Remarks by Valerie Amezcua
345 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 9 of 14
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City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“There's a motion and a second, Madam Clerk?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilman Hernandez. I'll second that motion. I'm going to make a motion to move the item, except for I have some comments and questions. Go ahead, Madam Clerk. I'm gonna make a motion to remove the item to approve it, but I have some questions and comments for the police department.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilman Becerra. So there's a motion and a sub-motion.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Yeah, let me ask my questions before we go. Okay, so Chief, how long have you been the Chief, sir?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“So when you became the Chief, Was one of the first things that you did was find that this report had not been filed prior to you becoming the chief?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“And so how long did it take you when you were the interim chief or you were put in this position that you moved this annual military equipment use report forward?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“So just for clarification purposes, again, as we like to say up here, so people watching and listening. So you were appointed the chief. a day later, is that what you just said? You noticed that this was not done, and you directed your staff to conduct the annual military equipment use?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay, and then we did, you did one report, correct?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“And then the council gave you some direction, you know, do it in the community at a time where community members can attend, provide coffee, whatnot, whatnot, and that did occur, is that correct?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“And how many people do you know roughly attended, or if there's a commander here that can answer that question? Commander Sorensen, please.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, sir, for coming up. Commander Sorensen, you did a community meeting, is that correct? Yes, ma'am. Thank you, sir. And how many people attended?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“And what time, sir, did you have this meeting, and what did you provide at the meeting?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“6 p.m. and you did it at the South Coast Community Senior Center?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“And did the police department put this out publicly to notify the community?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“So I don't know if you want to stay there. So, Chief, there was a comment about Anaheim PD so that we can possibly educate the community and the council. If another agency comes into our city, let me just start over. Commander Hernandez, with no disrespect, my condolences to the family. When the call came out from Anaheim PD, was it their case initially? Was it their call?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Did Santa Ana PD receive a call from Anaheim PD to assist?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“You had the exact same equipment. So that was going to be my next question. So we did have the equipment at that time?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Dogs. He said that like dogs. You don't want to say that. Okay. So five years ago, we were in, we're at 10.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“and now we're at two a year. And two too many, right? I agree, two too many, but we're at two. Any loss of life is definitely sad, but we're at two. So Commander Sorensen, this military equipment that you provided the report on, and thank you so much, and Chief, I don't know if you wanna answer, or is Commander Sorensen up here? So what I see here, it says that you had 36 incidents that you had to deploy, 36 different incidents. And then also you were at 11 community events. So 21 of those 36 incidents were, they involved SWAT, is that accurate?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“And why would SWAT use this military equipment, sir?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“And you've been part of SWAT how long, sir?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026