- ISBN: 9781577665670 | 1577665678
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/30/2008
| Fundamentals | p. 1 |
| Development of an Internal Affairs Unit | p. 2 |
| Role of the Internal Affairs Unit | p. 9 |
| Unit Reporting, Location, and Evidence Handling | p. 12 |
| Complaints | p. 13 |
| Policies and Procedures | p. 23 |
| Should There Be an Investigation? | p. 28 |
| Who Should Conduct the Investigation? | p. 33 |
| Investigation | p. 41 |
| Investigative Plan | p. 42 |
| Parties | p. 42 |
| External Sources of Information | p. 43 |
| Internal Sources of Information | p. 47 |
| Evidence | p. 51 |
| Searches | p. 54 |
| Informants | p. 57 |
| Investigator's Chronological Log | p. 65 |
| Standard of Proof | p. 66 |
| Administrative Suspension During Investigation | p. 67 |
| Length of Investigation | p. 69 |
| Interviews and Interrogations | p. 73 |
| Planning Order of Interviews | p. 74 |
| Conducting the Interview | p. 75 |
| Statements | p. 79 |
| Assessing Witness Credibility | p. 80 |
| Framing the Allegations | p. 89 |
| Planning an Interrogation | p. 90 |
| Representation | p. 95 |
| Conducting the Interrogation | p. 96 |
| Criminal, Proactive, and Undercover Investigations | p. 107 |
| Compelled Statements | p. 107 |
| Bifurcation | p. 109 |
| Proactive and Undercover Investigations | p. 113 |
| Preparing for the Operation | p. 118 |
| Argument against the Use of Undercover Operations for Administrative Inquiries | p. 126 |
| Specific Issues | p. 131 |
| Elements of Administrative Violations | p. 131 |
| Insubordination | p. 132 |
| Discrimination | p. 137 |
| Retaliation | p. 148 |
| Whistle-Blower | p. 149 |
| Employee Conduct | p. 151 |
| Abuse of Discretion | p. 164 |
| Abuse of Force | p. 167 |
| External Investigations and Accountability | p. 175 |
| External Investigation | p. 178 |
| Federal Civil Rights Claims | p. 184 |
| State Tort Law | p. 188 |
| The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) | p. 188 |
| Report Preparation and Findings | p. 191 |
| Preparing the Report | p. 191 |
| Reviews | p. 197 |
| Sources of Findings | p. 198 |
| Stating the Findings | p. 200 |
| Adjudication by Chief of Police | p. 202 |
| Notifications | p. 203 |
| Discipline | p. 207 |
| Categories and Standards of Discipline | p. 208 |
| Levels of Discipline | p. 213 |
| Serving the Disciplinary Action | p. 220 |
| Termination | p. 221 |
| Mitigation to Discipline | p. 226 |
| Aggravating Factors in Discipline | p. 230 |
| Consistency | p. 230 |
| Consequences of the Conduct | p. 231 |
| Predisciplinary Procedures | p. 233 |
| Predisciplinary Notice | p. 234 |
| Postdisciplinary Actions | p. 237 |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution | p. 237 |
| The Decision to Use ADR | p. 238 |
| Negotiation | p. 242 |
| Mediation | p. 244 |
| Arbitration | p. 247 |
| Settlement Agreements | p. 248 |
| Appeal and Trial Preparation | p. 252 |
| Evaluating the Effectiveness of Internal Investigations and Risk Management Systems | p. 261 |
| Evaluating the Investigator | p. 261 |
| Evaluating the Organization | p. 265 |
| What Do the Numbers Mean? | p. 270 |
| Audits | p. 271 |
| Specific Section Audits | p. 276 |
| Facility Inspections | p. 282 |
| Police Department Owned Weapons | p. 284 |
| Construction and Use of the Audit Report | p. 284 |
| Early Identification and Intervention Systems | p. 286 |
| Citizen Oversight | p. 288 |
| References | p. 293 |
| Further Reading | p. 296 |
| Interview/Interrogation Outline: Subject/Witness Officer | p. 297 |
| Interview/Interrogation Outline: Complainant/Citizen Witness | p. 311 |
| Index | p. 319 |
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