Notice of complaint related to 2023-0250

OF
CITY
CUSTOMER
OFFICE OF
POLICE OVERSIGHT
FOUNDED
NOTICE OF COMPLAINT
March 31, 2023
ICMS #: 2023-0250
On March 28, 2023, the OPO received an online complaint.
The complainant alleges: I was driving southbound on
around
Near
, the street turned into a single lane due to the active construction
zone. This police car sped up behind me, but got stuck behind me. As soon as the second
lane opened up again, they immediately sped into the next lane without turning a turn
signal. We reached the intersection of
There were
four lanes: left turn only, straight ahead, straight ahead, right turn only. I was in the first
straight ahead lane next to the left turn lane. The cop went all the way into the right turn
only lane - still failing to use the turn signal. We were stopped by the red light. The left
turn lane's signal turned green. The cop proceed to swerve and then cross all the lanes to
turn left. The cop did not use the turn signal. The cop did not flash the siren lights at all
whatsoever. They almost hit this car that was actually in the correct lane and had the right
of the way to turn left. The car luckily stopped in time. But this was scary to witness. The
cop was clearly not in a state of emergency due to no flashing lights and had no right to
violate multiple traffic laws nor risk killing an innocent driver. I captured all of this on my
truck's dashcam. I pulled the footage and clipped the relevant part. Unfortunately this form
is not allowing me to send it - it keeps giving me an error message. By all means contact
me if there is any other way I can submit the footage.
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.