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May 17, 2022

Notice of complaint related to 2022-0394

Complainant alleges an Austin police officer tripped the complainant during an arrest and left the complainant with lasting injuries.

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OF
CITY
CUSTOM
OFFICE OF
POLICE OVERSIGHT
FOUNDED
NOTICE OF COMPLAINT
May 20, 2022
ICMS #: 2022-0394
On May 17, 2022, the OPO received a phone complaint.
The complainant alleges: The complainant was previously arrested on
between
at
by an officer (possibly an Officer
He went to jail and was released. While the complainant was being handcuffed, he was
tripped by this officer. The complainant now has back pains as a result. The complainant
requested to speak to a sergeant and make a complaint against the officer because he was
tripped. He now believes he is being harassed by that officer because he made this
complaint. He has also not heard back from anyone regarding his initial complaint.
The next day, the same officer parked in the middle of traffic by a
parking lot where
the complainant was living because he is currently homeless. The officer called out to the
complainant "do you remember me?" and "oh you"re out of jail?". The officer stated "you
have someone looking at me right now because of what happened, because you said I did
this". The officer told the complainant "you fell by yourself and now it"s going to be on
my record". To this the complainant replied, "no you tripped me". At some point during
this 15-20 minute interaction, the officer touched his chest, possibly to turn the camera off,
and then turned it on again. The complainant stated the officer was harassing him
throughout this interaction.
Because the complainant complained about this officer, he believes the officer has other
officers watching him. The officers are looking around at where he is living and he is not
safe. The complainant has to look over his shoulder when he crosses the street and he just
wants to be left alone. The complainant also believes the officer was racist when he tripped
him.
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.