City’s First Latino Police Captain Is Named
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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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