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.
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