2018-00069171

Suspect Vehicle

2004 Mercedes-Benz S600 Sedan (doors not specified)

BJM7402 / WA WDBNG70J84A411809 Black

Report of sale 05-24-2018

P548 Dowsing 12/23/2018 Fitzpatrick, Lindsay Maureen 12/23/2018

BE-Case 2018-00069171 Page 2 OF 6

From:
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2018 10:48 AM
To: BellevuePD <bellevuepd@bellevuewa.gov>
Subject: COMPLAINT FOR POLICE OVER USE OF FORCE AT CHRISTMAS!!!

CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE ONLY TO POLICE MANAGEMENT

TO THE BELLEVUE POLICE CHIEF,

This is Christmas time, for peace and love with each other, and Im making this complaints in defense of
the WOMEN that are treated like the one I saw at FACTORIA MALL, in front of DSW shoes store on
Sunday 12/23/2018, at about 11AM, just one day before Christmas!!!
This is a positive message trying to help the Police Department to optimize & moderate your use of
force.
Situation:
a)Police car chases a black Mercedes with a lady inside, she parks and policeman goes to her driver
window. I was too far to see or listen to their initial conversation.
b)Suddenly, Police officer opens her door and takes her out of the car aggressively, I saw that, he pushes
her to the car and stays in her back, she is screaming asking for help & explanations….
c)Suddenly, office drags her away from the car and inexplicably throws her to the wet floor, phasing
down, and jumps on top of her, the lady is not resisting, she is 3 times smaller than him, she is not
punching him, she is phasing down, no resistance at all. I saw that! I was 5 yards away taking the
attached pictures.
d)Several persons like me are telling the lady to calm down and the officer NOT to excel such a pressure
and exaggerated force on her. No response from the officer.
e)He is strangling her with NO reason, no resistance from her, she is turning red & blue, he is on top of
her, and suddenly he puts his knee and the entire weight of his body on top of her head & neck, she is
really looking bad. See pictures by yourselves.
f)Also added video of the last part when things calm down, he takes her to his car, he is arresting her
WITH NO REASON, she is super nervous, irritated, scared and asking for explanations of why he did that
and why he wants to arrest her. She explains she works at the Factoria Mall.
g)Other persons also took videos that Im sure already must be on the net & social media. Police officers
arrived at scene later and interrogated other persons, I had to take off.

I do not know how this story of police detention started but I can say that about 10-15 persons at the
scene were telling the officer NOT to treat this lady like that, the officer had NO apparent reason to feel
threatened and to react with the VERY HIGH LEVEL OF FORCE, UNSUSTAINED, NOT NEEDED AND
BRUTAL against this person. Total exaggeration.
I pay +$90K in TAXES to this country & community, and Im expecting a Police Service of the highest level.
I have never seen any problem, I think the Bellevue Police Department is very effective, very friendly,
but when I saw this situation at FACTORIA on Sunday AM, Im sorry but my opinion of the Department
really changed!!! I think this is an outliar in your procedures stats, but it needs to be considered for the
future.
Im writing to formally complaint in defense of a person I do not even know, I would like this officer to be
trained against Police Brutality and Overuse of force, and to be given a strong warning of NOT treating
undefensive women this way, with NO reasons. This is a positive message to prevent this situations of
Overuse of Force by your officers to happen again….
I hope Bellevue Police Management treats my complaint with the highest level of respect and
seriousness, and I would appreciate that you do not pass this message or any identifier related to my
person to the specific officer or any other officer of your Department. I demand confidentiality of this
message, this is a compliant for Management.

Looking forward to a positive and constructive response from Bellevue POLICE, sincerely,

Cell: +
events before he took the suspect to the ground. The video does not show the rest of the
encounter. This video is booked into evidence.

In the video that Mr. provided, Officer Dowsing can be seen escorting the handcuffed
suspect to his car. He acts in a calm, professional manner, even as the suspect continues to be
argumentative and initially refused to get all the way into the back of the patrol car. Officer
Dowsing can be heard explaining the charges to the suspect. Additionally, he is still alone and
has to ensure his own safety while still dealing with the suspect and onlookers.

Another witness, Mr. came forward who stated the following:

Mr. was at the Factoria Square Mall and was walking toward DWS shoes. He noticed a
patrol vehicle blocking the roadway and that it was odd, that was what initially drew his
attention to the area. He kept looking around and then noticed an officer at the front driver side
window of a black Mercedes. He was within 10-15 feet of the front of the Mercedes that the
officer was at. He could hear the officer politely requesting something from the driver and the
driver was “aggressively” refusing to give him anything. Mr. then saw the driver reach
away from where the officer was standing and he then saw the car “lurch forward”, he thought
she had put it in gear. That is when the officer reached inside the vehicle and grabbed the keys
out of the vehicle. He heard the officer say, “Ma’am get out of the car.” She refused to get out
of the vehicle. The officer then opened the door and reached in to pull the driver out of the
vehicle. He could hear the officer telling the driver to stop resisting and she was refusing to
comply with the officer. She started to yell loudly and stated something along the lines of “get my
husband” and “Everybody look at what he’s doing to me”. The officer repeatedly and
“reasonably” asked the driver to comply and she refused.

Mr. noticed a male in a red jacket started recording the incident and he wanted to make
sure it was known that the recording of the incident happened well after the initial contact
between the officer and the driver. He saw the male in the red jacket approach the officer, within
4-5 feet, and the driver at least two separate times, maybe even three. Each time the officer
asked him to step back.

The officer then “flipped” the female and they went down to the ground. He saw the officer place
an arm around the driver’s neck and told her to stop and put her hands behind her back. She
refused at first but then complied with the officer’s requests. He saw the officer stop his hold on
her and put her into handcuffs, stand her up, and bring her to his patrol vehicle. She continued
to try and move away from the officer while she was been brought to the patrol vehicle. That is
when additional police officers arrived on scene.

Mr. continually said during his statement that the officer was referring to the driver,
even during the struggle, as “Ma’am” and was very “reasonable with her.” He even described
the officer as “polite” to the driver and the male that approached him several times in an
aggressive manner. stated, “He (the officer) was way nicer to him than I would have
been.”
Mr. statement is generally consistent with Officer Dowsing’s report and the findings
of the Use of Force investigation. Additionally, the video supports Officer Dowsing’s recall of
the events as well. There does not appear to be any violations of policy, procedure or law and
this should be closed as a DS.
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Incident Details
Date Received Date of Occurrence Time of Occurrence

12/27/2018 12/23/2018

Record ID Number Case # Tracking #

4638 18-69171 18DS-058

Date/Time Entered Entered By Assigned Investigator

01/03/2019 15:31 Captain Rob Spingler Captain Rob Spingler

Incident Summary
A citizen made a complaint on a use of force by O cer Dowsing. The use of force was found to be lawful and within
policy/procedure. See attached narrative for further.

Incident Location
Addresses
4001 Factoria Square Mall SE, Bellevue, WA, 98006

- Location of Occurrence: District 5

Reporting/Involved Citizen/Subject

Date of Birth: Unknown    Race: Unknown    Ethnicity: Unknown    Gender: Male

Addresses [None Entered]

Phone Numbers

Role: [None Entered]

Incident O cers/Employees
O cer Will Dowsing - 564211
Assignment at time of incident: O cer Operations/Patrol/Patrol/Patrol-1A
[None Entered]
Role: Primary O cer

Linked Allegations
• 8 Force: Excessive/Improper - DS-NO POLICY VIOLATION - 01/15/2019

Injuries Sustained By O cer/Employee

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No injury

Citizen/Subject Witnesses

Date of Birth: Unknown    Race: Unknown    Ethnicity: Unknown    Gender: Male

Role: Witness
Addresses
, Bellevue, WA, 98004

Phone Numbers

O cer/Employee Witnesses
Detective Lindsay Fitzpatrick - 268694
Assignment at time of incident: Corporal Operations/Patrol/Patrol/Patrol-1B
[None Entered]
Role: Supervisor

Tasks
No tasks to show

Running Sheet Entries

No running sheet entries to show

Attachments
Date Attached Attachment Description Attachment Types

01/08/2019 Email from Mr. docx

01/08/2019 2nd video taken by Mr. mp4

01/08/2019 O cer Dowsing's report pdf

01/09/2019 COB Prosecutor charging document pdf

01/09/2019 COB Prosecutor charging document (2) pdf

01/08/2019 Photos taken by Mr. docx

01/09/2019 Blue Team Narrative- Spingler docx

01/08/2019 Cpl Fitzpatrick Supp pdf

01/08/2019 Video taken by Mr. mp4

Assignment History
Date/Time From To Activity
Sent

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01/03/2019 Ser K Field status changed in IAPro from Initial entry to Released
15:50 Masseth

01/03/2019 Ser K Released back to IAPro

15:50 Masseth

01/03/2019 Ser K Field status changed in IAPro from Released to Field assigned
15:51 Masseth

01/03/2019 Ser K Captain Rob IAPro assigned

15:51 Masseth Spingler

01/15/2019 Ser K Field status changed in IAPro from Completed - in holding bin to
15:39 Masseth Released

Chain of Command History

Routing Number: 1

From Sergeant Kevin Masseth

To Captain Rob Spingler

Cc:

Date/Time Sent 01/03/2019 15:51

Instructions From [ Sergeant Kevin Masseth ] To [ Captain Rob Spingler ]

Due Date 01/13/2019. DS18-058

Comments/Response From [ Captain Rob Spingler ]

[Forwarded by Captain Rob Spingler without completion notes]

Routing Number: 2

From Captain Rob Spingler

To Major Andrew Popochock

Cc:

Date/Time Sent 01/09/2019 12:19

Instructions From [ Captain Rob Spingler ] To [ Major Andrew Popochock ]

Please forward to Sgt Masseth after you review.

Comments/Response From [ Major Andrew Popochock ]

[Forwarded by Major Andrew Popochock]

Routing Number: 3

From Major Andrew Popochock

To Sergeant Kevin Masseth

Cc:

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Date/Time Sent 01/10/2019 14:43

Instructions From [ Major Andrew Popochock ] To [ Sergeant Kevin Masseth ]

I concur with the ndings. Please close with a DS.

Comments/Response From [ Sergeant Kevin Masseth ]

[Forward to OA Database by Sergeant Kevin Masseth]

Assigned Investigator Signature Line

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Captain Rob Spingler

Chain of Command Signature Lines

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Sergeant Kevin Masseth

Chain of Command Signature Lines

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Major Andrew Popochock

Chain of Command Signature Lines

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Captain Rob Spingler

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