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September 15, 2022

Notice of complaint related to 2022-0801

Complainant alleges that an Austin police lieutenant discouraged an assault victim from filing a complaint against their assailant and knowingly filed an inaccurate report about the incident.

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OF
DEAT
CUSTEM
OFFICE OF
POLICE OVERSIGHT
FOUNDED
NOTICE OF COMPLAINT
September 16, 2022
ICMS #: 2022-0801
On September 15, 2022, the OPO received an online complaint.
The complainant alleges: I have information regarding a police lieutenant attempting to
minimize one of his employees injuries in an attempt to avoid dealing with the fact that
one of his supervisors assaulted one of their employees. The lieutenant knowingly
submitting a workers compensation form that was not accurate. He failed to ensure that a
workers compensation form was filled out when he was notified of the incident and failed
to follow through on any type of action when he was advised of the assault between his
staff. The assault occurred on
of this year. The Lieutenant tried to talk the victim
out of writing a report stating that it would just be a class C and it wouldn't go anywhere.
is the victim (a 911 call taker) of the assault that occurred at
She was assaulted by a communications supervisor
.
emailed
supervisor
the night this happened on
Lt.
has
allowed
to remain working in the same building as the victim and has not made any
attempts to keep the two from having contact with each other.
was being trained at 911 by the victim
when the assault happened.
She saw everything first hand.
This notice of complaint is a request for Internal Affairs to initiate an investigation to
determine if the employee conduct is within compliance of APD policy, Civil Service
Rules, and Municipal Civil Service Rules.