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1 25. There are various additional examples including officers (considered part of"the Valentin <br /> 2 <br /> camp")who have committed significantly more serious violations than VALDEZ(see below)but who have <br /> 3 <br /> 4 received significantly less discipline(i.e.,now-Commander Oscar Lizardi-instead of being disciplined for <br /> 5 being involved in the Culichi Town Incident as well as other serious misconduct complaints-was rewarded <br /> 6 with an unprecedented meteoric rise from Sergeant to Commander; officers who were arrested for Driving <br /> 7 <br /> Under the Influence received shorter suspensions than VALDEZ and were even allowed to utilize their <br /> 8 <br /> 9 vacation time instead of serving their suspensions without pay, etc.). <br /> 10 D. September of 2020, <br /> 11 26, In September of 2020,during the COVID-19 Pandemic,an on-line Women Leaders in Law <br /> 12 <br /> Enforcement conference tools place. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 27. Since the conference was virtual, Sergeant Rosa Ponce De Leon requested and received <br /> 15 permission from Training Sergeant Garry Couso to host a group of women(including VALDEZ)at Sergeant <br /> 16 Ponce de Leon's residence so that the women could watch the Conference together. <br /> 17 <br /> 28. However,later that day,Commander Matthew Sorenson contacted Sergeant Ponce De Leon <br /> 18 <br /> 19 and ordered her and all the other women involved to report to the station the next day. <br /> 20 29. The women reported to the station and were advised to go into one of the classrooms. <br /> 21 30. As there was no computer set up for the video conference(and none of the computers in the <br /> 22 <br /> 23 room worked), at one point all of the females were sitting in front of a small laptop watching the video <br /> 24 conference. <br /> 25 31. Commander Sorenson made it a point to give the females in the room a verbal"counsel"and <br /> 26 tell them how the week would go. <br /> 27 <br /> 32. After a couple of hours,they were ordered to wait in the Chiefs conference room since none <br /> 28 <br /> of the classroom's audio/visual equipment were functioning. <br /> 6 <br /> V ALDFV V.CITY OF SANTA ANA CASE No. <br /> COMPLAINT <br />