Establishment and Purpose

Sec. 201.451. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE. The commission shall establish a compliance program, which must include a compliance office to oversee the program. The compliance office is responsible for: (1) acting to prevent and detect serious breaches of departmental policy, fraud, waste, and abuse of office, including any acts of criminal conduct within the department; (2) independently and objectively reviewing, investigating, delegating, and overseeing the investigation of: (A) conduct described by Subdivision (1); (B) criminal activity in the department; (C) allegations of wrongdoing by department employees; (D) crimes committed on department property; and (E) serious breaches of department policy; (3) overseeing the operation of the telephone hotline established under Section 201.211; (4) ensuring that members of the commission and department employees receive appropriate ethics training; and (5) performing other duties assigned to the office by the commission. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 1420), Sec. 15(a), eff. September 1, 2011.