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1 40. This memo also detailed how the women discussed that"this type of behavior is the`culture' 2 of the department and appears to be condoned by leadership";"how [Chief Valentin] is perceived to be 3 4 supportive of this type of behavior"; and that this behavior"starts at the top." 5 41. As referenced above,VALDEZ is informed and believes that the"memo"Ms.Ramirez was 6 ordered to write was actually expected to "rat out"to Chief Valentin which woman dared to question his 7 actions. 8 9 42. Since Ms. Ramirez wrote her memo in the opposite manner(i.e.,to protect the women who 10 had legitimate claims regarding their treatment under Chief Valentin),Ms.Ramirez's memo-which spoke 11 to the tone and message that the women were trying to communicate - did not go over well with Chief 12 Valentin and, as detailed in Ms. Ramirez's Complaint, led to significant retaliation against Ms. Ramirez. 13 14 43. VALDEZ is informed and believes that Chief Valentin was upset that the memo failed to 15 provide him with identifying information so that he could use it to retaliate against the individual women. 16 44. Later that day,Chief Valentin walked into the conference room with Assistant Chief Robert 17 Rodriguez and Human Resources Analyst Lourdes Ferrer, introduced them to the group and advised that, 18 19 if the women wished to file a complaint,they were to go through the"proper channels"and report it to one 20 of these other two persons. 21 45. Chief Valentin then turned around and left. 22 46. At that point in time, no one in the room wanted to file a complaint. 23 24 47. Rather,they simply wished to speak to Chief Valentin about how things could be handled 25 differently and improved. 26 48. However, Chief Valentin refused to speak with the women and had left the room. 27 28 49. In doing so, Chief Valentin made it abundantly clear that he had no interest in addressing these very real and important issues. s VALDP.Zv, MY OPSANTAANA CASENO. COMPLAINT