The Professional Standards Division is the entity within the police department that helps to ensure the quality of the services being offered to our citizens. This entity contains the following units:
Accreditation
Background Investigations
Internal Affairs Unit
Recruiting
Staff Inspections Unit
Training
Accreditation
The Department received CALEA Accreditation (Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies) in March 2014. For more information on CALEA Accreditation, visit their website.
Internal Affairs Unit
The Internal Affairs Unit is responsible for overseeing investigations into police department staff conduct. Some complaints are generated by citizens, but more are generated internally as part of our stringent review processes. The following table represents all formal investigations conducted for calendar year 2018.
Complaints
Case Classification
Number of Cases
Percentage of Total Cases
Sustained Cases
62
71%
Not Sustained Cases
11
13%
Unfounded Cases
13
15%
Exonerated Cases
1
1%
Total Internal Affairs Cases
87
100%
Sources of Complaints
Source of Complaint
Number of Cases
Percentage of Total Cases
Citizens
18
21%
Department
69
79%
About Captain Garvin
Captain Cassandra Garvin joined the Suffolk Police Department in 2007 and has worked in various areas of the Department, to include Uniform Patrol, Administration, and Professional Standards. She is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. She was promoted to the rank of Captain in 2017.