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<br /> <br /> <br />Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 6 of 14 <br /> <br /> <br />(1) A copy of each complaint, tort claim, and/or lawsuit that alleges <br />misconduct as set forth in sectionSection 2-665(b), regardless of where or <br />how it is filed or) and (c) submitted to the Commission, shall immediately <br />be forwarded to the members of the Commission, the IndependentPolice <br />Oversight Director, the City Manager, and the Chief of Police. <br />(2) No complaint shall be accepted, or reviewed, or investigated by the <br />Commission or the IndependentPolice Oversight Director if it is not <br />filed/submitted within one (1) year after the alleged misconduct by a Santa <br />Ana Police Officer. <br />(3) All Commission discussions with the IndependentPolice Oversight Director <br />concerning alleged misconduct by any Santa Ana Police Officer shall be <br />held in closed session. At least ten (10) days' advance written notice of the <br />date of the meeting in which a specific officer will be discussed in closed <br />session shall be provided to the complainant and the named police officer <br />and their legal counsel, if known to the Commission and shall be deemed <br />confidential. <br />(df) Receive and discuss reports from the IndependentPolice Oversight Director on <br />all incidents involving the following types of alleged misconduct by Santa Ana <br />Police Officers: only when the complaint alleges: <br />(1) officer Officer-involved shootings-discharge of a firearm at a person by a <br />Santa Ana peace officer that results in death; <br />(2) in-custody deaths; <br />(3) uses Uses of force that result in great bodily injury of a person;. <br />(4) (3) Complaints made against Santa Ana Police Officers only when the <br />Internal Affairs Investigation is completed with sustained findings for the <br />following conduct: (i) prejudice or discrimination involving a protected <br />class; <br />(5) (ii) dishonesty; <br />(6) (iii) sexual assault; <br />(7) (iv) unlawful arrest or unlawful search; <br />(8) (v) unreasonable or excessive force; <br />(9) or (vi) failure to intervene against another officer using force that is clearly <br />unreasonable/excessive; or. <br />(10) (4) In-custody deaths and unlawful activities/conduct that interferes <br />with First Amendment assemblies. <br />(eg) Direct the IndependentPolice Oversight Director to independently review and <br />investigate, analyze and make recommendations regarding citizen complaints, <br />tort claims, or lawsuits alleging the types of police misconduct as identified in <br />sectionSection 2-665(b) or when the City Council provides authorizationand <br />(c), unless there is pending Internal Affairs investigation at which time the <br />Commission may, in Closed Session, review those misconduct complaints