Internal Affairs/3.0

Internal Affairs was a division within the law enforcement agencies that investigated officer-involved incidents and civilian reports of law-breaking/professional misconduct by/from police officers. The division consisted of a select group of officers from the: Los Santos Police Department, the Senora Desert Sheriff's Office, the Paleto Bay Sheriff's Office, and the San Andreas State Police.
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==General Description==
The Internal Affairs Department is an autonomous investigative department that was originally officially approved on December 7th, 2021.
There was some hesitation to this department being formed from the Unified Police Department's High Command, as previously Richard Dark wanted to arrest an officer in possession of IFAKs off-duty, and wanted to charge his superiors with Obstruction of Justice for telling him not to. Despite his superiors, Dark was given full authority to fine, strike, and suspend police officers by the Los Santos Senate.
Unfortunately for the rest of the department, in practice the UPD did not recognize those powers from any other investigator. As a result, it was common for investigators to be threatened with punishments of their own or be outright ignored upon attempting to enforce punishments on offending officers (especially if the offenders were of a higher rank).
Furthermore, by the summer of 2022 blatant corruption within the UPD was rampant, making the investigation of officer misconduct (let alone following through on any punishment) even more difficult. This eventually led to Dark resigning due to IA having effectively no power over or support from the majority of the UPD. The department itself continued to technically exist for three months afterwards (during which time it conducted no significant action) before being disbanded by UPD High Command on October 20th, 2022.
As a result, throughout it's existence only the Head of IA (Chad Gable at the time of dissolution), and Olivia Copper (a high ranking trooper in her own right) were able to fully carry out the duties of Internal Affairs.
However, in February 2023 the UPD began planning to reimplement the idea of Internal Affairs, with the initial plans revolving around each department having its own specific IA division rather than one for the entire UPD.
==Notable Punishments==
No.	Individual 	Rank 	Punishment 	Complaint 	Date
1. 	Candice DeFitt	Deputy 	35 Months in Jail$2,625 Fine 	Crim. Possession of Class 2Brandishing of a Firearm 	November 2nd, 2021
2. 	Kyle Pred 	Sheriff 	72 Hour Suspension (both)$5,000 Fine (both)	Shooting a Suspect in Handcuffs 	January 8th, 2022
2. 	William Gunner	Senior Deputy 	72 Hour Suspension (both)$5,000 Fine (both)	Impeding an Investigation 	January 8th, 2022
3. 	Randy Wrangler	Captain 	24 Hour Suspension$1,000 Fine 	Entering Siz Fulker's House Unlawfully 	January 29th, 2022
4. 	Sam Baas 	Chief of Police	Suspended Pending Investigation (both) 	Meeting with a Wanted Fugitive in Secret without Arresting Them	January 31st, 2022
4. 	Brian Knight 	Corporal 	Suspended Pending Investigation (both) 	Meeting with a Wanted Fugitive in Secret without Arresting Them	January 31st, 2022
==IA Investigators==
Name 	Insignia	Badge #	Role
Chad Gable 	 	914 	Head of IA
Tyme Reducer 	 	104 	Investigator
Flop Dugong 	 	220 	Investigator
Olivia Copper 	 	238 	Investigator
Barry Briddle 	 	278 	Investigator
Zach Casady 	 	306 	Investigator
Vincent Glass 	 	327 	Investigator
Chris Kross 	 	975 	Investigator
Carmine Costello	 	152 	Probationary Investigator
Harvey Holden 	 	977 	Probationary Investigator
==IA Member Roster==
ChadGableIA.png| Chad GableHead of IA366
CopperNewPicture.png| Olivia CopperInvestigator238
Barrynouveau.png| Barry BriddleInvestigator278
DeputyCasady.png| Zach CasadyInvestigator306
Flopdugong.png| Flop DugongInvestigator325
VincentGlassPBSO.PNG| Vincent GlassInvestigator327
SnrDeputyMarcel.png| Marcel KingInvestigator338
Tymehair.png| Tyme ReducerInvestigator404
Serious_Kross_SDSO.png| Chris KrossInvestigator975
==Former Members==
Name 	Insignia(End of Term)	Badge #(End of Term)	Role(End of Term)	Reason for Leaving 	Final Date of Service
Crocodile Steve	 	480 	Investigator 	Removed by High Command 	December 12th, 2021
Dwayne Carter 	 	311 	Investigator 	Resigned due to Case Overload and to Focus on Other Duties 	January 14th, 2022
Serge Cross 	 	989 	Investigator 	Resigned to fulfill his Judge Duties 	March 4th, 2022
Richard Dark 	 	388 	Head of IA 	Resigned 	July 21st, 2022
Marcel King 	 	338 	Investigator 	Fired for Providing Information to Criminals to Harm Officers	November 1st, 2022
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