P.
P. v. Calvo CA4/3
Opinion
Opinion
FACTS
Officers Jason Bruns and John Rodriguez were on patrol in a marked patrol car in a high-crime Santa Ana neighborhood claimed by the Townsend Street criminal street gang. Based on their prior experience, the officers knew the area was where Townsend Street gang members sold drugs, including crack cocaine. While on patrol, the officers saw several men, including one man later identified as Calvo, standing on Townsend Street. When Calvo saw the marked patrol car, he ran into an apartment complex courtyard. Bruns got out of his car and chased Calvo, but Bruns lost sight of Calvo when he entered the alley. Bruns entered a courtyard and saw Calvo crouched down behind a concrete wall; Bruns could see Calvo had tattoos on his head, including a “T,” one of the symbols of the Townsend Street criminal street gang. As Bruns walked around the wall, Calvo again fled. Bruns yelled for Calvo to stop and identified himself as a police officer but Calvo continued fleeing. As Calvo ran, he dropped something and dove onto the sidewalk in front of Rodriguez. Bruns and Rodriguez approached Calvo, put their knees on his back, and handcuffed him. Bruns recovered the item Calvo had discarded. The…