The city of Santa Ana, near Los Angeles County, has hired a police oversight firm to investigate the actions of the Major Enforcement Team from the Santa Ana Police Department because they have been accused of "acting like a gang."
According to reports, members of this police squadron even boast skull tattoos to go along with the gritty ways in which they manhandle their alleged victims. The most notable incident came when an off-duty member of the Major Enforcement Team allegedly touched the buttocks of a teen at an eatery back in 2020. Since then, many have speculated that there is a certain sector within the Santa Ana Police Department that is operating as a gang and that the main culprit behind the criminal activity is none other than their own police chief, David Valentin -- an accusation that he categorically denies.
"We investigate any allegations of wrongdoing and hold officers accountable to our department policies and the law,” Valentin said, before adding that the allegations were “baseless attacks against some of the most dedicated members of our Police Department.”
According to the ongoing investigation into the actions of the Major Enforcement Team, in addition to sporting matching skull tattoos, each of the members carries a coin with Latin words printed on them that reads, “let them hate, so long as they fear.”
In response to the City's probe of the Major Enforcement Team, Police Chief David Valentin has hired his own investigative team headed by a former civil rights attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Mike Gennaco. His staff at the OIR Group will be tasked with dispelling the litany of allegations aimed at the Santa Ana Police Department. As of now, the investigation is still pending.
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Source: MSN
