Agree with you that the sheriff’s deputy was hasty on this one (and in my opinion it rises to the level of manslaughter) but I have to take issue with your characterization of southwest Santa Rosa. I live about a mile from where this happened. I don’t go down that street often but like much of this immediate area, it is a mix of very small houses (many from the 1940’s), small businesses and open fields that used to be part of local farms. (We still have some small farmers in this neighborhood.) High number of Hispanics, both legal and not, but a minimal amount of gangbangers. The real “killer” gangs in this area are the Vietnamese gangs and they don’t live in this particular neighborhood.
As for Ramon Salcido, that was an ugly crime but the little girl who survived it is about 20 now. If we’re going to cite 20 year old crimes from any neighborhood, we could be here a long time.
I used to live in southwest Santa Rosa.
That area is unincorporated,there fore patrolled by SCS.
In speaking with a SRPD officer one day about the crime in the SW area.He said for all of Santa Rosa with at the time had a popu.of over 150,000.there were less than 10 officers on patrol at night.
Santa Rosa is a major stopping point on the drug runs up the coast into Oregon and Washington
I left Santa Rosa in 2003 and still go there once a year,though I live within 50 miles.I can’t believe the changes and I note, not for the better.
Ramon Salcido was noted as it was a problem with the SCS who dropped the ball on a domestic violence problem as they have done with others.Maybe not the appropriate issue to bring up when speaking about the child who was killed.
I perhaps have tumbled too much into this post.