For several seconds, the room was quiet.
Then the investigator continued.
"At what point did you conclude the woman might actually own the house?"
Reeves swallowed.
"Almost immediately."
Reeves's interview became one of the most difficult moments of the review.
He'd never intended to hurt Naomi.
He hadn't initiated the physical detention.
And he'd repeatedly noticed facts that contradicted Grant's assumptions.
But he also hadn't intervened effectively when his supervisor escalated the encounter.
The investigator asked him to describe the moment Naomi offered identification.
Reeves did.
Then she asked what he thought when Grant refused to examine it.
He stared toward his hands.
"I thought we needed to slow down."
"Did you say that?"
"I suggested verification."
"Did you physically intervene when the sergeant forced her against the vehicle?"
Reeves shook his head.
"No."
"Why not?"
For several seconds, he couldn't answer.
Then he spoke quietly.
"Because he was my supervisor."
The investigator waited.
Reeves continued.
"I thought if I stepped in, he'd accuse me of undermining him. And I thought maybe I was missing something."
His voice trembled.
"But I wasn't missing anything."
For a moment, he looked toward the table.
"I knew she might be the homeowner. I knew the situation didn't make sense."
The investigator asked what he believed he should have done differently.
Reeves took a long breath.
"I should have been clearer. I should have told him to stop using force while we verified her identity."
He paused.
"And when he kept going, I should have acted according to the duty-to-intervene policy."
For several seconds, the room remained silent.
Then Reeves added something that stayed with the investigators.
"I didn't want to make the wrong decision in front of my sergeant. So I let him keep making the wrong decision in front of me."
Grant's formal interview was contentious.
He arrived with appropriate representation and reviewed the evidence presented through the established process.
At first, he insisted that the alarm justified his actions.
The investigator acknowledged that officers had reason to respond.
Then asked what specific conduct justified escalating to physical restraint after Naomi offered verification.
Grant argued that she questioned his commands.
He said she moved toward her handbag.
And he described her tone as challenging.
The investigator compared those statements with the video.
Naomi had moved toward the bag after explaining that her identification was inside.
She stopped when told to stop.
She continued offering ways to establish her identity.
And the recording showed no physical attack.
The investigator asked why Grant treated her questions as resistance.
He argued that hesitation could endanger officers.
The interviewer didn't dismiss officer-safety concerns.