Notice of complaint related to 2022-0512
Complainant alleges Austin police officers were biased when questioning the complainant with mental health struggles.
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CITY
COMPANY
OFFICE OF
POLICE OVERSIGHT
FOUNDED
NOTICE OF COMPLAINT
June 16, 2022
ICMS #: 2022-0512
On June 13, 2022, the OPO received a phone complaint.
The complainant alleges: She and her mother both have mental issues. They got into an
argument, and she her mother would not leave SO the complainant called APD. When APD
arrived, the complainant explained her mother was not a resident of the apartment and
was
only visiting for two weeks and she wanted her to leave her apartment. APD questioned
her like she was the problem and refused to remove her mother. The officers put her in a
separate room from her mother. Officer
(badge #
)
spoke to the mother and
officer
(badge #
) spoke to her. They did not deescalate the situation and
refused to remove her mother. Officer told officer to get the complainant's
son's name and make a report on her. She felt the officers were being biased and making
her look like a bad mother. If the report comes back worse than what it actually was, she
is going to have to file a lawsuit. Her problem with the responding officers is that they did
not try to deescalate the situation by removing her mother from the Apartment.
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.