Correspondence - CS Item No. 3 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

1 I. CARDENAL was "Verbally Counseled" After he Met with Other Officers 2 Regarding the PRA Request and Perceived Officer Safety Issues. 3 4 39. CARDENAL was contactedby some of his former trainees who asked him to meetwith them 5 after Watch 3 roll call. 6 40. CARDENAL met with these officers in the roll call room following the roll call briefing and 7 they discussed the officer safety issues and the requirements of patrol officers to handle calls for service. 8 9 41. As CARDENAL walked out of the station to respond to a call for service,CARDENAL saw 10 Commander Sergio Enriquez(known to be in Chief Valentin's"gang"/"camp")outside smoking a cigar. 11 42. CARDENAL later learned that Commander Enriquez went inside and yelled at the Watch 1211 3 officers to go out in the field. 13 14 43. CARDENAL was later verbally counseled by Sergeant Hamlin(with Sergeant Achzinger 15 present)at the direction of Commander Enriquez for meeting with Watch 3 officers and purportedlykeeping 16 them from going out in the field. 17 J. CITY Falsely Claims that CARDENAL was Involved in a"No Obs"Directive. 18 19 44. On June 23,2021 Officer Daniel Gonzales contacted Sergeant Sontag in the gym prior to his 20 shift and asked if there was a"no obs" directive and mentioned that he heard CARDENAL was involved 21 in it. 22 45. Sergeant Sontag discussed this conversation with Commander Enriquez and was told to 23 24 author a memo to send to Internal Affairs. 25 46. When Sergeant Sontag objected, Commander Enriquez ordered him to author the memo. 26 47. Commander Enriquez repeatedly forced Sergeant Sontag-who was on probationary status 27 28 at the time-to change the verbiage in the memo before accepting it and forwarding it to Internal Affairs. 111 7 CammLv.CTTYOFSmTAANA CASSNO. COMPLAW -