Full Notification

Today, the National City Police Department received several inquiries regarding racially inappropriate and insensitive language allegedly made by one of our officers. The comments were allegedly made during a private text message conversation between the officer and a member of his family. This conversation was eventually posted on social media.
The National City Police Department takes misconduct allegations by any officer seriously and in no way condones this type of behavior. After learning this information, the department immediately began an Internal Affairs investigation into the allegations. The officer in question was placed on Administrative Leave and has been removed from police duties.
Jose Tellez, the Chief of Police said the following: “Our department will not tolerate racist and unacceptable epithets made by any member of our organization. We are extremely disappointed that we have to conduct an investigation into one of our officer’s alleged misconduct. However, we want to assure the public and our community that there will be a comprehensive investigation into this matter.”
Mayor Sotelo-Solis stated, “I’d like to thank Chief of Police Tellez for his swift action on this matter, and I want the National City community to know that we cannot and will not tolerate this type of racial bias (or any bias for that matter) or behavior from our officers, City staff or elected officials. As public servants, we must be above reproach and I fully support the investigation that has been prompted by these social media posts.”