Notice of complaint related to 2022-0357
Complainant alleges Austin police officers used excessive force on the individual and had a physical altercation before without announcing an arrest.
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DEAT
OFFICE OF
POLICE OVERSIGHT
NOTICE OF COMPLAINT
May 13, 2022
ICMS #: 2022-0357
On May 9, 2022, the OPO received a mail complaint.
The complainant alleges: OPO received a handwritten complaint form. The complainant
form lists Cpl
. The complainant alleges that he was grabbed,
punched, kicked, and tased and that officers never said that he was under arrest or anything
before the physical altercation. " I'm being tased on the ground being punched and kicked
at the same time one of the blows knocks me out and he ain't let up off the taser. I'm coming
around out of a daze I'm in handcuffs and he hits me again and spits at me. They search me
in the store I don't have nothing on me. So they take my shoes off along with my pants
while I'm in cuffs on the ground " The complaint in its entirety can be found in the
complaint file.
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.