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40�. in September/October 2020, MG NO was the Day Watch Commander and was working 2 when a shooting occurred with multiple victims. 3 41. The: shooting, which occurred at an apartment complex, garnered a major police response. 4 5 42. Per custom and practice, two of the sergeants who, had responded to the incident (Sergeant 6 Jim Armstrong and Sergeant Michael Gonzalez) subsequently conducted informal debriefings on the 7 incident during the W-I and W-2 roll calls. 8 9 43. Sergeant Rosa Ponce de Leon did not respond to the incident but some of her officers had lio and they asked her to discuss some issues they had observed.,Sergeant Ponce de Leon did so, in the presence I I of Sergeant Armstrong. 12 44. The following week, Valentin sent an email, and ordered supervision to cease any further 13 14 debriefs related to this incident until an official debrief had been conducted. 15 45, Then-Deputy Chief Eric Paulson ordered MORENO to coordinate and facilitate the official 16 debrief to include any and all sergeants and commanders that had responded and/or had any involvement 17 in the incident. 18 19 46. The debrief went well until the question-and-answer portion when MET-member then- 20 Sergeant(now Commander)Oscar Lizardi suggested that no further informal debriefs be conducted so that 21 no "misinformation" was disseminated. 22 47. MORENO asked Sergeant Lizardi whether any misinformation had been disseminated and 23 2,4 Lizardi responded that he"had heard" that Sergeant Ponce de Leon's debrief included misinformation. 25 48. It became clear to MORENO that CITY was retaliating against Sergeant Ponce de Leon for 26 her (and the other women"s) above-referenced complaints following the Women Leaders in Law 27 Enforcement conference. 28 9 MORERO V. CITY OF SANTA ANA CAsENo. COWLAWT