§ 2404.
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§ 2404. Investigations
(a)Agency investigations of Category A and B conduct.
(1)(A) Each law enforcement agency shall conduct a valid investigation of any complaint alleging that a law enforcement officer employed by the agency committed Category A or Category B conduct. An agency shall conclude its investigation even if the officer resigns from the agency during the course of the investigation.
(B)Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision
(A)of this subdivision (1), a law enforcement agency shall refer to the Council any unprofessional conduct complaints made against a law enforcement officer who is the executive officer of that agency.
(2)(A) The Council shall accept from any source complaints alleging a law enforcement officer committed unprofessional conduct and, if the Executive Director of the Council deems such a complaint credible, he or she shall refer any complaints regarding Category A or Category B conduct to the executive officer of the agency who employs that officer, and that agency shall conduct a valid investigation.
(B)Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision
(A)of this subdivision (2), the Council shall cause to be conducted an alternate course of investigation if the allegation is in regard to a law enforcement officer who is the executive officer of the agency.
(b)Exception to an agency’s valid investigation. Notwithstanding a law enforcement agency’s valid investigation of a complaint, the Council may investigate that complaint or cause the complaint to be investigated if the officer resigned before a valid investigation had begun or was completed.
(c)Council investigations of Category C conduct. The Council shall investigate allegations of Category C conduct. (Added 2017, No. 56, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018.)