Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH |
Subtitle B. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC PROTECTION |
Chapter 411. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS |
Subchapter I-1. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL |
Sec. 411.251. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE
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(a) The commission shall establish the office of inspector general.
(b) The office of inspector general is responsible for:
(1) acting to prevent and detect serious breaches of departmental policy, fraud, and abuse of office, including any acts of criminal conduct within the department; and
(2) independently and objectively reviewing, investigating, delegating, and overseeing the investigation of:
(A) conduct described in Subdivision (1);
(B) criminal activity occurring in all divisions of the department;
(C) allegations of wrongdoing by department employees;
(D) crimes committed on department property; and
(E) serious breaches of department policy.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Section 411.244 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1308 , Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.