Common use of Criminal Investigation Clause in Contracts

Criminal Investigation. a. A criminal investigation that commences pursuant to the invocation of this OICI Protocol has priority over any parallel administrative investigation and will begin immediately following the incident for which this OICI Protocol is invoked. b. The criminal investigation of an Officer Involved Critical Incident commences with the invocation of this OICI Protocol, whether that invocation occurs automatically or at the direction of the Venue Agency Chief. Upon the invocation of this OICI Protocol the Venue Agency Chief and the Task Force Manager will select an Incident Manager. Such selection will be from a list of investigators constituted and maintained by Protocol Member Agencies. The selection of an Incident Manager may be made without respect to the rank or title of other investigators on the list who may also be asked to participate in the investigation. c. The Venue Agency Chief or his/her designee and the Task Force Manager/Commander shall inform the Incident Manager of the facts of the Officer Involved Critical Incident. The Incident Manager shall then assemble a task force of additional investigators of sufficient numbers to thoroughly and properly investigate the incident for which the OICI Protocol has been invoked. The selection of additional investigators by the Task Force Manager/Commander and the Incident Manager shall also be from the list of specifically designated employees constituted and maintained by Protocol Member Agencies. d. Among those investigators selected to constitute the OICI Task Force conducting the criminal investigation there shall be one representative of the Employer Agency. The Incident Manager shall not be from the Employer Agency. One Deputy Utah County Attorney shall also be designated a member of the OICI Task Force by the Incident Manager as well an investigator from the Utah County Attorney’s Office.