INTERNAL AFFAIRS Clause Examples

INTERNAL AFFAIRS. The following guidelines shall be followed whenever an employee is the subject of an administrative investigation. For the purposes of this Article, the term “investigation” means whenever an alleged act or omission of an employee which might be a violation of Department policy, procedure, rule or regulation, which requires the use of an interview of an employee for the purpose of determining whether or not misconduct exists, and which, if true, would likely result in a disciplinary action appealable under the Grievance Procedure set forth in this Agreement. For the purposes of this Article, an “

INTERNAL AFFAIRS. A. There will be established an internal affairs procedure by which complaints will be investigated by a sworn police officer chosen by the Chief or Executive Directorthat is a superior ranking officer to the officer being investigated. However, an officer of equal or lesser rank to the officer being investigated may be assigned to actively assist as a resource to the superior officer in the investigation. This is to ensure that investigations conducted into employee conduct, misconduct, or complaints raised against an officer, are governed in a manner conducive to public confidence, good order, discipline, and good management practices and recognizing the individual rights of each member of the force. An employee being requested to conduct an internal investigation, or the Association on behalf of that employee, may petition the Chief or Executive Director for removal from the internal investigation for due cause. 1. The interrogation of any officer shall be at reasonable hours, preferably when the employee is on duty and during daylight hours unless the circumstance of the investigation dictate otherwise as determined by the Chief or Executive Director . 2. The interrogation shall take place at a location designated by the Chief or Executive Director, usually a department facility, and the employee shall be provided with the name and rank of the officer in charge of the investigation, the name and rank of the officer conducting the interview, and names of all persons who will be present during the interview(s). 3. The name of the charging officer, complainant, or citizen making the charge, shall be disclosed if this information is known to the officer conducting the investigation. If this information is not known, this shall also be disclosed. Disclosure of the complainant’s name will not be required if revealing the name may jeopardize the investigation. However, once the investigation is completed and if the issue become(s) the subject of a later grievance, the names of the complainant(s) will be revealed at the request of the aggrieved along with a copy of the official complaint, signed or unsigned. a. The Department will not conduct internal investigations into unofficial complaints of non-criminal nature, however, the Department is not prohibited from conducting a preliminary review to determine if allegations may be factual. The review will be assigned to a person at an Officer in Charge level or above. If it is determined that the employee against...

INTERNAL AFFAIRS. A. The parties recognize that law enforcement personnel occupy a special place in American society. Therefore, it is understood that the County has the right to expect a professional standard of conduct such as the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics be adhered to by all law enforcement personnel regardless of rank or assignment. Since internal investigations may be undertaken to inquire into complaints of law enforcement misconduct, the Department reserves the right to conduct reasonable investigations designed to uncover the facts in each case, but expressly agree to carefully guard and protect the rights and dignity of accused personnel. In the course of an internal investigation, law enforcement personnel will be treated as professionals. The investigative methods employed will be reasonable, and consistent with the law and ethics. The Departments will obtain complainants statements under oath or affirmation absent extenuating circumstances. Said complaints shall be taken and sworn to on a standard form. The County agrees to review and consider seeking criminal prosecution against any complainant who is found to have made and sworn to any false allegations against an employee. Individual employees will not be discouraged by the Department from seeking their own legal remedies. B. The findings of all Internal Affairs investigations, shall be termed as: 1. Not Sustained; in that there is insufficient evidence to sustain the complaint. 2. Exonerated; in that the incident occurred, but employees' actions were justified, lawful and proper. 3. Unfounded; in that the complainant admits to false allegation; the charges were false or not factual or the employee was not involved in the incident.

INTERNAL AFFAIRS. To be stored in a locked file controlled by the Administrator and the Chief of Police and may contain the following:

INTERNAL AFFAIRS. The parties recognize that law enforcement personnel occupy a special place in American society. Therefore, it is understood that the County has the right to expect a professional standard of conduct such as the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics be adhered to by all law enforcement personnel regardless of rank or assignment. Since internal investigations may be undertaken to inquire into complaints of law enforcement misconduct, the Departments reserve the right to conduct reasonable investigations designed to uncover the facts in each case, but expressly agree to carefully guard and protect the rights and dignity of accused personnel. In the course of an internal investigation, law enforcement personnel will be treated as professionals. The investigative methods employed will be reasonable, and consistent with the law and ethics. The Departments will obtain complainant statements under oath or affirmation absent extenuating circumstances. Said complaints shall be taken and sworn to on a standard form. The County agrees to review and consider seeking criminal prosecution against any complainant who is found to have made and sworn to any false allegations against an employee. Individual employees will not be discouraged by the Departments from seeking their own legal remedies.

INTERNAL AFFAIRS. WBNG will endeavor to not interfere with or inject itself into the internal affairs of XXX, its subsidiaries, and/or any C/SNA or MSD.

INTERNAL AFFAIRS. ‌ Information generated by an internal affairs investigation will not be shared with the officer’s home agency. Only upon request after a final determination has been made and appeals have been exhausted, shall the DEPARTMENT make available limited information on a complaint, i.e., name, issue of the complaint and whether it has been sustained or not sustained. It is understood that the EMPLOYER will not violate any provisions of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act in the application of this article.

INTERNAL AFFAIRS. It shall be the duty of any officer who is the subject of any internal affairs investigation to cooperate fully with the Internal Affairs Unit. Any officer who is contacted regarding any internal affairs investigation, whether or not they are the subject of the investigation, shall cooperate fully with the Internal Affairs Unit. All officers ordered to give any statement shall, when ordered by an Internal Affairs Investigator, give a statement of facts concerning the incident being investigated once Xxxxxxx has been given. This statement, shall be either in inner-office form or a formal statement, at the discretion of the Internal Affairs Investigator. Employees not given Xxxxxxx warnings are under no obligation to answer questions. When an order is given to the employee by an officer of superior rank, the employee shall have the right to a union representative provided for in Xxxxxxxxxx or legal representation pursuant to Piper, of the employees choice, provided the union representative or legal representative of choice does not cause undue delay. The County cannot in the course of an investigation obtain evidence through the use of administrative pressure, threats, coercion, or promise. A lawful order given pursuant to the Sheriff’s directive under Xxxxxxx v. New Jersey does not constitute administrative pressure, a threat, coercion or a promise. The County will not use a polygraph machine to investigate the truth of statements made by members without consent of the member. The County always retains the right to order employees to submit to blood, urine or breath tests with probable cause.

INTERNAL AFFAIRS. The Company shall insure at all times that (a) it maintains separate records and books of account from those of TMCC, and (b) except as permitted by contract between the Company and TMCC with respect to deposits in certain accounts of collections of receivables of TMCC’s that were not sold to the Company pursuant to an agreement between them, which will be promptly remitted to the owner thereof, none of the Company's assets will be commingled with those of TMCC or any of its affiliates.