Jesse Terrazas

On or about August 20, 2010, in the vicinity of the 2nd District station and/or 4615 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, during a narcotics investigation, Sergeant Terrazas failed to provide guidance, direction and/or information to one or more of his subordinates; and/or failed to communicate clearly with his subordinate(s); and/or failed to disclose where and/or how and/or by whom one or more of the cannabis was found; and/or foiled to provide sufficient information to enable his subordinate(s) to make an arrest(s); and/or failed to provide sufficient information to enable his subordinate(s) to fill out forms; and/or directed a subordinate who had no knowledge of the narcotics investigation to fill out a case report without explaining why; and/or released a car to a detainee after telling his subordinate(s) that cannabis was found in the car; and/or foiled to explain or sufficiently explain why the car was stopped and/or taken to the station and/or released; and/or told his subordinatc(s) to arrest three individuals for possession of one "blunt" he alleged was found in a car, or stated words to that effect, without providing an explanation; and/or told his subordinate(s) that he(they) would be issued/subjected to a SPAR (Summary Punishment Action Request) when he(they) expressed a concern/inquired about probable cause and/or the release of the car; and/or failed to properly supervise the subordinate member(s) of his tactical team; and/or otherwise failed to follow proper procedures.

On or about August 20, 2010, Sergeant Terrazas provided information for, and/or approved, contact cards for Marcus Spencer and/or Melvin Dowdell which 1) stated that "Traffic Related" contact(s) was (were) made at 4615 South Prairie Avenue in Chicago, or words to that effect and/or 2) which included information on vehicle details. However, on or about March22, 2011, during an interview with the Internal Affairs Division ("IAD"), Sergeant Terrazas stated that on August 20, 2010, in the vicinity of 4615 South Prairie, "there was no traffic stop. Itwas a street stop. And the gentlemen involved were outside the vehicle at the time. The vehicle was parked at that location," or stated words to that effect. The information in the contact card(s) and the statement Sergeant Terrazas gave to IAD are inconsistent. Thus, Sergeant Terrazas provided a false statement or report in the form of the contact card(s), or, in the alternative, provided a false statement(s) to IAD.

On or about August 20, 2010, Sergeant Terrazas provided information to and/or directed Officer Kelly McBride to write an Original Case Incident Report and/or later approved such incident report which stated that 1) there was a traffic stop at 4615 South Prairie Avenue in Chicago and that contact cards were generated on suspects Marcus Spencer and/or Melvin Dowdell and/or 2) that four small zip lock baggies and one brown rolled "blunt" containing a green plant-like substance suspect cannabis was (were) found inplain view inside a vehicle, or which stated words to that effect. However, on or about March 22, 2011, during an interview with the

On or about August 20, 2010, in the vicinity of the 2nd District station and/or 4615 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, during a narcotics investigation, Sergeant Terrazas failed to provide guidance, direction and/or information to one or more of his subordinates; and/or failed to communicate clearly with his subordinate(s); and/or failed to disclose where and/or how and/or by whom one or more of the cannabis was found; and/or failed to provide sufficient information to enable his subordinate(s) to make an arrest(s); and/or failed to provide sufficient information to enable his subordinate(s) to fill out forms; and/or directed a subordinate who had no knowledge of the narcotics investigation to fill out a case report without explaining why; and/or released a car to a detainee after telling his subordinate(s) that cannabis was found in the car; and/or failed to explain or sufficiently explain why the car was stopped and/or taken to the station and/or released; and/or told his subordinate(s) to arrest three individuals for possession of one "blunt" he alleged was found in a car, or stated words to that effect, without providing an explanation; and/or told his subordinate(s) that he(they) would be issued/subjected to a SPAR (Summary Punishment Action Request) when he(they) expressed a concern/inquired about probable cause and/or the release of the car; and/or failed to properly supervise the subordinate member(s) of his tactical team; and/or otherwise failed to follow proper procedures.

On or about August 20, 2010, Sergeant Terrazas provided information for, and/or approved, contact cards for Marcus Spencer and/or Melvin Dowdell which 1) stated that "Traffic Related" contact(s) was (were) made at 4615 South Prairie Avenue in Chicago, or words to that effect and/or 2) which included information on vehicle details. However, on or about March22, 2011, during an interview with the Internal Affairs Division ("IAD"), Sergeant Terrazas stated that on August 20, 2010, in the vicinity of 4615 South Prairie, "there was no traffic stop. It was a street stop. And the gentlemen involved were outside the vehicle at the time. The vehicle was parked at that location," or stated words to that effect. The information in the contact card(s) and the statement Sergeant Terrazas gave to IAD are inconsistent. Thus, Sergeant Terrazas provided a false statement or report in the form of the contact card(s), or, in the alternative, provided a false statement(s) to IAD.

On or about August 20, 2010, Sergeant Terrazas provided information to and/or directed Officer Kelly McBride to write an Original Case Incident Report and/or later approved such incident report which stated that 1) there was a traffic stop at 4615 South Prairie Avenue in Chicago and that contact cards were generated on suspects Marcus Spencer and/or Melvin Dowdell and/or 2) that four small zip lock baggies and one brown roller "blunt" containing a green plant-like substance suspect cannabis was (were) found in plain view inside a vehicle, or which stated words to that effect. However, on or about March22, 2011, during an interview with the Internal Affairs Division, Sergeant Terrazas stated that on August 20, 2010, in the vicinity of 4615 South Prairie, 1) "there was no traffic stop. It was a street stop. And the gentlemen involved were outside the vehicle at the time. The vehicle was parked at that location," and/or 2) the suspect cannabis was "in the possession of two of the individuals" and/or 3) the suspect cannabis was found "onthe two individuals' persons; they handed it to me," or stated words to that effect. The statement Sergeant Terrazas gave to IADis inconsistent with the information Sergeant Terrazas gave to Officer McBride and/or the information he approved inthe Original Case Report. Thus, Sergeant Terrazas directed Officer McBride to write a false report, or, in the alternative, provided a false statement(s) to IAD.