Notice of complaint related to 2022-0323
Complainant alleges Austin police officers told the complainant to leave the scene without valid reason and failed to investigate further.
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GINE
USUA
OFFICE OF
POLICE OVERSIGHT
FOUNDED
NOTICE OF COMPLAINT
April 28, 2022
ICMS #: 2022-0323
On April 27, 2022, the OPO received a phone complaint.
The complainant alleges: He went to get a COVID booster at a clinic provided by the Health
Department at a local public library. One of the workers asked him if he had been vaccinated and
he responded yes but he did not have his vaccination card. The worker told him he could not be
vaccinated without his card. He told the worker about a database that could validate previous
vaccines. The worker still said no, SO he asked the worker for a supervisor. The supervisor began
to lecture him in a disrespectful condescending tone in front of everyone standing in line. The
supervisor finally agreed to allow him to be vaccinated. As the supervisor walked away, he told
her the employees were not properly trained and they were turning people away. The supervisor
became defensive and told him he was creating a disturbance and he needed to leave, or the police
would be called. A third worker also began to speak to him in a disrespectful tone and told him to
leave or the police would be called. Police were called and when they arrived, they told him if he
did not leave, he would be arrested. He told the officer he was not breaking any laws and could
not be arrested for being at a public library. He asked to speak to an APD supervisor and when
the supervisor arrive, he responded the same, leave or be arrested. So basically, his option was to
go to jail or leave without a vaccination. The APD officers and supervisors failed to investigate
what had happened and they only spoke to the workers and did not ask the security guard or anyone
else waiting in line what happened. He asked officer
,
APD supervisor, if he was going
to write a report and he responded no. The APD officers and supervisors violated his rights, failed
to do their jobs and they all should have known better. It appeared they were all sticking together.
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.