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1 M. CITY Retaliated Against CARDENAL. 2 67. Later that night, CARDENAL was contacted by Corporal Baek, the Field Training 3 4 Coordinator. 5 68. He advised CARDENAL that he had been ordered to remove CARDENAL's trainee from 6 his car and that he was not to give CARDENAL anymore trainees. 7 N. CARDENAL piled a Formal Written Complaint in which he 8 9 Complained/Disclosed CITY's Unlawfulgnappropriate Conduct. 10 69. On July 20, 2021, CARDENAL, via SAPOA Attorney Glave, formally notified CITY 11 management of his complaints/disclosures against Chief Valentin: 12 "Please consider this letter as a complaint against Chief of Police David Valentin for creating and 13 fostering a hostile work environment for Santa Ana Police Officer Anthony Cardenal.Pursuant to 14 City policies and practices, as well as Penal Code §832.7(0(1), we fiuther request that the complaining party, Mr. Cardenal, be provided, through this office, a written notification the 15 disposition of this complaint within 30 days of the disposition. 16 As you are most likely aware,members of the Santa Ana Police Department became concerned that 17 the City, and Chief Valentin specifically, were not taking any action to protect officers from the release of their names, badge numbers and photographs. There was also concerns about officers' 18 confidence in Chief Valentin which led to a number of discussions among officers and complaints 19 being made to the employees'recognized employee organization. 20 On Thursday,July 1,2021,Officer Cardenas reported to work and attended the mandatory shift roll call. Chief Valentin and Commander Enriquez attended the roll call, apparently trying to gather 21 support ofthe Chief and his administration.Also in attendance were anumber of sergeants,corporals 22 and Officer Cardenal peers and trainees (including one assigned to Officer Cardenal.) 23 Chief Valentin stood in front of roll call and discussed several issues that were ongoing within the 24 department.He began by explaining his position on the release of the photographs and that officers should not pay attention to the"white noise"that was coming from the Santa Ana Police Officers 25 Association. Chief Valentin then addressed a pending internal Affairs investigation,that he knew 26 was focused on Officer Cardenal,indicating that the officer's alleged statements(which have been misrepresented)were unforgivable.He emphasizedthewordunforgivable,and told officers multiple 27 times that they should write that word down;thus,indicating that he had already determined the false allegations to be true.The tone of the Chief Valentin's message was abrasive and Officer Cardenal 28 believed that he was being chastised in front of his supervisors,peers and subordinates.In common phraseology,Valentin was trying to bully an officer in an open setting and in front of the people he works alongside every day. IM_ CAMMAL V.r-U Y 01V 8ANTA ANA CASH NO. CoUrLAM