(a) Upon receipt of any complaint, a City employee shall make a written record of such complaint, including:
(1) The date and time the complaint is made;
(2) The name, address and phone number of the complainant;
(3) The name, address and phone number (if known) of the person against whom the complaint is lodged; and
(4) The nature and particulars of the complaint.
(b) City employees shall attempt to obtain the name, address, and phone number of the complainant, but under no circumstances shall the employee identify the complainant’s name to another party not affiliated with the City, subject to the exception in subsection (c).
(c) In order to protect any rights of the person against whom a complaint has been lodged, if the complaint is found by the City to have merit, and if the City institutes proceedings regarding the complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction, and if the City intends to use the complainant as a witness in those proceedings, the person against whom the complaint has been lodged has the right, through proper discovery requests, to receive the name and address of the complainant.
(d) Failure to abide by the terms of this section may subject the employee to disciplinary action, in the discretion of his supervisor.
(Ord. 1900. Passed 11-21-96.)