I think as I said before, yes, if I had the exact same circumstances, I would have brought it to the attention of the person I report directly to as the person who has control and responsibility over the department in which that person operates. I think that's an appropriate thing to do.
If we understand correctly what happened, the purpose was to look at options that might be available to proceed with the complaint and to provide some level of confidence and protection for the complainant from possible reprisal, so that the member who brought forward the complaint would not be subject to that.
So, yes, fundamentally I would have done the same thing. Even in hindsight, I probably would have done the same thing, as well.