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SUMMARY On 4/5/2023, Chief David Valentin sent members of the SAPD command staff an email wherein he attached the following message and a corresponding link to a document titled"Office of Iaadenendent Review Assessaaaent- City of Santaall: "Please see the attached Office of Independent Review (01R)Assessment and my Chiefs Community Debriefing message,found in the link below, related to our Major Enforcement Team (MET). This Community Debriefing message is afollow up to my initial May 2022 message. You will note a stark difference in our S,4PD assessment compared to other agencies that have addressed similar allegations, and who have not responded proactively,focused on transparency and growth. We will continue our focus on our constitutional, dual policing strategy of Community Based and Traditional Policing". I reviewed the Assessment that was conducted by the Office of Independent Review. After reviewing the portion titled Case, Two: Alleged Of-Duty Assault and Failure to Report,, I became concerned with the recommendations made under the section titled Recommendation for jXa1tM1ER1LoM specifically: "Thefailure of SAPD to promptly and thoroughly investigate these serious allegations shows that responsive systemic reforms are warranted,First,policy should be written to instruct all personnel that any allegation of misconduct andlor criminal behavior made against them (either on or off duty)should be promptly reported to SAPD's chain of command Second,policy should be written requiring that uniformed officers who are apprised of any allegation of potential criminal conduct by Department members,should promptly not their chain of command Finally,policy should be written to ensure that any Internal Affairs investigation be required to interview any idented officer subjects or witnesses to any allegation of sexual'misconduct. RECOAWENDATION TWO: SAID should write policy requiring all personnel to promptly report any allegation of misconduct and/or criminal behavior through the chain of command: RECOMMENDATION THREE: SAPD should write policy requiring all patrol officers who receive an allegation of misconduct and/or criminal behavior against police employees to promptly report that allegation to their chain o command and/or Internal Affairs. )f RECOMMENDATION FOUR: SAPD should write policy requiring that any Internal Affairs investigation should interview all identified witness and subject officers connected to the misconduct allegation. Again, this is not to say that a timely investigation by Internal Affairs personnel would have proven the allegation to be true. But it would have allowed for an investigation to proceed when memories were fresh and video evidence,was potentially available,