Attachment A - Mr. Kim Baker Citizen Petition 05212025.pdf

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OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL
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ATTORNEY GENERAL OPEN MEETING LAW ENFORCEMENT TEAM
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Re: — Open Meeting Law and the Phoenix City Council
Investigation No. OML2022-0071
Dear Kimmie Baker:

We write to provide you with an update regarding the open meeting law complaint you
submitted to this Office on or around November 14, 2022. Due to the volume of open meeting

law complaint submissions we receive, the Office must exercise its prosecutorial discretion in
processing and resolving such complaints. Given the significant passage of time since the
complaints’ original submission, this investigation has been administratively closed.

If you believe that the open meeting law violations described in your original complaint(s)

are ongoing, please resubmit your complaint with updated information about the continuing
violations via the online portal at www.azag.gov/omlet.

for your interest in open meetings.

If you have questions, you may contact the Open Meeting Law Enforcement Team at
OMLETinfo@azag. gov or 602-542-8064. We appreciate you contacting our Office and thank you

Sincerely,

The Open Meeting Law Enforcement Team
OMLETinfo@azag.gov

2005 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004-1592

© (602) 542-3333

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Office of Arizona Attorney General

Mark Brnovich

Open, Meeting Law Complaint Form

How We Investigate Complaints

The Attorney General's Office (the “Office”) is authorized by statute to investigate and resolve allegations
that public bodies have violated the Open Meeting Law. The statute requires that complaints submitted
to the Office be in writing and signed. We do not act on anonymous complaints. Complaints and supporting
materials are public records and may be disclosed as required by law. Upon receipt of the complaint, the
case is assigned to a member of the Open Meeting Law Enforcement Team (“OMLET’). The OMLET
member will review the complaint and may contact the public body and other witnesses for a response to
your allegations and any other relevant evidence. if necessary, the OMLET member will contact you to

obtain further information. In order to expedite the process, please consolidate your complaints as much as
possible,

How We Resolve Complaints

After gathering the relevant evidence, the OMLET member will work with the public body to reach a
resolution of the case. The Office’s primary mission in enforcing the Open Meeting Law is to ensure
compliance and educate the public and public officials about the requirements of the statute. Most cases
are resolved with mandatory training and a term of monitoring in which an independent attorney ensures
that the public body is complying with the Open Meeting Law. In serious cases, the OMLET member may
seek a civil penalty of $500 per incident. If the public body refuses to reach an agreed resolution, the
OMLET member may file suit in superior court seeking that the appropriate remedies be imposed by court
order. If the evidence establishes that a public officer violated the Open Meeting Law with the intent to
deprive the public of information, the OMLET member may seek to have the officer removed from office.

How You Can Help Us

To expedite an investigation as much as possible, please provide as much specific information as you
can about the alleged violations, such as the dates and times of events, the people present, and the content
of any conversations; this should include the name and contact information for other witnesses who are
willing to provide evidence about the alleged violations. Also, please include any documents, photograps,
videos, or other evidence that support your allegations. . Pe oye

If you are one of a group of people interested in filing a complaint against a public body, please’seléc'
one person to file a complaint and attach written statements from the remaining complainants.

2005 N Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004

Office of Arizona Attorney General

Mark Brnovich

Open Meeting Law Complaint Form Continued

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Please describe the conduct that you believe violated the Open Meeting Law. If more space is
needed, please attach additional information on a separate sheet,

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If possible, please provide the agenda for any meeting at which you believe a violation occurred.
If there are other documents that you believe may assist in our investigation of your complaint,
please provide them with this complaint.

Your Information
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Phone: (23- Clq- 2b
Email: Kim u7d + Gawail Conan

I declare under penalty of perjury, that the facts and statements contained in this declaration,
including any attached statements, are true, correct, and based upon my personal Knowledge. I
understand that the information contained in this declaration can only be altered by submitting a
new declaration.

Signature: Ki. & i Date: })-Jo- 27

To submit a complaint about a violation of the Open Meeting Law, please compete this form,
sign it, and mail it to:

Arizona Attorney General's Office

Attention: Open Meeting Law Enforcement Team/CLD

2005 N Central Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85004

Alternatively, please visit www.azag.gov/complaints/omlet to submit a complaint online.

2005 N Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004

City Council Formal Meeting

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City of Phoenix Report

Agenda Date: 10/12/2022, Item No. 95

Consideration of Citizen Petition Related to the Phoenix Police Department

This report provides the City Council with information in response to a citizen petition
submitted by Kim Baker at the Sept. 21, 2022 Formal City Council meeting regarding
the Phoenix Police Department (Attachment A).

Summary
The petitioner requests the City Council to direct the City Manager's Office to

investigate the full dereliction of duty by the Phoenix Police Department concerning
"Complaint Report #20210001645266, Bias Hate Crime."

A similar request was submitted by Kim Baker at the Aug. 31, 2022 Formal City
Council Meeting (Attachment B). The Law Department determined that the request
was not.a qualified citizen petition. Mr. Baker returned and submitted another citizen
petition on Sept. 21, 2022 and the Law Department determined that it was a qualified
citizen petition. A staff response dated Sept. 20, 2022 was included in the Sept. 22,
2022 General Information Packet (Attachment C) and emailed to Mr. Baker on Sept.
23, 2022, in response to his Aug. 31, 2022 request.

Options for Council Action

A. Direct the City Manager's Office to research this request consistent with the citizen
petition dated Sept. 21, 2022.

B. Take no further action on the petition.

Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Ginger Spencer:

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CITIZEN'S PETITION
September 21, 2022

1, Kinin Dwayne Baker, hereby petition the Mayor and Council to direct the City Manager's Office to
investigate tho full dereliction of duty by the Phoenix Police Department concerning “Complaint Report
2021000164526, Bias Hate Crime ”

(1) Why did t have to wait for about two hours for officers to respond and they never showed up on
October 21, 2021?

(2) Why 45 this police department allowing a lead person, David Cacson, Private Investigator, to
obstruct justice per ARS 13 2409 when his text message to me met all Criteria of Obstruction?

(3) Amt bemg permitted full protection of the faw per A RS. 13 2409, if they want to fully
Investigate all suspects and leads

Please see attachments A, B,C, and 0.

Respectially Submitted,

Kammie Owayne Baker 15506 Thonderbird Rd #2106, Phoenix, AZ 8502?

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