Special Services

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Special Services

At a Glance

Manager Lt. T. H. (Chad) Coleman

Employees 7
Internal Affairs Investigations 93
Risk Management Reports 1,902
Pending Lawsuits 33

Special Services

Special Services comprises Internal Affairs and Risk Management.

Internal Affairs conducts and records investigations involving complaints about the Sheriff's Office and/or its employees. These investigations run the gamut from allegations of unprofessional conduct to criminal law violations.

The Sheriff's Office is an integral part of the community. Internal Affairs is an important component in the ongoing effort to assure that citizens, as well as employees, have trust and pride in the Sheriff's Office. An investigation is conducted for every complaint received, regardless of the origin of the complaint.

To help streamline the investigative process, Internal Affairs introduced a new complaint form agencywide to better track case statistics.

The very nature of law enforcement carries the inherent risk of civil litigation. Risk Management is a formal, systematic process used to assess and investigate incidents that indicate the Sheriff's Office and/or individual employees are or may be at risk of having civil litigation brought against them.

The pro-active Risk Management process does not wait until a lawsuit has been filed to answer questions and take appropriate action. Most incidents that result in lawsuits have already been addressed through the Risk Management process before the suits are filed. Both current and potential problem areas are documented, investigated, analyzed and evaluated as soon as possible after an incident occurs.