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Formal Complaint: Discrimination, Harassment, Responsibility to Coworkers

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December 10, 2020

Formal Complaint: Discrimination, Harassment, Responsibility to Coworkers

Complainant alleges that Austin police supervisors created a hostile work environment for the complainant by harassing them and incorrectly documenting their religious and medical issues. The Office of Police Oversight recommends that this allegation receive an A classification.

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OF
OFFICE OF
NOTICE OF FORMAL
POLICE OVERSIGHT
COMPLAINT
ICMS #: 2020-1794
December 10, 2020
Complaint: The Office of Police Oversight received a complaint from
alleging
the following: I am a
My direct supervisors are
and
Together they are harassing me and creating a hostile work environment for
me.
also documented my religion and medical issues in a negative way, order to paint
me as a coward. I have extensive documentation of this.
This notice of formal complaint is a request for Internal Affairs to initiate an investigation in
order to determine if the employee conduct is within compliance of APD policy, Civil Service
Rules, and Municipal Civil Service Rules.
Recommended Administrative Policies to Review (to include but not limited to):
914.3.1 DISCRIMINATION Discrimination is the unequal or different treatment of an
individual in any employment and/or personnel action based on a protected class, as per
section 914.2. The Department will recruit, hire, train, compensate, discipline, provide
benefits, and promote without regard to a protected class. The Department will employ
positive business and personnel practices designed to ensure equal employment
opportunity.
914.3.2 HARASSMENT (a) Harassment is unwelcome verbal or physical conduct toward an
individual or a group because of a protected class. Harassment can create a hostile work
environment when such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with
an individual's work performance or otherwise adversely affects an individual's
employment opportunities. Examples of prohibited conduct that constitute harassment
include, but are not limited to:
Employees shall not engage in conduct which could reasonably create a hostile work
environment at any time while on duty or on City premises, or even if not on duty,
but participating in any work-related setting outside the workplace, such as
traveling on City business or attending professional conferences.
900.5 RESPONSIBILITY TO COWORKERS Cooperation among employees of the Department
is essential to effective law enforcement.
Recommended Classification: The OPO is permitted to make a preliminary recommendation
on the classification of administrative cases.
The OPO recommends that this allegation receive an A classification.
The OPO recommends an outside investigator be retained to conduct this investigation.
The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American Disabilities Act.
Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request.

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