City’s First Latino Police Captain Is Named
An officer who championed Santa Ana’s community policing program more than two decades ago will become the first Latino police captain in the department’s 116-year history.
George Saadeh, who grew up in Honduras and sold flowers on the street corners of Los Angeles as a teenager, will manage the department’s largest bureau: the 200 officers who patrol city streets.
Latino rights activists said Saadeh’s promotion helps the credibility of a police department in a city that has the largest percentage concentration of Spanish speakers in the nation.
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