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I N. Chief Valentin Reacted to the Potential No Confidence Vote by Attempting to 2 Threaten Officer not Considered to be in his "Camp/Gang". 3 4 88. During the first few days of July 2021,Chief Valentin responded by attending Watch 1,2 and 5 3 roll calls in an attempt to intimidate officers against voting for"no confidence." 6 89. During these roll calls, Chief Valentin said something along the lines of: "If you don't like 7 working at Santa Ana, go to some other police department." 8 9 90. For whatever reason,certain persons at CITY have decided(and made public their decision) 10 that the Orange Police Department to be a"low level", "not serious"police department. 11 91. In July of2021,following Chief Valentin's above statements,MENENDEZ and several other 12 patrol officers received City of Orange Police Department applications in their police department mailboxes. 13 14 92. As MET Officers Buchanan, Perez and Andres were witnessed near the mailboxes during 15 the relevant time frame,it became obvious to many that members of the Valentin "camp/gang"had placed 16 the applications in non-Valentin"camp/gang" officers' mailboxes. 17 93. MENENDEZ immediately filed a complaint with Commander(now Deputy Chief) Sergio 18 19 Enriguez. 20 94. MENENDEZ was not interviewed until December of 2021 and then only by a city personnel 21 employee. 22 95. To date, CITY has failed to provide MENENDEZ with the results of its "investigation." 23 24 O. The July 7, 2021 POA Board of Directors Meeting. 25 96. On July 7, 2021, MENENDEZ attended the "open" POA Board of Directors meeting. 26 97. During this meeting, MENENDEZ made the motion for a membership ballot "vote of no 27 confidence" against Chief Valentin. 28 98. The motion was voted on and passed by the Board. 16 MENENDEZ V. CITY OF SANTA ANA CASENO. COMPLAINT