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and could have allowed for a more conclusive outcome in either direction. S,4PD shouldprioritize changes that would help prevent afiture recurrence ofthis lost opportunity", I also became concerned with the following assertions made by the Office of Independent Review under the heading titled Internal Affairs In vesfikqkI "The Internal Affairs investigation was severely hampered by the time lag between the incident and the anonymous complainant's submission to the Department. As detailed above, the complaint letter was received some seven months after the incident. This meant, among other things, that any relevant video from the restaurant's camera system had been lost Moreover, the victim had returned to her home state, and the geographic barriers complicated theproceV3 of interviewing her, accomplishing an identification of possible subjects, etc. Had an investigation been initiated more promptly, relevant evidence would have,been more readily available. "' • "As a result(and in coi#unction with the handling officer's relegation of the incident to "call notes,"SAPD's command staff was riot formally and contemporaneously apprised of the incident and allegations.Had that occurred, the retrieval ofsurveillance video from the restaurant and the purmeit of other investigative leads would obviously have been more effective". • "OIR Group load full access to both completed investigations and was able to make informed judgments about their adequacy; the findings listed below are accompanied by systemic recommendationsfor improving SAPD administrative processes in the future' The reasons for my concerns are as follows: The Santa Ana Police Department currently has Department Policy in place that addresses when and how to investigate a complaint of alleged police misconduct. The incident that occurred at the Culichi Town Restaurant occurred on Sunday August 9, 2020. During that time, I was assigned to the Watch Commander's Office as a Commander for the "B" side which works Wednesday through Friday and every other Saturday. On the night this incident occurred,my counterpart Commander Andy Alvarez was the assigned Watch Commander and his assigned days were Sunday through Tuesday and every other Saturday. Approximately a week after the incident,I was approached by Sergeant Luis Barragan,who at the time was assigned as the Watch 2 sergeant of the Sou coast District(280 . 1 subsequently learned kom. Sergeant Barra,gan, that he was not working on the night of the incident, however when he retmued to work he learned about the incident which had occurred at the ichi To restaurant. Officer's that responded to the call were concerned how the alleged sexual assault by one of members of the MET to was investigated. Sergeant Barragan stated that his officers told him