Notice of complaint related to 2022-1174

OF
DATE
CUSTOMER
OFFICE OF
POLICE OVERSIGHT
NOTICE OF COMPLAINT
December 30, 2022
ICMS #: 2022-1174
On December 28, 2022, the OPO received a phone complaint.
The complainant alleges: He owns a repossession company, and he goes to tow yards to
pick up vehicles. He picks up vehicles at
which is contracted by APD
to do police rotations. For the last two years, the complainant has had issues with
and they do not like him.
refuses to release cars after 5
o'clock which the law states that they have to. The week prior to the incident they sold a
vehicle he was supposed to pick up before the allowed days by the state. It takes 45 days
to obtain a title for a vehicle and while the vehicle is on police hold those days do not count.
The vehicle was released from police hold. A few phone calls were made over the next
couple of weeks and
kept saying the vehicle was still on police hold.
They lied to him. He called one of his contacts at TDLR and explained to her that the tow
yard was refusing to release the vehicle. TDLR called
and they told them it was
too late because the vehicle had already been sold. TDLR is down their backs about this
and now
has a vendetta against him. One week later he went to
to pick up a different vehicle and he was attacked by one of the employees.
The complainant recorded the incident. A detective at APD saw the video and said he was
going to issue a warrant for that employee. The complainant is filing this complaint because
APD contracts with
to pick up vehicles, and when he goes there to pick
up vehicles, things keep happening. APD is sending cars to the tow company and it's a big
mess. He is filing a complaint in regard to the rotational status of the police rotation.
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.