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1 67. Indeed, in an attempt to have the females speak honestly without fear of retaliation, 2 Moderator Burke repeatedly mentioned to all the females that any comments and concerns would not be 3 4 repeated to other members of the Police Department. 5 68. While Moderator Burke ultimately wrote a report and provided it to Chief Valentin,none of 6 the involved female officers received a copy of the report or were informed of the report's conclusions or 7 recommendations. 8 9 69, However,contrary to the promised confidentiality,it soon became common knowledge that 10 the female officers' comments were shared with command staff who,presumably,shared these comments 11 with Chief Valentin. 12 I. November 2021. 13 14 70. It has been a long-standing custom, tradition and well-established courtesy within CITY's 15 Police Department that,if and when an officer wishes to sign up for a certain patrol team,the potential team 16 member contacts the team's corporal and/or sergeant to let the supervisor know that the potential teammate 17 is interested in that specific team so that,inter alia,the supervisor/s can provide the potential member officer 18 19 with expectations for the team. 20 71. Despite this well-known custom,tradition and courtesy,inNovember of 2021,VALDEZ was 21 notified that an anonymous complaint had been initiated against her(via an anonymous complainant) for 22 her actions in line with same. 23 24 72. VALDEZ later learned that the complaint was initiated by then-MET Corporal Luis Galeana. 25 73. Then-MET Corporal Galeana initiated the complaint-not on behalf ofhimself-but on behalf 26 of two female officers who had advised both of their supervisors (one of them being then-MET Corporal 27 28 Galeana)that they did not want to file a complaint against VALDEZ. 111 VALD133Z V.Cri'Y OF SANTA ANA CME No, COMP)AIM