Greetings! Santa Ana Police Foundation Friend,
Join us – at our new training facility in Centennial Park!
Help us – recognize our newest Community Hero, Beatriz Jimenez, as well as you, the donors who have supported the Meza Family through their tragedy of losing their daughter Osmara to a DUI driver. Your outpouring of love and support has been amazing. Continue reading
When Santa Ana resident Beatriz Jimenez saw alleged DUI driver Jessica Louise Cowan plow through the Meza family, last Saturday morning, killing 5-year-old Osmara Meza, she had to make a quick decision. She wanted to stop to help, but she saw that Cowan wasn’t stopping, so she pursued her and ended up using her car to block Cowan’s escape, over at Main and 17th.
Jimenez is still having nightmares about what happened. And she is coming to terms with the fact that she is now a hero. Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez posted today on her Facebook page that she and Santa Ana Council Member Vincent Sarmiento will be honoring Jimenez at the next Santa Ana City Council meeting. Continue reading