A. Statement to Appointive Authority. Any person, other than the authority having the appointive power, believing that he or she has a grievance against any member of the police department, shall, before any formal complaint is filed with the civil service commission for the police department, present a verbal or written statement of such grievance to the authority having the appointive power of the person allegedly causing such grievance.

B. Investigation and Formal Complaint. Upon receipt of such statement, the appointive power shall at once investigate or cause to be investigated the allegations of the aggrieved, and if he or she finds sufficient grounds to substantiate the charges, shall file or permit to be filed by the aggrieved, a formal complaint against the accused with the civil service commission.

C. Report of Investigations. Should the appointive power find, upon investigation, that the charges against the accused are unfounded or untrue, or not within the jurisdiction of the civil service commission, no formal complaint shall be filed with the commission, and the appointive power shall inform the person claiming to be aggrieved of the results of his or her investigation and of his or her determination in the matter.

D. Filing of Complaints. In all other cases, complaints shall be filed by the appointive power. (Prior code § 3.14.310)