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20  <br />  <br />• Approximately 3 hours later, officers were dispatched to the address and advised <br />that the call involved a dispute between RP and a person who was no longer on <br />scene. <br />• Officers A and B were allowed inside by RP; she informed them that the other <br />party had returned and was asleep in the back room. Officers asked RP for his <br />name, and she stated that she did not feel that it was her place to provide his <br />name. <br />• Officers stated that they needed to check on all parties involved in the <br />dispute, and Officers A and B went to the back room to wake the ex-boyfriend. <br />• RP followed them to the room and stated that she was concerned about what they <br />were going to do to the other party. Officer B asked RP to wait outside of the bedroom <br />and she stated “No.” RP stated that an officer grabbed her wrist hard and moved her <br />arm up, which resulted in bruising and a sore shoulder. <br />• Officer B stated that he used an open hand to stop RP from approaching A and <br />that he did not grab her wrist. Officer A recalled placing his open hand on RP’s <br />back to prevent her from turning but could not recall grabbing a wrist. <br />• Due to officers’ location inside the home, the ICV recorded audio but not video of <br />the interaction. <br />• Following the incident, RP came to the Auditor’s Office to file this excessive force <br />complaint. <br /> <br />Allegations: <br /> <br />1. 800 Use of Force: That Officer A used excessive force when he grabbed RP by <br />her wrists, resulting in bruising. <br /> <br />Recommended Adjudications: <br /> <br />Use of Force <br />• EPD chain of command: Within Policy <br />• Auditor’s Office: Within Policy <br />• Chief: Within Policy <br /> <br />Issues for the CRB: <br />  <br />CRB members were concerned about officers not knowing about the 3-hour time lapse <br />from when RP originally called dispatch and when officers responded. Another member felt <br />that once RP withdrew permission to go farther into her home officers should have stopped, <br />but other members noted that the officers had an obligation due to the Community <br />Caretaking Act to assure the other party was not injured. Members agreed that the use of <br />force was lawful, but some members would have preferred an Insufficient Evidence <br />determination. <br /> <br />F. August Case Review <br />September 24, 2018, Work Session – Item 2