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SAPD Delays Investigation of a Child Sexual Assault 7/10/23,12: 1 PM MET's slogan, according to OIR, "seems directly contrary to the Police Department's larger message of community collaboration and trust building. ideally, no one in the community should either to or fear those entrusted with providing public safety ..." The slogan, according to MET, is directed at "the 'hardcore criminals" in the City whom they had antagonized with their suppression campaign" According to emails regarding interview scheduling, the OIR interviewed only MET members about the allegations against them. An anonymous source within the department stated that "'Nobody else was interviewed for the OIR report because it was never meant to be a full and thorough investigation. The department never made any except the MET team members available to Gennaco because they would never want anyone to expose to an independent investigative body what goes on within the police department." The ongoing power struggle within the Santa Ana Police Department shows what happens when officials relinquish their leadership and choose to ignore a child's sexual assault allegations against one of their own. The complaint has also reached the i,nboxes of the California state attorney general, the FBI and the Orange County district attorney. SAPD did not respond to requests for comment. The kind of journalism you actually read to the end. Sign up for our newsletter to get the best of Knock LA right to your in box. https:/Iknock-la.com/santa-ana-pollce-dep,artment-delays-]nvestlgation-..,child-sexual-assault-by-an-aff-duty-officer-fo,r-more-than-haIf-e-year/ Page 6 of 7