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Internal Affairs Bureau Unit Orders

UNIT ORDER #6 - DISTRICT ATTORNEY LETTER OF OPINION


UNIT ORDER #5 - AVAILABILITY OF PERSONNEL
UNIT ORDER #7 - TOLLING OF INVESTIGATIONS WITH A CIVIL LAWSUIT PENDING

The following guidelines shall be followed when receiving a District Attorney (DA) Letter of Opinion.

  • The letter shall be sent to Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB) Operations from Detective Division.  If an investigator receives the Letter of Opinion from another source, the investigator shall give a copy to the Captain’s Secretary, for processing.
  • It will be the responsibility of the assigned investigator to provide the Captain’s Secretary with the Statute date.
  • The IAB Captain’s Secretary is responsible for the following:
    • Scan the letter and save under the year received using the IV/SH/FO number as the file name, for example:  0000000
      \\1-comm-03\IAB\IAB OPERATIONS FOLDERS\DA Letter of Opinion
    • Email a copy of the letter to the IAB Operations Lieutenant, IAB Team Lieutenant, and the Professional Standards Division Chief.  List all lawsuits and claims along with their status.
    • Update PRMS from Monitored to Monitor Complete, add a note including DA findings and status of all Lawsuits and Claims; enter the Statute date as provided by the assigned investigator and attach a copy of the letter.
    • Write the IV/SH/FO number, Assigning Lieutenant, Investigating Sergeant, all Lawsuits and Claims on a note and attach to the letter.
    • Log the information in the DA Letter of Opinion Tracker.
    • Once the letter has been reviewed and PRMS has been updated with all pertinent information, it will be given to the Assigning Lieutenant.