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Date Complaint Taken: 2/10/2014 Date Occurred: 2/9/2014 Racial: Yes Case No.: 14-p01144 No. Type: PHONE

Category: Formal Citizen Complaint Type: MINOR Occured: On Duty

Location Occurred: College Crest Apts, 1555 NE Merman D01A District/Area: Not Stated
Video Available
Complainant: 1 - Right to Privacy Sex: MALE Race: WHITE/HISPANIC L
No
Complainant's Address: 215 NW Anthonty Street , PULLMAN WA 99163
1 - Ri... Home Phone: 1 - Right to Privacy Camera Not Indicated

Cell Phone: Business Phone: Email Address:

Assigned: COMMANDER TENNANT Date Assigned: 2/10/2014 Days Case Due In: Date Due:

Current Case Disposition: UNFOUNDED Date Completed: 2/26/2014 How Complaint Was Reported: PHONE
Complainant Satisfaction: Satisfaction Comments:

1 - Right to Privacy complained that Officer Lambley and Gordon contacted him at a Noise Complaint at a party that he didn't live at. 1 - Righ... described the officers attitude as
Summary:
demeaning and kept badgering him for answers that he didn't have and that 1 - Rig... thought the officers were racist. After speaking with 1 - Right... on the phone and watching
the body worn camera footage, I found the contact to be professional and in my opinion, the Officers showed a lot of patience. NO violations of policy and or law
occurred.
Type Of Complaint Description Complaint Disposition
Complaint #: 1 CHAPTER 7 (2.5) CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC RACIAL BIAS Rude UNFOUNDED

Name ID Number Rank Division Shift Officer Disposition On Alert Camera

Officer #: 1 GORDON, ALEXANDER DOUGLAS 448 OFFICER 1ST CLASS PATROL Not Stated UNFOUNDED Yes No
Officer #: 2 LAMBLEY, HEIDI JANA 447 SENIOR POLICE OFC PATROL Not Stated UNFOUNDED Yes No

Narrative:
Original Notification from Jake:

From: Opgenorth, Jake

Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 6:34 AM
To: Tennant, Chris
Subject: officer complaint

Chris,

I received a complaint from:

1 - Right to Privacy ( 1 - Right to P... ) #329445

215 NW Anthony Street 1 - Ri...
Pullman, WA 99163
1 - Right to Privacy

He wants to file a complaint against officers he interacted with at College Crest apartment B01A on 2-9-14 at about 0100 for a noise

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complaint, 14-P01144. He feels Ofc. Lambley racially targeted him and in general was rude. She also refused to identify herself. He also
said as she and Ofc. Gordon were leaving, Ofc. Gordon warned him not to follow the, which he felt was threatening. I explained there would
be body cam and he insisted on filing a complaint and implied this was a racial thing.

Jake

Tennant's Investigation:

On 2-10-14 at 1600 hrs I called 1 - Right to Privacy (Corrected phone # 1 - Right to Privacy and spoke to him about his complaint. He was very
adamant that he wanted to file a formal complaint and that the officers were racially biais against him. I asked if he was hispanic (He said
he was) and I clarified that it was his Hispanic heritage that he thought invoked the bias response by the officers, and he indicated that it
was. I asked 1 - Right ... to explan the contact from his perspective. 1 - Righ... said that he was at a party and just chose that moment to go outside
to get some fresh air. The officers contacted him as if he lived there and asked him questions that he didn't know the answers to. He tried
to the best of his ability to answer the questions, but the officers kept badgering him for information that he didn't have. At one point the
officers acussed him of being high (on MJ) and told him not to follow them. 1 - Right...believes both are because he is hispanic. 1 - Right ...also
focused on the fact that when he re-entered the Apartment the officers tried to illegally enter the residence. I told 1 - Rig... that I would review
the video from the contact and proceed with a formal investigation and complaint.

I reviewed PPD Noise Complaint # 14-P01144. ON 4-25-14 I attempted to watch the body worn camera video's from the two officers.
However, Evidence.com software problems prohibited me from viewing them.

4-26-14 0800 hrs: I was able to watch Officer Lambley's and Officer Gordon's Body Worn Video Footage in Evidence.com. Gordon's video
is masked by the wind noise and most of the coversation between 1 - Right... and Lambley can not be overheard on Gordon's video. You can
hear Gordon tell 1 - Righ... "not to follow" them when they leave. This was after 1 - Rig... had followed them to the cornor of the building after they
tried to leave the contact at the door. Gordon's request was polite and in a normal voice and seemed reasonable based on the
circumstances.

I watched Lambley's video which showed the contact from start to finish. She approaches the apartment door and the party noise is very
aparent from the outside. She knocks five times with no response, then announces "Police, can someone just answer the door?" 1 - Rig...
immediately opens the door, steps out, and begins talking to the officers. Lambley assumes that he is exiting the door in response to her
knocking and annoucing, and starts speaking to him as if he is a responsible for the party. She informs him of the strong smell of Marijuana
eminating from the apartment. 1 - Righ...'s demeanor is quiet but he interacts with the officers leading the officers to believe that he is
responsible for the party during the first half of the conversation. When the officers are getting no where in the conversation reference the
party (Most of 1 - Rig... 's responses are I don't know…..), Lambley figures out that he is not a responsible and asks him to go back into the
party and find someone that lives there. 1 - Righ... appears to agree to do that and re-enters the apartment. When 1 - Righ... comes back out, he
accuses Lambley of opening the door and trying to enter the apartment unlawfully (She stepped back from the door on video and clearly
doesn't attempt to open it). 1 - Righ... is more confrontational verbally at this time and the officers tell him that they will just contact the landlords
later and write the occupants for the noise. 1 - Right... follows the officers to the cornor of the building requesting identifications. Gordon verbally
identifies them, and Lambley shows1 - Right ... that she doesn't have any business cards with her. They finally depart.

Tennant's opinion and recommendation:

Unfounded. There is no indication that any racial bias is present in the interaction. I found the officers to be very polite, professional and
demonstrated a great deal of patience. 1 - Right ... intentially mislead the officers and contiuned a conversation with the officers that was totally
unnecessary.

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I concur with the conclusion's of Commander Tennant and the disposition as unfounded. I prepared a disposition letter that was sent to Mr.
1 - Right ...

Gary Jenkins, Chief of Police

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 Redaction Date: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 6:23:47 AM

Total Number of Redactions: 31

By Exemption:

"RCW 42.56.050 - Invasion of privacy occurs if the disclosure of information 1. would be

highly offensive to a reasonable person and 2. is not of legitimate concern to the public. "
(Right to Privacy): 31 instances

By Page:

Page 1 - "RCW 42.56.050 - Invasion of privacy occurs if the disclosure of information 1.

would be highly offensive to a reasonable person and 2. is not of legitimate concern to the
public. " (Right to Privacy): 11 instances
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would be highly offensive to a reasonable person and 2. is not of legitimate concern to the
public. " (Right to Privacy): 20 instances