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Ryan Larkin 1.1 1 **Washington County Sheriff's Office**
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3 **ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION**
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5 Policy Manual
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8 Volume: AB
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10 Services and Programs
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12 Chapter: 11
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14 Internal Affairs and Criminal Investigations
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17 Replaces and/or Supersedes:
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19 None.
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21 Published:
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23 04/11/2012
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25 Review Date:
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Ryan Larkin 2.1 27 05/13/2019
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30 Sheriff Cory C. Pulsipher
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Ryan Larkin 2.1 32 Undersheriff James Standley
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35 __**TABLE OF CONTENTS**__
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37 AB 11_101 Definitions
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39 AB 11_102 General
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Ryan Larkin 1.2 42 **AB 11_101 __DEFINITIONS__**
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44 1. WCSO: Washington County Sheriff's Office
45 1. PCF: Purgatory Correctional Facility
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Ryan Larkin 1.2 47 **AB 11_102 __GENERAL__**
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49 1. Policy:
Ryan Larkin 2.1 50 11. Internal investigations on WCSO employees should be conducted only with authorization from the Sheriff and, when necessary, with direction of the County Attorney's Office.
Ryan Larkin 1.1 51 11. Criminal investigations on WCSO employees should be deferred to an external (non-WCSO) agency.
52 11. A separate internal investigation by the WCSO may be conducted while an external investigation is still ongoing. Internal investigators shall not interfere with the external investigation and shall not share Garrity-protected information with external investigators.
53 1. Rationale:
54 11. An investigation of an employee's suspected criminal actions will provide information necessary for the WCSO to prepare for potential litigation.
55 11. An external investigation of an employee's suspected criminal actions may be considered more credible.
56 11. The interference or sharing of information by internal investigators could compromise the integrity of an external investigation.