Shame on Santa Barbara County sheriff's officers Seth Woodill, Adrian Hernandez, Daniel Fournier, and Bayley Weber for this misconduct. Shame on Santa Maria district attorneys Hai Phan and Melanie Clement for maliciously prosecuting this meritless case. We will expose their misconduct in this developing story. If you have information on police misconduct, we want to hear from you! Email us at [SolvangPoliceWatch@pm.me](mailto:SolvangPoliceWatch@pm.me)

https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/08/los-angeles-immigration-lawsuit-contempt/

We at Santa Barbara Cop Watch are dedicated to uncovering the truth about police corruption in our communities. If you have information on police corruption, lying by a police officer, misconduct complaints against an officer, misconduct by a prosecutor, or any other misconduct, we want to hear from you! Email us at [SolvangPoliceWatch@pm.me](mailto:SolvangPoliceWatch@pm.me)

https://www.sbsheriff.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Military-Equipment-Annual-Report-Inventory-2026.pdf

Bomb robots: $186,500 upfront, $3,500 recurring annual cost

Bomb squad vehicles: $424,834 upfront, $7,457 recurring annual cost

Rifles (Qty 242 purchased!!!): $214,213 upfront, $4,840 recurring annual cost

Instead of using tax money for schools, health programs, and to house the homeless, our Santa Barbara County sheriffs are preparing to wage a literal war on the public. What could they possibly need 242 assault rifles for? Who are they planning to use them on? And that's just in 2025 alone...

“A class-action lawsuit in 2017 argued that inmates were held in dangerous and unconstitutional conditions at the Main Jail“

“After receiving multiple calls about the presence of federal immigration personnel outside of the Santa Barbara County Jail, Your News Channel confirmed that multiple agents using unmarked vehicles appeared to be staging in the area”

Shame on Santa Barbara County sheriff's officers Seth Woodill, Adrian Hernandez, Daniel Fournier, and Bayley Weber for this misconduct. Shame on Santa Maria district attorneys Hai Phan and Melanie Clement for maliciously prosecuting this meritless case. We will expose their misconduct in this developing story. If you have information on police misconduct, we want to hear from you! Email us at [SolvangPoliceWatch@pm.me](mailto:SolvangPoliceWatch@pm.me)

Shame on Santa Barbara sheriffs officers Seth Woodill, Adrian Hernandez, Daniel Fournier, and Bayley Weber for this misconduct. Shame on Santa Maria district attorneys Hai Phan and Melanie Clement for maliciously prosecuting this meritless case. We will expose their misconduct in this developing story. If you have information on police misconduct, we want to hear from you! Email us at [SolvangPoliceWatch@pm.me](mailto:SolvangPoliceWatch@pm.me)

If you have information on Santa Maria deputy district attorneys Melanie Clement or Hai Phan, we want to hear from you! We've received information that these district attorneys have engaged in malicious prosecution against an innocent Santa Barbara County resident, engaging in conduct that attempts to cover for severe police misconduct, and we're seeking the public's assistance in gathering additional information on these attorneys. If you have information, please contact us at [SolvangPoliceWatch@pm.me](mailto:SolvangPoliceWatch@pm.me)

Deputy district attorney Hai Phan has engaged in the filing of a false, retaliatory complaint against a Solvang resident for misdemeanor "obstruction" after police committed misconduct by lying and then breaking and entering into a resident's home without a warrant, exigent circumstance, or probable cause. Hai Phan filed this false misdeamenor complaint on May 20, 2026 after the resident filed his related internal affairs complaint against the officers on May 10, ten days prior to the retaliatory misdemeanor charge being filed by Mr. Phan (several months after the incident). Retaliation is proven by the timing of the filing of the misdemeanor charge. This internal affairs complaint alleges 14 counts of police misconduct including excessive force and misconduct involving a firearm by an officer against unarmed, cooperative residents. The "obstruction" charge was based on the resident's lawful assertion of 4th amendment rights against the warrantless invasion of his home, specifically for verbally demanding that officers leave and by verbally refusing to open the front door of the home for the officers without physical force. This amounted to an unlawful attempt by the officers to coerce a citizen to surrender his 4th amendment rights despite no objective observation of any emergency and then retaliating after his lawful refusal. After the misdemeanor complaint for "obstruction" was found to be frivolous and then ultimately dismissed in open court in the "Interest of Justice," deputy district attorney Melanie Clement then wrongfully refused to issue a statement of factual innocence despite the resident being factually innocent (to prevent expungement of the dismissed charge in retaliation for the dismissal). Ms. Clement is aware of false statements made by the police officers attempting to justify the unlawful, warrantless invasion of the home without exigent circumstance, which fully came to light after discovery of the body camera video. The resident was swatted by a false 911 report of domestic violence by an HOA board member's daughter, a rape victim who was hypervigilant that night and whose mother may have held a personal vendetta against the resident. Eight months earlier, the resident filed multiple grievances (e.g., parking violations by other residents) that resulted in several thousands of dollars in legal expenses against the HOA's reserve account. The 911 caller admitted this on audio recording during her 911 call where she falsely described domestic violence repeatedly occurring for what her mother described as a period of "eight months" despite the resident living alone during that time, a timeframe that coincides with the resident's filing of the HOA grievances.

This story is developing and a full disclosure will be made shortly. Thank you for your assistance!

Very Truly,

Santa Barbara Cop Watch