Internal Affairs

The Montgomery Police Department is committed to providing law enforcement services that are fair, effective, and impartially applied. To that end, officers are held to the highest standards of official conduct and are expected to respect the rights of all citizens. Officers’ adherence to these standards, motivated by a moral and professional obligation to perform their job to the best of their ability, is the ultimate objective of this agency. The purpose of Internal Affairs is to improve the quality of law enforcement services. Citizen confidence in the integrity of the law enforcement agency increases through the establishment of meaningful and effective complaint procedures. This confidence engenders community support for the law enforcement agency. Improving the relationship between the officers and the citizens they serve facilitates cooperation vital to the department’s ability to achieve its goals. Internal Affairs will also ensure fairness and due process protection to citizens and officers alike. The internal affairs process shall also be used to identify and correct unclear or inappropriate agency procedures.  It is the policy of the Montgomery Police Department to accept and investigate all complaints of alleged officer misconduct of wrongdoing from any citizen or employee of the department including anonymous sources.