Patricia Brennan received a subpoena for records within the board's lawful investigatory authority and a request to appear through counsel. Officer Hayes was not compelled to testify publicly while the internal investigation remained active. Captain Morrison's role in the delayed body-camera release was referred to independent counsel.
Tanya had eleven days.
She built the presentation like a budget package.
No dramatic music.
No photographs selected for emotional effect.
No social media screenshots unless they established something factual.
Each exhibit had a number.
Exhibit 1: December 7 doorbell video.
Exhibit 2: 911 audio.
Exhibit 3: CAD and response timestamp.
Exhibit 4: Hayes body-camera recording.
Exhibit 5: Patricia Brennan's prior 911 call table.
Exhibit 6: dispatch response-time analysis.
Exhibit 7: Officer Hayes disciplinary history.
Exhibit 8: union contract discipline lookback provision.
Exhibit 9: 2020 HVAC incident record and work authorization.
Exhibit 10: Washington civil complaint and publicly available settlement dismissal.
Exhibit 11: Riverside Oaks selective HOA enforcement examples.
Exhibit 12: Patricia's deleted Nextdoor statement.
Exhibit 13: Gerald Brennan's public PAC contributions.
Exhibit 14: body-camera request log showing Morrison's technical-limitation notation.
Exhibit 15: Carmen's verified community incident database, anonymized where required.
Exhibit 16: current dispatch deployment model.
Exhibit 17: independent criminologist methodology review.
Exhibit 18: proposed civilian oversight structure.
Exhibit 19: proposed Fair Call policy package.
Tanya resisted the urge to add a twentieth exhibit containing photographs of Jordan and Julian.
The board already knew they were children.
She refused to make their pain into presentation material.
Two days before the hearing, Carmen called at seven in the morning.
"I got HOA emails."
Tanya stopped pouring coffee.
"From who?"
"Board source. I'll protect them. I have headers and server export metadata."
"What do they say?"
Carmen was quiet.
"October. Patricia to three board members: 'The Davis family thinks they can move into Riverside Oaks and ignore the culture we've protected. We need to make clear they are not a fit.'"
Tanya's hand tightened around the coffee mug.
"Anything else?"
"Another line: 'There are ways to handle this without being obvious.'"
Tanya sat down.
"November?"
"Yes. After your response to the driveway notice. Patricia wrote, 'Tried the violation route. She's too smart and documents everything. Need a different approach. Authorities usually motivate people to reconsider whether a neighborhood is worth the trouble.'"
Tanya said nothing.
Carmen continued.
"There's also an HOA group text about Halloween. Patricia wrote that she had 'put police presence on the street' after the kids came through."
"She was planning escalation."
"That's how it reads."
"Have you verified authenticity?"
"Server-side export. Two recipients confirmed."
Tanya closed her eyes.
"Send to county counsel and the district attorney."
"Already queued."
"And Carmen?"
"Yeah?"
"Do not send me your source identity."