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INTERNAL
AFFAIRS
RESOURCE
CENTER
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FOP
Legal Defense for Internal Affairs
The description of this plan
is more detailed.
However, the FOP has a fantastic
national site which contains all the necessary information:
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PBA
Legal
Protection Plan for Internal Affairs (Updated 2/12)
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Administrative |
$20,000.00 |
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Criminal (on duty only) |
$40,000.00 |
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Civil (on duty only) |
$40,000.00 |
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Target of Criminal (on duty only)
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$
3,500.00 |
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Bail Bond |
$
1,000.00 |
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Target of Internal (interview only) |
$750.00 |
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Legal
Resources for Internal Affairs
New
Jersey AG Guideline on Internal Affairs
New
Jersey Criminal Code 2C
Rutgers
Law School Case Law Finder
Title
4A for NJDOP Agencies
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Garrity
Statement
If an officer is read Miranda
and he or she
invokes one or more of the Miranda Rights, the agency can request that the
Prosecutor's Office or AG's Office grant "use
immunity." If use immunity is granted, the agency can require
the officer to provide a statement, but the statement may not be used in a
criminal prosecution. It may only be used against the officer for
departmental charges. When this occurs, the "Garrity
Statement" is first read to the officer.
Garrity
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Pension
Information
New
Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits
PFRS
(New Jersey Police and Fire Retirement System)
SPRS
(New Jersey State Police Retirement System)
(PERS)
Public Employees Retirement System
(POPF)
Prison Officers' Pension Fund
(CPFPF)
Consolidated Police and Firemen's Pension Fund
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Dealing with
the Stress from Internal Affairs
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us
Internal Affairs, or IAB for
Internal Affairs Bureau, is a unit within law enforcement agencies that
investigates accusations of police officer misconduct. Most of these
allegations are found to be unfounded as it is common for arrested person to
make internal affairs complaints against arresting officers with the hope of
using it as a bargaining chip later in court. In recent years, Internal
Affairs has moved away from just misconduct complaints. Many agencies use
the IA unit to handle officer commendations as well in addition to certain
training.
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