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I C. The Major EnforcementTearn ("'MET"'), the Culichl To Incident and Disparate <br /> 2 <br /> Discipline. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 17. MET is a SWAT-like team"created" in January of 2020 by Valentin. <br /> 5 18. Persons associated with MET are considered to be part of"the Valentin camp"and receive <br /> 6 extreme and obvious favoritism from Valentin, regarding both promotions and lack of discipline. <br /> 7 <br /> D. The Culichi Town Incident and CITY's Resulting Cover-Up. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 19. On August 9, 2,020, five CITY MET police officers (Dorin Buchanan, Mark Campi, then- <br /> 10 Sergeant Oscar Lizardi, Jonathan McKee and Jonathon Perez) were accused of verbally harassing two <br /> I I teenage girls and of sexually-assaulting one at the Culichi Town restaurant in'Santa Ana("the Culichi Town <br /> 12 <br /> Incident"'). The girls' family(who had been told by the officers that they were CITY police officers) and/or <br /> 13 <br /> 14 others repeatedly called 911 to report the Culichi Town Incident. <br /> 15 20. The MET members fled prior to patrol officers arriving and also reportedly coordinated with <br /> 16 officer Andres Gil (who was thereafter,rewarded with a transfer to MET) to tell officers at the scene that they <br /> 17 <br /> should not take the mandated police report. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 21. In violation of federal law, state law and CITY policy, no police report was taken. <br /> 20 22. Within days, then-Watch Commander MORENO was informed of this potential serious <br /> 21 misconduct involving members of MET and immediately reported same to, inter alia, then-Commander of <br /> 22 <br /> 23 Internal Affairs Robert Rodriguez. Rodriguez thereafter confirmed to MORENO that he (Rodriguez) had <br /> 24 reported the Culichi Town Incident to Valentin. <br /> 25 23. The resulting three-year cover-up by Valentin (and others at his behest)and CITY's failure <br /> 26 to discipline those involved (who,for the most part were actually promoted)divided the police department <br /> 27 <br /> 28 and was recently addressed in MORENO's May 24,2023 complaint detailing misconduct of a serious nature <br /> on the part of both Rodriguez and Valentin. <br /> MOREND V. C:rrY OF SANTA ANA CASENQ <br /> ICOWLAM <br />