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OF
DEAT
COMPANY
OFFICE OF
POLICE OVERSIGHT
NOTICE OF COMPLAINT
January 20, 2023
ICMS #: 2023-0053
On January 18, 2023, the OPO received a phone complaint.
The complainant alleges: APD came to his house on the
for a wellness
check. On the
there was a nice man dressed in blue. The complainant told the officer
not to come in blue because his son watched the people in blue almost beat him to death in
front of his house. It is not a good idea to do a wellness check with a gun and in a blue
outfit that looks like a police officer. The officer told the complainant he was a mental
health person. The complainant told the officer not to wear a police uniform and to send a
social worker or someone from integral care, maybe a couple of them one for him and
one for his son but not the men in blue. He told the officer please do not come here anymore
because it is dangerous for the both of them. On the
, three police cars position
their vehicle in front of his house, blocking his driving way and the flow of traffic on his
street. They were setting up a fortress to protect themselves from his automatic weapons,
which he does not have. They pointed guns at him. It was a life-threatening situation. Lead
Officer
pretended to be nice and asked to see
The complainant told the
officer to just go away and leave them alone because they have been to the residence about
a hundred times. The officer became very forceful and threatening. It was not a mental
health check; it was an assault. He is now suing for ten billion. He wants all the files
dropped on his porch and he does not want to see anyone in blue. The file that is most
important is
.
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.