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that some members from the SAPD's Major Enforcement Team (MET) were off-duty and were patronizing the Culichi To Restaurant. Sergeant Barragan indicated that his officers told him that Officer Andres, Gil also responded and proceeded to interfere and impede in the manner in which the investigation was conducted. Sergeant Barragan also learned that one of the,responding' officers viewed a cell phone video that had been taken by an unknown patron. According to this officer, he told Sergeant Barragan that the video had captured Sergeant Lizardi (off-duty) at the incident. Sergeant Barragan's officers were concerned because it involved members of the MEET to and because there was outside interference by on and off-duty officers at the scene.They felt that the sexual assault investigation had not been handled properly because members of the MET to had been involved and other officers(on-duty and off-duty officers)ensured that the proper documentation and notifications were not conducted. They also expressed concern of retaliation from members of other SAPD personnel if they reported this alleged misconduct in a formal manner. After Sergeant Barragan's reporting of the alleged misconduct. I met with my direct supervisor, Deputy Chief Eric Paulson.I advised Deputy Chief Paulson of what had been reported by Sergeant Barragan, Deputy Chief Paulson was immediately concerned about the allegations and we agreed that I would formally advise Deputy Chief Rodriguez,, who at the time of this incident still held the rank of Commander and was the Commander of the Internal Affairs Unit- As I prepared to meet with Deputy Chief Rodriguez, he stopped by the Watch Commanders Office. I told DC Rodriguez that I had something important to discuss with him. He sat down and I reported the alleged misconduct that Sergeant Barragan had reported to me. I specifically told DC Rodriguez that Sergeant Lizardi was allegedly present when members of our MET team were involved in an alleged sexual assault incident at the Culichi Town Restaurant. I printed a copy of the incident from the INFORM RMS system and I handed him the copy of the call for his review. We ended our conversation and he exited the Watch Commander's, Office. I advised DC Paulson that I met with DC Rodriguez and reported the alleged misconduct to him. Approximately 7-10 days later, DC Rodriguez came into the Watch Commander's office and I asked him about the alleged misconduct investigation. DC Rodriguez' response to me by saying, that since:there has been no citizen complaint, so no investigation was needed.I responded to him by saying, "what about my complaint, I reported misconduct." DC Rodriguez did not respond to me and exited the Watch Commander's Office. I immediately reported this interaction, in person, to DC Paulson. This interaction was done in person and I also believe we may have/or not have exchanged emails, about our conversations referencing this matter. I also shared any interactions, with DC Rodriguez, with my peer Commander Chuck Elms. Specifically, we discussed that it appeared that DC Rodriguez had not taken my complaint of misconduct seriously and was not going to immediately initiate an Internal Affair's investigation