELY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE WORK OF THIS COMMISSION AS WELL.

UM, AS HARD AS IT MAY BE SOMETIMES TO SIT THERE AND FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE NO AUTHORITY, YOU HAVE A LOT MORE THAN YOU REALIZE.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WORKED WITH THE AD HOC TO DISCUSS WAS HOW THE COMMISSION COULD BE BETTER SUITED TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.

UM, YOU ARE UNIQUELY SITUATED TO HAVE THE EAR AND DIRECT ACCESS OF OUR OFFICE, WHICH HAS DIRECT ACCESS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INCLUDE THEIR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

ALTHOUGH IT'S ONLY RECOMMEND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE GIVEN, WHEN RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BACKED UP WITH VERY, UM, STRONG FACTS, STATISTICAL AND OTHERWISE PERCEIVE ISSUES WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY, UM, THAT'S WHERE YOU EFFECTUATE CHANGE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS COMMISSION SHOULD BE ENGAGING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE ALSO INTERFACING WITH THE POLICE AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN HELP THEM SUCCEED THEIR MISSIONS.

UM, SO I HAVE TALKED TO STAFF.

WE'RE GONNA CREATE SOMETHING CALLED PULSE SURVEYS, UH, WHICH HAVE SMALL QR CODES THAT EACH COMMISSIONER WILL BE GIVEN.

IT'S A THREE TO FIVE QUESTION, UH, SURVEY RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR PARTICULAR GROUP AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, WHAT IS ONE THING THE POLICE ARE ARE DOING WELL, WHAT IS ONE THING THAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT AND HOW COULD IT BE IMPROVED? AND WHAT IS ONE THING THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT DOING AT ALL? AND IF THEY HAD BEEN DOING IT, IT WOULD HELP YOU COME TO SUCCESS IN YOUR MISSION.

UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SIMPLE ENOUGH.

SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ASK OF THE COMMISSIONERS.

WE'RE GONNA START PREPARING, UH, COMMUNITY EVENT CALENDARS THAT WILL GO OUT.

I KNOW THAT YOU CURRENTLY GET EMAILS ASSOCIATED

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SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.

UM, ONCE WE GET IT UP AND RUNNING, WE WILL BE DOING A ROLLOUT TO ALL THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO JUST ALSO INCLUDE THEM INTO OUR EFFORTS TO GET OUT THERE AND, AND HELP THE CITY BECOME A BETTER CITY, SO THAT WE'RE ALL KIND OF HAVING ONE GOAL OF TRYING TO GET TO, MAKING THIS A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.

I, I ALSO WANNA THANK THE GROUP FOR THE EFFORTS 'CAUSE IT'S A GOOD, SETS US UP TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND ALSO TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY IN THE WORK THAT WE DO.

UM, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR COMMUNITY TO SPEAK, UH, ON VARIOUS ISSUES RELATED TO THE POLICE.

AND SO I THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS WORK.

UM, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? NO, THAT WOULD BE THE ONE.

UM, OKAY.

UH, OH.

IS SOMEBODY GETTING UP TO SPEAK? MM-HMM .

WE'LL, WAIT.

HI, MY NAME IS JUSTINE.

I'M A RESIDENT HERE IN LONG BEACH, AND I REALLY DON'T GO OUTSIDE THAT MUCH.

I STAY INSIDE, KIND OF WATCH CARTOONS ALL DAY, AND I'M VERY WORRIED FOR MY NEIGHBORS AND MY COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN OVERSIGHT FOR THE POLICE COUNCIL.

AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THE POLICE ARE PROTECTING US DURING THESE TIMES OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ICE AND EVERYTHING.

WE'RE ALL RESIDENTS HERE IN LONG BEACH, AND REGARDLESS OF YOUR STATUS, YOU STILL LIVE HERE AND YOU SHOULD STILL BE PROTECTED.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS AS A COMMUNITY, WE CARE FOR THE PEOPLE HERE.

AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE STAYS SAFE AND THAT THE POLICE ARE ON OUR SIDE PROTECTING US.

THAT'S IT.

COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS.

ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.

IF NONE, WE WILL PROCEED TO A VOTE.

IT'S TO APPROVE THE FRAMEWORK OR WHATEVER YOU, THIS IS ALSO A JOINT MOTION TO DISSOLVE THE, THE AD HOC? YES.

OH, OKAY.

SO IS EVERYBODY VOTED? IT'S NOT.

MOTION HAS CARRIED.

MOTION HAS BEEN CARRIED.

NOW IT'S TIME FOR, UH, UH, GENERAL, UH, MR. CLERK READ THE NEXT, THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM FOUR IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE POLICE OVERSIGHT DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OH, IS THERE A MOTION? OH, YES, WE HAVE.

IT'S MOVED BY SOTO SECOND BY BROWN.

UM, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AND E COMMISSION? LET ME YEAH.

SEND MY LITTLE REPORT

[4. 26-54158 Recommendation to receive and file Police Oversight Director’s Report. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

UH, JUST A REMINDER, I'M SORRY IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY, PLEASE, UH, COMPLETE YOUR FORM 700.

I DID.

UM, THEY DO FINE YOU ALL INDIVIDUALLY.

WE WILL NOT PAY THAT.

SO TAKE CARE OF IT.

UM, AND THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER BENDER.

SHE MADE AN EXCELLENT RECOMMENDATION FOR US TO CREATE A VIDEO FOR NEW COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE BEING ONBOARDED.

SO, UM, YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE SOMETHING IN THE EMAIL COMING IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, JUST ASKING SOME OF THE AREAS THAT YOU THINK WILL BE GREAT FOR US TO COVER, UM, SO THAT I CAN TAKE IN YOUR, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS ON SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES YOU HAD AS YOU ONBOARDED, MAYBE SOME HICCUPS OR WHATEVER ELSE THAT YOU COULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM RECEIVING SOME TYPE OF DIRECTION.

SO, AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE CREATING THIS TOGETHER, SO I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE PATIENTS WE RECEIVE AS WELL.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, AND THAT, THAT IS TO ALSO INCLUDE THE PUBLIC, WE DO HAVE ON OUR WEBPAGE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS, AREAS FOR AUDIT, ANYTHING AND HOW YOU THINK THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS COMMISSION AND THIS OFFICE BETTER, UM, MORE RESPONSIVE AND, UM, EFFECTUATE CHANGE.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR ALL OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

ANY DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONERS, ANY DISCUSSION? CAN WE VOTE ON THIS ITEM? MOTION IS CARRIED.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?

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ONE IS THAT, UM, THE FAMILY OF BRANDON BOYD, UM, RECENTLY LOST ANOTHER BROTHER.

UH, MR. CLERK, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM.

THE NEXT ITEM IS NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY WILL NOW BE GIVEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION FOR MATTERS? NOT ON THE AGENDA.

UM, THERE'LL BE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT, UH, TO EACH PERSON.

AND, UM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.

YEAH, GOOD EVENING.

UM, MY NAME IS MARYANNE DRUMMOND.

UM, AND THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO, UM, BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION TONIGHT.

[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Police Oversight Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]

AND, UM, IN THAT MOMENT, THEY CALLED THE CITY, NOT THE POLICE.

THERE WAS NO NEED FOR POLICE, UM, AND OF COURSE WHO SHOWED UP, BUT THE POLICE.

AND THEY CAME TO THEIR DOOR AND CAME INTO THEIR HOME AND PROCEEDED IN DURING THE CONVERSATION TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WERE THERE AND PART OF BRANDON'S KILLING IN HER OWN HOME.

AND WHILE NONE OF THIS KIND OF HARASSMENT, UM, OR INTIMIDATION IS NEW TO ME, IT STILL TAKES MY BREATH AWAY EVERY TIME.

AND THIS IS PARTICULARLY JUST STRIKES ME AS JUST PARTICULARLY UNCONSCIONABLE, PARTICULARLY EGREGIOUS, PARTICULARLY DESPICABLE.

I, UM, AND, UM, I'M JUST SORT OF GIVING A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THIS.

IT'S BETTER TO HEAR IT FROM TIFFANY'S VOICE HERSELF.

SO AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON NOVEMBER 18TH, IN THE VIDEO RECORDING AT MINUTE 51, SHE TELLS HER STORY, SO I PLEASE, PLEASE LISTEN TO HER STORY.

UM, THE NEXT PART, UM, IS ICE CONCERNS AROUND ICE.

I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF, UM, WHISPER NETWORK, TALK ABOUT, UM, LONG BEACH POLICE COLLABORATING WITH ICE AND OR, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF FOLKS ARE DOING TWO JOBS AT THE SAME TIME OR WHAT HAVE YOU, OR COLLABORATING ON THEIR OFF TIME.

UM, THERE'S JUST SORT OF A LOT OF SCUTTLEBUTT.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'M, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT IN PARTICULAR, OBVIOUSLY, THAT I HAVE WITNESSED IN THAT REGARD.

HOWEVER, THERE'S ENOUGH SCUTTLEBUTT THAT LIKE IT'S A CONCERN AND I AM CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT MAYBE THIS BODY COULD BE DOING OR HOW THE DEPARTMENT IS TRACKING AND FOLLOWING UP ON THAT KIND OF THING.

BECAUSE TO THE POINT OF THE FORMER SPEAKER, KEEPING THIS COMMUNITY SAFE, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T FEEL SAFE FROM THE POLICE, BUT, UM, BUT VERSUS ICE AND SUCH, UM, I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S A DEEP COMMUNITY CONCERN.

SO THANK YOU.

ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS BRITTANY, AND I LIVE IN THE FIRST DISTRICT OVER HERE, AND I HAVE SEEN A LOT SINCE I MOVED HERE A YEAR AGO.

AND THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT, I MADE A PHONE CALL WHEN MY NEIGHBOR THREATENED TO SHOOT ME, TOOK HIM HOURS TO SHOW UP.

I DIDN'T CALL THE EMERGENCY LINE FOR THAT.

I CALLED THE NON-EMERGENCY BECAUSE IT WASN'T AN EMERGENCY.

STILL TOOK HIM HOURS TO SHOW UP.

I HAD THE HORRIBLE DISPLEASURE OF BEING THE FIRST PERSON TO CALL ABOUT THE BOMBS THAT ARE GOING OFF IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE EVERYBODY WALKED OUT OF OUR BUILDING AND LITERALLY THOUGHT A BOMB WENT OFF.

AND I HAD TO TELL THEM, HEY, IT WASN'T A BOMB.

IT WAS ACTUALLY SOME TYPE OF FIREWORK THAT WE'RE NOT USED TO.

I KNOW ALL OF US LONG BEACH FOLKS ARE USED TO FIREWORKS, OKAY? THIS IS NOT THAT I MADE MULTIPLE CALLS ABOUT IT.

THE COPS SAID THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL IT WAS CAUGHT ON VIDEO THAT THEY WERE SETTING IT OFF, AND THAT THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHO WAS DOING IT.

AND I PUT MYSELF IN DANGER, AND I WENT AND GOT THEM ON VIDEO, GOT ALL OF THE INFORMATION.

THEY EVEN HAD THEIR BUSINESS SWEATSHIRT.

I GOT THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEXT DOOR TOGETHER

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TO GET ALL OF THE INFORMATION.

I PACKAGED UP A NICE CASE AND HANDED IT OFF TO THE POLICE THAT HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WITH IT.

AND WE HAVE THIS NEW LAW THAT $50,000 THAT THE PROPERTY MANAGERS ARE FINED.

THAT'S EASY MONEY THAT THEY JUST LEFT ON THE TABLE AND DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR FOOTAGE ON MY BUILDING AT 360 LYME AVENUE.

THEY COULD EASILY SUBPOENA THAT FOOTAGE AND GET OVER AND OVER ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT FINES, DIDN'T DO CRAP WITH IT, OKAY? AND THAT'S NOT EVEN THE HALF OF IT.

MY BUILDING WAS JUST SWARMED A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN SOMEONE HAD A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE.

APPARENTLY THEY WERE THREATENING TO KILL THEMSELVES.

NONE OF THE SURROUNDING APARTMENTS WERE EVACUATED.

DID WE NOT LEARN FROM WHAT HAPPENED WITH BREONNA TAYLOR? NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM WERE.

I WALK OUT THERE, I SAY, HEY, CAN WE COME OUT? CAN WE COME OUT? THEY'RE NOT GIVING US ANY ANSWERS.

THEY ALL FINALLY DISSIPATE.

I THINK I'M GOOD TO LEAVE MY APARTMENT.

I WALK OUT WITH MY DOG, I TURN THE CORNER, AND I AM MET WITH A SLEW OF COPS POINTING GUNS AT ME.

IF THE SITUATION WAS SO DANGEROUS, WHY DID THEY LEAVE THAT MIDDLE PORTION OF THE COURTYARD? WHY DID THEY LET ME PUT MYSELF IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION? SERIOUSLY? WHAT IS GOING ON? AND THEN I WALK OUT THERE, I'M GOING AT MY DOG.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE PLAYING WITH MY DOG MESSING US OVER 15, 20 DIFFERENT COPS FOR A MENTAL HEALTH EPISODE.

ARE YOU SERIOUS? SO WHICH IS IT? IS IT NOT SERIOUS? AND YOU GUYS ARE JUST SITTING AROUND P***Y FOOTING AROUND OUTSIDE, AND YOU GUYS JUST MADE THE BUILDING ALL STRESSED FOR NOTHING.

OR IS IT ACTUALLY SERIOUS AND YOU DIDN'T DO YOUR JOB EFFECTIVELY AT ALL AND KEEP ANY OF US SAFE? AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THE HALF OF IT, BUT WHAT P****S ME OFF THE MOST IS THAT RIGHT NOW WE ARE VIOLATING THE LAW.

2017 CALIFORNIA SENATE BILL 54 MAKES IT VERY CLEAR THAT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS SHOULD NOT BE WORKING, HELPING ICE IN ANY WHICH WAY.

AND THEY ARE POSTED UP IN THESE PARKING LOTS TRYING TO KEEP THESE ICE OFFICERS SAFE.

THAT IS A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THIS NEW 2016 LAW WITH MASKS.

NO.

THE COPS RIGHT NOW IN LONG BEACH ARE VIOLATING THE LAW.

AND SO I AM ASKING ALL OF YOU TO STEP UP AND DO YOUR JOBS.

AND I'M ALSO PUTTING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ON NOTICE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE DONE THANK YOU, YOUR TIME WITH CORRUPTION, THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY MORE QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FOR ANY OF YOU GUYS.

AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WILL BE LOCKED UP IF YOU DO NOT DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER.

TO STOP THE AUTHORITARIAN ISSUES IN THIS CITY, WE NEED ICE OUT.

NOW, IF YOU GUYS DO NOT PUT OUT A STATEMENT WITHIN 24 HOURS, I PROMISE YOU EVERY SINGLE, SINGLE ONE OF EVERY SEE YOUR DAY IN COURT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

UM, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? UM, DIRECTOR CARRIAGE, IF THERE'S ANYBODY AND STAFF THAT CAN PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL FOR, UM, OUT OF THE PROCESS OF FILING ANY MISCONDUCT COMPLAINTS FOR THE POLICE? UH, THERE IS FLYERS IN THE BACK.

UH, MY NAME IS CHRISTINE GONZALES.

AND LIKE MY FELLOW SPEAKERS, I HAVE COME UP AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN.

I WAS BORN, I WAS RAISED, AND I STILL LIVE HERE.

AND I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO LIVE IN LONG BEACH.

UM, MY WHOLE LIFE, I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS CITY IN FEAR AND IN SUCH DISARRAY AS IT IS NOW.

I LOVE THIS CITY.

I'M VERY PROUD TO BE FROM THIS CITY.

AND IT'S JUST SO HARD TO SEE, UH, VIDEOS OF COMPANIES, OF BUSINESSES THAT I'VE SEEN, THAT I'VE GONE THROUGH MY WHOLE LIFE AND SEEING INNOCENT PEOPLE BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM ICE.

UM, I JUST CAME OUT AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN IN WHAT IS THIS CITY GOING TO DO TO, UH, TO GET RID OF THEM OUT OF LONG BEACH? I, SOMEONE SAID THAT, UH, THE POLICE ARE ASSISTING THEM.

I KNOW TECHNICALLY THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO, BUT THEY'RE PROTECTING THEM.

THAT SEEMS A BIT RIDICULOUS.

LONG BEACH IS SUPPOSED TO BE A CITY OF INCLUSIVITY OF COMMUNITY AND CULTURE.

AND I'M VERY PROUD, LIKE I SAID, I'M VERY PROUD TO BE FROM THIS CITY, BUT TO SEE THE WAY ITS, ITS CITIZENS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY BY ICE, BY PEOPLE WHO ARE HARDWORKING AND WHO CAME TO THIS COUNTRY TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES.

THEY'RE NOT JUST SITTING OUT TAKING HANDOUTS FROM PEOPLE.

NO, I SEE PEOPLE OF MY, OF MY CULTURE WORKING HARD, TRYING TO MAKE A WAY FOR THEMSELVES IN THIS WORLD, AND YET THEY'RE BEING TAKEN AWAY FOR COMING HERE AND TRYING TO MAKE THIS CITY, ESPECIALLY A MORE BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE.

SO, PLEASE, AS CITY COUNCIL, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO PROTECT US CITIZENS AND TO PROTECT THESE INNOCENT FAMILIES? AND THESE, THANKFULLY NO KIDS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY, BUT JUST TO MAKE US CITIZENS FEEL SAFE AGAIN, PLEASE, I'M ASKING YOU, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? THANK YOU.

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ANY FURTHER? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO.

HI EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS JAX HARRIS, AND I'VE BEEN A LONG BEACH RESIDENT NOW FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS.

AND I MOVED HERE BECAUSE, I MEAN, COME ON, IT'S LONG BEACH, LIKE .

I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU WHY I MOVED HERE.

IT'S A FANTASTIC PLACE TO LIVE.

I LOVE OUR DIVERSITY.

I LOVE OUR CULTURE.

I LOVE OUR PEOPLE.

I LOVE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.

AND I LIVE DOWNTOWN, SO I SEE A LOT.

I SEE SOME OF THE SPICY THINGS THAT GIVE LONG BEACH.

SOME OF ITS REPUTATION, ITS PERSONALITY.

AND I STILL LOVE LIVING HERE, AND I FEEL SAFE LIVING HERE.

BUT THE LAST YEAR HAS MADE ME FEEL LESS SAFE.

AND IT'S BECAUSE OF ICE.

AND I'M GOING TO, I'M NOT GONNA BE SAYING ANYTHING THAT HASN'T BEEN SET ALREADY.

THINGS THAT YOU PROBABLY ARE THINKING, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT MAYBE YOU CAN'T COME OUT AND SAY ON PUBLIC RECORD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I DESERVE TO FEEL SAFE IN MY COMMUNITY FROM THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN AND TAKING MY NEIGHBORS AND MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND MY FRIENDS OFF THE STREETS.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT TALKING ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, QUESTION OF ILLEGALITY AND WHETHER SOMEBODY CAN BE ILLEGAL.

IT'S MORE ABOUT DO PEOPLE HAVE DIGNITY TO LIVE THEIR LIVES? CAN PEOPLE JUST DO THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO? I FEEL LIKE ONE THING THAT'S REALLY HAPPENED IN POLITICS RECENTLY IS WE'VE LOST OUR COMPASSION AND OUR EMPATHY.

AND, AND THAT CERTAINLY IS SHOWING IN THE CURRENT PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION.

AND, AND THAT'S SAD.

I REALLY THINK THAT THE WAY OUT FROM THIS PLACE OF FEAR AND THIS PLACE OF ALIENATION AND THIS PLACE OF DIVISION IS TO WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.

AND PART OF THAT IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT THE POLICE ARE DOING TO PROTECT MY NEIGHBORS, TO PROTECT MY COMMUNITY, TO PROTECT THE CITY THAT I LOVE LIVING IN.

I WANT TO BE HERE.

I WANT TO FEEL SAFE.

I DON'T WANNA FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES ABOUT DO I GET TO STAY IN THE US AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE THAT I CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH MYSELF.

SO MANY PEOPLE I KNOW DO NOT, AND IT SHOULDN'T BE A QUESTION.

I LOVE LIVING HERE.

I WANNA BE HERE.

I WANNA FEEL SAFE.

I WANT MY COMMUNITY TO FEEL SAFE.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S RADICAL.

I THINK THAT'S THE BARE, LIKE THE BARE MINIMUM.

SO, UH, PLEASE, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE A GREAT REPUTATION.

IT'S NOT LIKE POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE KNOWN FOR MA, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HUMAN BEINGS THAT DON'T ALWAYS MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES.

AND I AM ASKING YOU TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE TODAY AND TO COME FORWARD AND TO BE VOCAL ABOUT WHERE YOU STAND RELATED TO ICE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO PROTECT US WHEREVER WE WERE BORN.

WHEREVER WE'RE HERE, I THINK THAT YOU OWE US THAT.

SO PLEASE COME FORWARD AND SAY IT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, SOMEBODY'S GETTING UP.

IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, PLEASE JUST LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.

HELLO, MY NAME IS TALIA RAY KADINA.

I AM A CSU OB STUDENT.

I'M A JUNIOR.

I AM NOT SURE WHAT DISTRICT I LIVE IN, BUT I WILL LOOK IT UP RIGHT AFTER THIS MEETING.

, UM, I AM HERE FOR THE SAME REASON THE LAST SPEAKER SPOKE.

UM, I'M NOT ANTI-POLICE, BUT I AM ANTI-ICE.

I BELIEVE IT IS INHUMANE AND UN-AMERICAN TO TEAR APART FAMILIES, TO TEAR APART COMMUNITIES.

I AM HERE TO ASK THAT, UM, THE POLICE IN LONG BEACH PROTECTS THE PEOPLE AND NOT ICE.

OF COURSE, ICE AGENTS ARE PEOPLE.

WE ALL DESERVE PROTECTION.

WE ALL DESERVE TO FEEL SAFE, BUT I THINK THE PRIORITY RIGHT NOW NEEDS TO BE THE RESIDENTS OF LONG BEACH AND NOT ICE AGENTS.

THIS SAD AND FEARFUL AS WE ARE NOW.

MY NAME IS DANIEL VALLE.

UM, I'VE BEEN A DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.

UM, IN MY TIME HERE, I HAVE NOT SEEN OUR COMMUNITY

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UM, TOO CONSTANTLY BE CONCERNED THAT MY PARTNER, WHO IS BROWN, IS GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING HAPPEN TO HIM BECAUSE HE LEFT THE HOUSE.

UM, MY NEIGHBORS, MY FRIENDS, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE TO INSIST THAT THE POLICE DO THEIR JOBS IN PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AS SOMEONE ELSE MENTIONED, IT IS LITERALLY ILLEGAL FOR THEM TO ASSIST ICE.

AND THEY MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY ASSISTING THEM, BUT IN THEIR WAY OF INACTIVITY AND ENSURING THAT ICE IS PROTECTED, IT'S COMPLICITY.

UM, I, I'M NOT REALLY GOOD AT PUBLIC SPEAKING.

THIS IS , THIS IS VERY NERVE WRACKING FOR ME, BUT I JUST, IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

OUR POLICE STAND BY AND WATCH THESE MASKED THUGS COME INTO OUR COMMUNITIES AND, AND ABDUCT PEOPLE.

WHY ARE THEY NOT ENFORCING THE LAWS? IT IS ILLEGAL WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO THESE PEOPLE, SCOOPING PEOPLE UP OFF THE STREET WITHOUT WARRANTS, WITHOUT VERIFYING WHO THEY ARE.

LIKE THIS, THIS IS NOT WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE STAYING BY WATCHING.

SO THANK YOU.

HELLO, MY NAME IS ASHLEY SANCHEZ.

UM, I DO NOT DO PUBLIC SPEAKING, SO BEAR WITH ME.

UM, I HAVE TWO TOPICS, UM, FOR THE POLICE.

I'VE NEVER FELT PROTECTED BY THEM.

SO IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS, WE'VE HAD INDIVIDUALS BREAKING INTO OUR APARTMENTS AND IT HAS TAKEN LONG BEACH POLICE, THREE TO SIX HOURS TO EVEN SHOW UP BY OUR APARTMENT.

AND IT'S LIKE, WHAT'S THE POINT? WHAT'S THE POINT OF CALLING THE POLICE IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA SHOW UP? AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA CALL ME.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING FOR THE, FOR THE FEAR THAT WE HAVE ENTERING OUR HOMES.

SO THIS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES WITH MY NEIGHBOR AND WITH ME, AND THEY'RE CLIMBING OUR FENCES, AND IT LITERALLY NOTHING HAPPENED.

THEY JUST SQUATTED IN OUR HOMES AND BROKE OUR FENCES.

AND LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN.

AND I HAVE ALSO SEEN A WOMAN GET HARASSED AND STALKED, AND IT MAKES ME EMOTIONAL BECAUSE SHE GETS CRYING AND OVERWHELMED AND TO SEE HER NOT BEING TAKEN SERIOUS BY THE POLICE.

AND HE WAS LIKE, OH, I'LL LOOK AROUND, YOU KNOW, THE VICINITY.

AND TO NOT TAKE A REPORT AND NOT ASK HER HOW SHE IS AND STAY IN THE CAR.

IT IS UNACCEPTABLE.

IT'S UNACCEPTABLE TO SEE A MAN CHASE A WOMAN, AND THEN THIS POLICEMAN DOESN'T CARE.

SO I HAD TO YELL AT THIS POLICEMAN TO TAKE US SERIOUSLY, AND I SAID, YOU SHOULD BE TAKING A REPORT.

HOW CAN YOU JUST LET HER WALK AWAY? THIS IS HOW PEOPLE END UP DEAD.

SO THAT'S MY FIRST ISSUE WITH THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE TO WORK AND NOT FEAR THAT MY GARDENERS AND LANDSCAPE PEOPLE ARE IN DANGER AND THINK THAT I HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND BE THE NEXT RENEE GOOD PROTECTING MY NEIGHBORS.

AND I'M SORRY, BUT I'M HISPANIC AND THESE ARE MY FAMILY, AND SOME OF THEM ARE ALREADY DOCUMENTED.

THEY HAVE WORK PERMITS, AND I NEED THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE ALLOWED TO BE CALLED TO KNOW THAT I AM NOT GONNA BE THE NEXT PERSON SHOT FOR TRYING TO PROTECT MY FRIENDS AND MY FAMILY.

AND I DON'T WANT THEM IN OUR STREETS CHANGING LICENSES AND PRETENDING THAT THAT'S NOT THEM.

SO I NEED YOU GUYS TO TAKE IN ACCOUNTABILITY AND I'M SORRY FOR GETTING EMOTIONAL, JUST, IT MATTERS A LOT TO ME.

SO I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, TELLING US WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT TO, YOU KNOW, PROTECT OUR CITIZENS BECAUSE I'M JUST A HARDWORKING, YOU KNOW, AMERICAN THAT THEY SAY, AND I'M A CITIZEN AND I'M OUT HERE AND I DON'T WANNA BE OUT HERE, BUT I AM.

SO THANK YOU.

THE DIRECT COMPLAINT PROCESS.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? ANY RESPONSE TO THE PEOPLE? UM, ACCORDING TO THE BROWN ACT, WE CANNOT, UH, WE WOULD BE BREAKING THE LAW, AND I JUST BROKE THE LAW BY DOING THAT .

SO, UH, WHAT SHOULD WE LOOK FOR FOR RESPONSE THEN? WHAT, WHAT ROLE DO WE LOOK FOR? DO WE LOOK UP ON THE INTERNET? DO WE LOOK UP SO, UM, AS THERE ARE WAY, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO, HOW TO DO THIS LEGALLY CHAIR, YOU CAN DIRECT A RESPONSE TO

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THE, THAT THEY CAN GO THROUGH.

SO IF THERE ARE, UM, ANY INSTANCES WHERE THE PUBLIC OR THE COMMUNITY BELIEVES THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS EITHER BROKEN THE LAW OR POLICY, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PROCESS TO MAKE A COMPLAINT.

WHAT WE DO REQUEST, UM, IS THAT THEY MAKE THE OFFICE AWARE SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW AND AUDIT THAT COMPLAINT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS DONE THOROUGHLY AND ACCURATELY.

UM, BECAUSE OF OUR CHARTER, WE HAVE TO ALLOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO THEIR INVESTIGATION AND THEN WE REVIEW IT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS DONE CORRECTLY.

AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTED IF YOU WERE HERE, UM, CURRENTLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TAKES TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO NINETY FIVE TO COMPLETE, UM, UH, AN INVESTIGATION.

HOWEVER, UM, THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD NOT MAKE A COMPLAINT IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S A POLICY VIOLATION.

SO, UM, WE ARE TAKING NOTES.

WE WILL BE CHECKING IN, UM, WITH THE CHIEF REGARDING THE COMPLAINT DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOYD FAMILY.

I KNOW THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION.

WE WILL SEE IF THERE'S AN UPDATE ON THAT INVESTIGATION OR IF ONE HAS BEEN CONCLUDED.

UM, AND ALSO REGARDING COLLABORATION, UM, WITH ANY FEDERAL AGENCIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A VIOLATION OF THE LAW.

THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE WILL BE CHECKING IN.

IT'S MORE THE PURVIEW OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT, BUT WE WILL ALSO KEEP THE COMMISSION DIRECTLY ENGAGED.

UM, I DO ASK TO PLEASE ENGAGE OUR WEBPAGE IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU THINK ARE HAPPENING, UM, OR CALL THE OFFICE.

THERE MAY BE AN INTERSECT, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT'S GOING ON, AND IF THERE IS ONE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR IT.