Albuquerque police are trying to find out what happened to a 2012 report in which Omaree Varela claimed his mother hit him with a phone.The district attorney’s office said it never got the report.VIDEO: District Attorney Omaree Varela police report never cameThe DA’s office doesn’t investigate, but rather takes cases to court. It relies on reports to find out what happened in a case.There is no deadline on when a report needs to be submitted to the DA’s office.According to Albuquerque Police Department’s operating procedure, the case needs to be reviewed and approved by a supervisor. Then the case is sent to a DA liaison, along with a sign-off sheet.All copies are to be sent through the department’s inter-office mail system. They may also be hand-carried to the liaison.It's not clear who is assigned to be the district attorney liaison. It is also not clear how often that person forwards submitted cases to the DA's office for review.In that 2012 report the officer wrote that "this incident requires further investigation by the District Attorney's Office. It will be submitted with the listed Felony Charges.”Again, the DA maintains it never arrived.

Albuquerque police are trying to find out what happened to a 2012 report in which Omaree Varela claimed his mother hit him with a phone.



The district attorney’s office said it never got the report.



VIDEO: District Attorney Omaree Varela police report never came

The DA’s office doesn’t investigate, but rather takes cases to court. It relies on reports to find out what happened in a case.



There is no deadline on when a report needs to be submitted to the DA’s office.



According to Albuquerque Police Department’s operating procedure, the case needs to be reviewed and approved by a supervisor. Then the case is sent to a DA liaison, along with a sign-off sheet.



All copies are to be sent through the department’s inter-office mail system. They may also be hand-carried to the liaison.



It's not clear who is assigned to be the district attorney liaison. It is also not clear how often that person forwards submitted cases to the DA's office for review.



In that 2012 report the officer wrote that "this incident requires further investigation by the District Attorney's Office. It will be submitted with the listed Felony Charges.”



Again, the DA maintains it never arrived.