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In cases involving allegations of serious misconduct (the commission of a crime, driving
under the influence [DUI], etc.), the Undersheriff will be notified by the |
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Commanding Officer
of Internal Affairs of the allegation |
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Immediately notify the Integrity & Special Investigations
Unit. |
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| Allegation of Serious Misconduct (Non-criminal) |
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Immediately notify the Internal
Affairs Unit. |
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| Allegation of Minor Misconduct |
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Conduct the appropriate form of field
investigation and submit the findings in writing to the Internal Affairs Unit. The
written findings shall be in compliance with the requirements in this order. |
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| Formal investigations are not concluded until |
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the highest ranking staff
member recommends a final action on the Disciplinary Actions Recommendation Form
(P-0129). |
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Field administrative investigations may be initiated by a
? or they may be initiated by the Internal Affairs Unit and forwarded to a
commanding officer for investigation. |
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? may initiate administrative investigations to
address an employee’s conduct, performance, or action(s) which would be
considered minor misconduct. |
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| Supervisors and commanding officers |
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?may conduct fact finding, pre-cursory
inquiries to determine facts and circumstances surrounding alleged misconduct.
However, once the ? recognizes potential violation(s)
of written directives, and identifies the accused member(s), the accused member(s)
shall not be interviewed, or directed to complete a written statement (in any form),
without providing the member(s) with all of the notifications, rights, and
responsibilities contained within this order. |
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| Supervisors and commanding officers |
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If the facts and circumstances of an employee’s conduct, performance, or action(s)
are known to the supervisor or commanding officer, (without the need for the
employee to be interviewed to gather additional or clarifying information) and the
supervisor or commanding officer determines that there is a sustained violation of
an agency directive, he can initiate an ? The original Written Reprimand
shall be forwarded to the Internal Affairs Unit for record keeping. |
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| informal or Formal Counseling session or issue the employee a Written Reprimand level one |
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Prior to interviewing an accused employee (also known as a principal employee) in
any case that could result in discipline, the supervisor/commanding officer will
ensure that: |
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(a) The employee has been given the opportunity to obtain a representative of
their own choice to be present prior to the commencement of the interview;
(b) The employee has been given the opportunity to review the complaint, all
statements regardless of form, and all existing evidence;
(c) The interview of the employee is being audio recorded (at a minimum);
(d) The employee has been placed under oath via a Sworn Statement Affidavit Form
(P-1757);
(e) The employee has reviewed and signed the Administrative Proceeding Rights
Form (P-1550); and
(f) The employee has reviewed and signed the Law Enforcement Officer and
Correctional Officer Bill of Rights (P-0539), if the employee is a law enforcement
or correctional officer; |
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(a) Unfounded
(b) Exonerated
(c) Not Sustained
(d) Sustained
(e) Policy Revision |
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| an allegation of misconduct is false or not supported by the facts; |
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an incident involving the alleged misconduct occurred, but the
employee’s actions were lawful and proper; |
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there is insufficient evidence available to either prove or
disprove the allegation of misconduct |
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there is a preponderance of evidence to prove the employee
committed the alleged misconduct; or |
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the action of the agency or the officer was consistent with
agency policy, but the policy requires revision. |
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The Internal Affairs Unit may assign allegations of minor misconduct to commanding
officers for investigation
TRUE OR FALSE |
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All Field Administrative Investigations shall be completed within ? calendar days
from the date that the complaint is sent to the employee’s commanding officer. |
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If an administrative investigation has been classified a Formal Field Investigation,
the following is required |
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a) The accused employee(s) will be notified in writing that they are the subject of
an Internal Affairs investigation. The notification will also inform the employee
of their rights and responsibilities relative to the investigation. The notification
will be sent to the employee by the Internal Affairs Unit. |
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| All formal investigations conducted by the Internal Affairs Unit shall be completed within ? calendar days from the date the complaint is received by Internal Affairs. |
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In accordance with F.S.S. no disciplinary action, demotion, or dismissal shall be undertaken
by the Sheriff’s Office against a law enforcement officer or correctional officer for any act,
omission, or other allegation of misconduct if the investigation of such allegation is not
completed within ? days after the date the agency receives notice of the allegation by a
person authorized by the agency (commanding officer or above) to initiate an investigation
of the misconduct. |
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Closed investigations may also be reopened for up to days under certain
circumstances per F.S.S. 112.532 (6)(b) and disciplinary action can be imposed as long as
the statutory criteria is met. |
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