Oral reprimand of Sergeant Jason Mistric

OF
CORPORATION
FOUNDELL
MEMORANDUN
Austin Police Department
Region II NWAC Patrol
TO:
Jason Mistric, Sergeant
FROM: Chris Vallejo, Commander
DATE: January 17, 2020
SUBJECT: Oral Reprimand IA Case 2020-1794
This memorandum is in reference to an incident which occurred on 7/30/2020 and your conduct
at that time. Specifically I am referring to your written correspondence with your subordinate,
Officer Nathan Heinrichs. You engaged in written correspondence with him about his work
performance and during these interactions, you referred to him as "lazy" on several occasions.
Your actions violated APD Policy 900.5 (a)(1) Responsibility to Coworkers which states:
900.5 RESPONSIBILITY TO COWORKERS
Cooperation among employees of the Department is essential to effective law enforcement.
(a) Employees are expected to treat each other with respect.
1. Employees will be courteous and civil at all times in their relationships, perform
their duties in a cooperative and supportive manner, and not threaten, display
physical aggression toward, or use insolent or abusive language with one
another.
2. Employees will address one another by proper use of rank or title when on-duty
and in the presence of the public.
(b) Employees will not discuss the identity or assignment of any employee serving in a
confidential or covert assignment unless required to do so as a direct result of their
official duties.
(c) Employees will not covertly record the conversations of other employees unless all
persons being recorded are aware that they are being recorded and agree to be
recorded. This does not apply to Department authorized criminal or administrative
investigations, training modules, or MAV recordings from equipped APD vehicles.
The purpose of this memorandum is to document this oral reprimand. You are hereby reminded
that compliance with the Department's rules and regulations are a condition of your continued
employment as a police officer. Failure to comply with this policy in the future may result in
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more severe disciplinary action against you, up to, and including an indefinite suspension.
I hereby acknowledge receipt of the foregoing Oral Reprimand:
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Signature of Officer Receiving Reprimand
Date / Time
N/A
Signature of COC $ergeant
Date / Time
Chris below 4673
1/17/21 0 4136pm
Signature of COC Lieutenaat
Date / Time
1/17/2021
Signature of COC Commander
Date / Time
cc:
Employee
Employee's Supervisor
Internal Affairs
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