Notice of complaint related to 2022-0419
Complainant alleges Austin police officers did not respond to a scene of a car accident involving the complainant and told the complainant it was not an emergency.
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CLASS
OFFICE OF
POLICE OVERSIGHT
NOTICE OF COMPLAINT
May 27, 2022
ICMS #: 2022-0419
On May 23, 2022, the OPO received a phone complaint.
The complainant alleges: Another driver backed his car into her parked car. She called
APD and waited. There was a language barrier and the other driver attempted to leave
several times without giving information, SO she called the police again. Every 30 minutes
she called APD. She was told it was not an emergency. When APD makes assumptions,
that is how situations get out of control because they don't know anything about the other
party. The officer did not arrive until after
.
It was explained to her that emergency
calls take priority but as a taxpayer, she feels 6 hours waiting for APD to respond to any
situation is completely absurd and she plans to file open records request because the public
needs to be aware of "selective policing."
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.