The Internal Affairs Bureau is responsible for:
- Conducting administrative investigations of policy violations by Department members;
- Conducting administrative investigations of policy of equality violations by Department members;
- Conducting administrative investigations for outside law enforcement agencies at the request of the agency;
- Monitoring criminal investigations of Department members;
- Responding to deputy-involved shootings and specific significant use of force incidents, and preparing an administrative review of the incident for the Executive Force Review Committee;
- Conducting “for cause” drug tests at the direction of a Department member’s unit commander or higher ranking member;
- Staffing the 1-800 complaint line during business hours;
- Compiling data for all shootings involving Department personnel (e.g., hit, non-hit, unintentional discharge, warning shot, and animal shootings).
The Internal Affairs Bureau is organized into roll-out teams. Each team is on-call for one week at a time. The team is available 24/7 to handle notifications, provide guidance and advice, and to respond to incidents. A separate team conducts policy of equality investigations.