Notice of complaint related to 2022-0081
The complainant alleges that Austin police officers did not respond appropriately to the complainant's call about their vehicle being improperly towed and were unprofessional. Further, the responding officers discouraged the complainant from filing a complaint with the Office of Police Oversight.
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CITY
COSTAL
OFFICE OF
POLICE OVERSIGHT
NOTICE OF COMPLAINT
February 11, 2022
ICMS #: 2022-0081
On February 1, 2022 the OPO received a phone complaint.
The complainant alleges: She spoke to an officer who told her it would be pointless to file a
complaint with OPO because he already filed her complaint. That was sometime last week, and
she has not heard back from APD. There was an incident where a tow company attempted to
repossess her car while a child was in it. When she approached the tow driver, he pulled a knife
and slashed her tire. Four APD officers responded to the 911 call, and it was discovered the license
plate number listed on the tow report was different from the license plate number on her vehicle.
The African American officer was very rude and was saying things she did not say. Two of the
officers went inside to watch the video and came back and said there wasn't really anything on the
video. APD let the tow company take her vehicle. Another officer told her the tow company did
break the law and he did not understand why the other officers let the tow company go because
everything was on video, and if he had been there, he would have arrested the tow driver and if he
was her, he would file a report on those officers. The lieutenant even felt the officers were wrong
and she feels it was a hate crime because of the demeanor of one of the officers when he found out
the other person with her was her wife.
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.