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1 48. On or about May 3, 2021, Plaintiffs filed a Notice of Claim against <br /> 2 Defendants City of Santa Ana, Santa Ana Police Department and Defendant Valentin <br /> 3 regarding their unlawful disclosure of confidential peace officer records. <br /> 4 49. Defendant Ridge and Carvalho have summarily dismissed the complaints <br /> 5 from the SAPOA/Serrano regarding the unlawful disclosure of records as just part of <br /> 6 Serrano's desire to fix his pension issue. <br /> 7 FALSE INFORMATION TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBER <br /> 8 50. On or about May 12, 2021, the SAPOA/Serrano learned that Santa Ana <br /> 9 City Councilmember Penaloza had complained to Defendant Valentin that officers from <br /> 10 Valentin's special unit (MET), which is supervised by Sgt. Lizardi, had shined the patrol <br /> 11 vehicle's ally lights at him while he was driving on multiple occasions. It was further <br /> 12 learned that Defendant Valentin tried to falsely blame the SAPOA and Serrano for the <br /> 13 officers' alleged actions. <br /> 14 COMPLAINT AGAINST VALENTIN <br /> 15 51. On or about May 13, 2021, the SAPOA/Serrano filed a complaint on <br /> 16 behalf of the members of the SAPOA against Defendant Valentin and his police <br /> 17 management similar to that made in November, 2020. SAPOA raised issues regarding <br /> 18 unaddressed gender discrimination; unaddressed cover-up of the Culichi Town incident; <br /> 19 allegations that Valentin committed perjury in at least one deposition; the inclusion of <br /> 20 false information in official personnel records; Jail Managers covering up alleged <br /> 21 misconduct by employees and/or falsifying records/reports related to the misconduct; <br /> 22 interference in a criminal investigation where a former City Council person was initially <br /> 23 listed as the suspect until the officer was directed to change his report; and interference <br /> 24 with Association activities and/or representation of members. <br /> 25 52. In response to the May 13, 2021, complaint, Defendants either failed to <br /> 26 initiate an investigation, as required by Penal Code §§832.5-832.7 and/or failed to <br /> 27 report to the complainant the outcome of the investigation(s). <br /> 28 53. Defendant Ridge and Carvalho have summarily dismissed the complaints from <br /> 13 <br /> COMPLAINT <br />