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I Ridge and Defendant Motsick claiming that he had initiated an investigation of the <br /> 2 discrimination when, in fact, he initiated an investigation of the female officers in order <br /> 3 to silence them. <br /> 4 35. The Defendants did not hire an investigator to look into these issues of <br /> 5 harassment and discrimination until April, 2021. <br /> 6 36. On or about May 3, 2021, Plaintiffs filed a Notice of Claim against the City <br /> 7 of Santa Ana, Santa Ana Police Department, Defendant Valentin, and Deputy Chief <br /> 8 Enriquez Esparaza related to the unlawful discrimination, harassment and investigation <br /> 9 of the female officers. <br /> 10 37. Defendant has summarily dismissed the complaints from the <br /> 11 SAPOA/Serrano regarding the discrimination against female officers as just part of <br /> 12 Serrano's desire to fix his pension issue. <br /> 13 JAIL MANAGEMENT COMPLAINT <br /> 14 38, On December 2, 2020, the SAPOA/Serrano sent an email to Defendant <br /> 15 Ridge and Defendant Valentin requesting an investigation of misconduct by jail <br /> 16 management/supervision wherein it was alleged that serious misconduct was being <br /> 17 covered up and/or not addressed, and that supervisors were being directed to falsify <br /> 18 reports and/or official documents. <br /> 19 DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS <br /> 20 39. On or about February 25, 2021, a purported reporter with the Voice of OC <br /> 21 (an online nonprofit media source) sent to Sonia Carvalho, the City Attorney for the City <br /> 22 of Santa Ana and Santa Ana Police Department, a Public Records Act (PRA) request <br /> 23 seeking, a spreadsheet or breakdown of how many employees at the Santa Ana Police <br /> 24 Department have been put on paid administrative leave between 01/01/2016 and <br /> 25 2125/2021. The PRA request included a request for Ms. Carvalho to provide the <br /> 26 reasons for the employees being put on paid administrative leave and a breakdown of <br /> 27 total costs to the City of Santa Ana incurred by paid administrative leave for Santa Ana <br /> 28 Police Department employees between 01101/2016 and /25/2021. <br /> 10 <br /> COMPLAINT <br />