Formal complaint: Report writing and arrest requirement for assaultive offenses
Complainant alleges that when officers responded to a disturbance involving the complainant's daughter and the daughter's boyfriend, they allowed the boyfriend to enter the residence, close the door, and physically assault the daughter after they arrived on scene. Additionally, the complainant alleges no action was taken when the daughter informed officers she had just been assaulted. The OPO recommends that this allegation receive a B classification.
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CITY
STUDENT
OFFICE OF
NOTICE OF FORMAL
POLICE OVERSIGHT
COMPLAINT
FOUNDED
November 15, 2019
ICMS #: 2019 - 1191
Complaint: Officers were dispatched to a disturbance that involved the complainant's daughter
and the daughter's boyfriend. The complainant and her daughter requested that officers remove
the boyfriend from the apartment. The complainant is alleging that officers allowed the boyfriend
to enter the residence, close the door, and physically assaulted her daughter after they arrived on
scene. Additionally, no action was taken when the daughter informed officers she had just been
assaulted.
Additional information: The complainant contacted the OPO after speaking with a supervisor.
Administrative Policy to Review:
402.2.2 Report writing
(a)
All reports shall accurately reflect:
2.
All pertinent information see, heard, or assimilated by any other sense.
418.2.1 Arrest requirement for assaultive offenses
(a)
Officers are required to make an arrest for incidents involving family violence
when:
1. An assault has occurred that resulted in a minimum of bodily injury or
complaint of pain; or where an officer can articulate facts from which a
reasonable person could infer that the victim would have felt pain due to:
Recommended Classification: The OPO is permitted to make a preliminary recommendation
on the classification of administrative cases.
The OPO recommends that this allegation receive a B classification.
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