Notice of complaint related to 2022-0292
Complainant alleges Austin police officers dismissed the complainant's concerns when they responded to her call.
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OFFICE OF
POLICE OVERSIGHT
FOUNDED
NOTICE OF COMPLAINT
April 22, 2022
ICMS #: 2022-0292
On April 18, 2022, the OPO received a phone complaint.
The complainant alleges:
around
she called 911 because she was accosted by a
group of young boys ranging between the ages of 11-17. The security guard patrolling the
construction area for new homes (called
) near
went after the boys as
they fled the area on foot. Some left in a vehicle, but the security guard was able to keep one of
the cars from leaving. Four police officers responded. Two police officers dismissed her
complaints and told her she did not have a case. As the officers were talking and laughing with the
boys, they told her "Boys will be boys." The officers did not arrest any of the boys or call their
parents. When she told the officers the boys were throwing gravel and mulch at her, one of the
officers asked, "Were they sprinkling gravel or throwing it at you?" The officers were minimizing
and dismissing what had just happened to her. The officers did not ask for the video she and the
security guard had taken. One of the officers had something on his bulletproof vest that was not
associated to APD. One of the officers' last name was
Another Officer, badge
, was
the one who made the decision not to do anything. Officer
actually did his job and
she wants to extend a compliment to him. She recently found out that one of the boys, if not more,
physically assaulted a woman on
at
She has pictures that confirm
it was the same boys. She felt victimized by the way the officers handled the situation.
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.