Notice of complaint related to 2022-0744
Complainant alleges Austin police officers arrested their son without reason or the appropriate mental health resources.
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CLASS
CUSTOM
OFFICE OF
POLICE OVERSIGHT
NOTICE OF COMPLAINT
September 2, 2022
ICMS #: 2022-0744
On August 31, 2022, the OPO received a phone complaint.
The complainant alleges: Her son was arrested by APD for walking on the street.
Walking on the street is not a crime. He was charged with not providing an ID. Her son
has a mental disorder and maybe he did not understand the questions he was being asked
by APD. Her son is not from Austin but from
, Texas, and does know anyone. He is
being held in immigration. Instead of trying to help her son, they arrested him, and he did
not commit any crime. She wants to know more about the situation. There should have
been a mental health team, instead of thinking he just crossed the border. Her son has been
here for years, pays taxes, and went to school. The people who know her son know his
mental state. Her son respects the police, and he was probably nervous and did not know
how to respond to the police. He lost his phone and money. Her son told her the police
took his ID. Why did the police charge him with not providing an ID? She thinks the
police were racist. Her son was on the streets for a while and maybe he was dirty and
confused that day. He did not apply to renew his work permit, but since COVID it has been
hard. The police took it too far by taking her son into custody. No one is responding to her
about her son. Case #
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.