Opinion ID: 4557155
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Heading: Assault and Violation of the Security Plan

Text: Bliss argues that the evidence did not support the Board’s finding that one of its employees unlawfully assaulted a female patron. We think it obvious, however, that the evidence described above was more than sufficient to support the Board’s finding of an unlawful assault. To the extent that Bliss rests its argument on the 6 contents of the video footage, we note that the video footage was not provided to this court for its review. Cf. Cooper v. District of Columbia Dep’t of Emp’t Servs., 588 A.2d 1172, 1174 (D.C. 1991) (because hearing transcripts and exhibits were not before court of appeals, “petitioner has failed to carry his burden of demonstrating that the agency’s factual findings are not supported by substantial evidence in the record”). Given the conclusion that a Bliss employee unlawfully assaulted a patron, the Board reasonably found a violation of the security plan’s requirement that Bliss employees responding to an emergency “only physically intercede to prevent or stop a violent individual from physically assaulting another person.”