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|stafftype = LEGAL
|img = Ia_consultant.png
|jobtitle = Internal Affairs
|access = [[Internal Affairs Office]], [[Brig]], [[Medbay]], [[Science]], [[Cargo]], [[Engineering]]
|difficulty = Medium to Hard
|superior = [[Magistrate]]
|duties = Interdepartmental Relations, Observing Proper Procedure, Launching Investigations, <s>be creepy</s>
|guides = [[Standard Operating Procedure]], [[Guide to Paperwork]], [[Space Law|Space Law]] This Page
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== Overview ==
An [[Internal Affairs]] Agent's (Or a '''Human Resource Agent''') job is to identify any violations of [[Standard Operating Procedure]] or [[Space Law]] within the station's departments, then report those violations to the correct authority.
SOP violations should be reported to the [[Roles#Heads_of_Staff|Head of Staff]] for the relevant department. Space Law violations should be reported to Security.
IAA is a roleplay oriented job, and it requires that you either know SOP & Space Law well, or that you are willing to look it up OFTEN while playing.
You are effectively much like a safety inspector - you do inspections of station departments and report your findings, as well as investigating matters that people report to you.
== Do ==
* Walk around the station, observing what the rest of the crew are doing, and noting any violations of their job SOP or Space Law that you see. Report any SOP violations to the head of that department, preferably via PDA. Report any Space Law violations to Security, preferably over security radio.
* Double-check that security is complying with Space Law and [[Legal Standard Operating Procedure]]. This means double-checking every sentence (both timed and perma) that security gives to prisoners, and verifying that they got the timer right. It also means making sure they don't violate it in other ways, such as harmbatoning prisoners. Bad behavior by Security should be reported to the HOS. If they are not available, or do not listen, contact the Magistrate or the Captain.
* Respond to any calls for an IAA over PDA, general radio, etc. Usually these are from prisoners who feel they have been mistreated, or people who wish to report a SOP/law violation you should probably investigate.
== Don't ==
* '''Do Not Threaten:''' Never threaten other crew members. This includes threats to report them, or get them fired. Threats are never helpful.
* '''Do Not Validhunt:''' You are not a sec officer, and should not be patrolling maintenance or otherwise trying to find antags. Instead, you should be concerned mostly with minor SOP breaches and unintentional space law violations by the normal crew within their departments. Your concern is being helpful to the department heads by reporting these issues to them, so that the departments can be better managed.
* '''Do Not Take Sides:''' Your job is to represent the best interests of Nanotrasen. DO NOT always take the side of a prisoner - you are NOT their defense lawyer. DO NOT always take the side of security either, as security is perfectly capable of being wrong. Always consider what is in NT's best interests.
* '''Do Not Display Bias:''' Avoid investigating matters concerning any personal friends of yours, if at all possible. A biased investigation can be worse than no investigation at all.
* '''Do Not Fax Your Ass to Central Command:''' You will likely be job-banned completely from IAA if you do this. IAAs are expected to take the job more seriously than this.
== Attitude ==
* '''Remain Impartial:''' You're expected to be an impartial auditor, investigator, arbitrator, and unbiased source of good information for the department heads.
* '''Follow Procedure:''' Your job is to help uphold [[Standard Operating Procedure]], [[Legal Standard Operating Procedure]] and [[Space Law]]. Never break them.
* '''Seek The Evidence:''' Make sure you have sufficient evidence (mere allegations are NOT evidence!) before you act.
* '''Avoid Bias:''' Avoid investigating matters in which you are biased (e.g: the accused is a friend of yours). IAAs are meant to be above such petty conflicts of interest. Refer these matters to someone else, who can conduct an independent and unbiased investigation.
== Proper Documentation ==
Before reporting a violation, it is a good idea to make sure you have all the relevant facts.
For example:
* '''Who''' did it
* '''What''' they did
* '''Which''' exact point of Space Law or SOP they violated (including the exact number, you should be able to cite it by number)
* '''When''' they did it (if possible)
* '''Where''' they did it
* '''Why''' they did it (SOP can be justifiably broken in emergencies, hence the 'why' bit is very helpful in figuring out if they had good cause)
== Escalation Procedure (ie: how to handle being ignored by authorities) ==
For example: you're in medical, and you notice that corpses are laying around, not properly bagged (
Typical escalation procedure goes like this:
* First, you talk to the department head. For example, you're in medical, and you notice:
and you notice that medical SOP is being violated, as dead bodies are piling up, not bagged, not tagged, and not cloned. There's not even enough biomass in the cloner to clone people. Medical is failing to handle the
* If the department head ignores you for at least 10 minutes, you can take your complaint to the Captain instead. The best way to do this is via PDA, not faxing their office.
* If the Captain still ignores you, then
=== Security and You ===
More often than not, [[Security Officer|security officers]] and [[Chain_of_Command|heads of staff]] will ignore your complaints. The best course of action in this scenario is to take your complaint to the [[Captain|highest authority]], noting that your valid complaints were completely ignored. If nobody on the station is listening to you, it is within your power to inform Central Command about the station crew's (lack of) cooperation. [[NanoTrasen|Nanotrasen Command]] usually takes the side of Internal Affairs Agents because they are Mindshield implanted and trained in [[Standard Operating Procedure|procedure]] and [[Space Law]]. A single Internal Affairs Agent has the power to make a crewmember's life miserable once he or she leaves the Cyberiad; '''it is a bad idea to mess with Internal Affairs!'''
== Internal Affairs and Human Relations ==
===What is Human Relations?===
Remember, you're not just IA. You're also HR. Human Relations (if you'll excuse the fact there are aliens aboard). If you're sat in your shuttered office, sipping coffee and staring at [[Security Officer|security]] comms, you're only doing a fraction of your job. You were sent here to ensure things go smoothly, just like the [[NanoTrasen Representative|NTR]], but without any of the benefits or prestige.
You should be out there, cycling from department to department, checking the Common radio channel and trying to sniff out any issues non-Command crewmembers are having or making. If someone seems annoyed or is shouting, ask them what the issue is. Use a voice recorder, give them a form, or jot it down and write it up later. This is the way to not only make sure the station runs smoothly, but also win the hearts and minds of the crew.
===Department Audits===
Don't be afraid to do departmental audits. These are, in some shifts, absolutely vital. There's a reason you have a high access level, and there's a reason you are outside the chain of command. Oftentimes, people are afraid or too busy to tell someone about their problem, but very willing if you ask directly. Especially with problems caused by their superiors. Other times, people who are breaching SOPs will be doing it in the open, even in their own department, believing nobody will come and check on them.
So, you're the person who is supposed to catch those things, then report them to Command. And, if Command are too busy or incompetent to handle the issue, Central Command.
===IAA versus NTR - the differences===
Remember, the NTR is only directly responsible for issues on a Command level. YOU, more often than not, may be the only person to spot such things as the crew slowly starving. The NTR is more concerned with where the CMO has gone or telling CC they've found a weird looking bug. YOU are the person responsible for catching and squashing any and all non-Command issues before they become Command issues.
===Examples of HR-Specific Scenarios, not NTR Scenarios===
*Is there no [[Chef|food]]? Chase it up, make a report.
*Is [[Quartermaster|cargo]] still waiting for those [[Scientist|research disks]]? Chase it up, make a report.
*Has the [[Brig Physician|Brig Medic]] still not got their surgery crate? Chase it up, make a report.
*Are there strange [[Chemist|floorpills]] everywhere? Chase it up, make a report.
*Is the [[Roboticist]] unable to complete their goal because [[Miner|nobody]] has the resources yet? Chase it up, make a report.
== Commonly asked questions ==
'''Q:''' ''Exactly which departments/positions is IA allowed to investigate?''
'''A:''' All departments fall under the purview of Internal Affairs. That is the point of Internal Affairs, to act as a check and balance system, as well as a non-partisan investigator into departmental and inter-departmental issues.
'''Q:''' ''What exactly does investigation entail, and how should it be prioritised under other station operations?''
'''A:''' IA takes little direct action in all but the most extreme cases, advising the next in command over the affected departments of their findings, and offers suggestions of actions to be taken. However, if the chain of command is unable or unwilling to participate in the investigation, then a breach of integrity has occurred, and IA has been entrusted by Centcom to take whatever actions necessary to ensure the sanctity of the station.
'''Q:''' ''What actions can they take to 'resolve' issues?''
'''A:''' Internal Affairs conducts thorough and unbiased investigations of all involved parties if possible. If impossible due to death, incapacitation, SSD, or insanity, then a detective's or suitable security personnel's documented findings along with verbal interview as well as witnesses will suffice. Their findings, once compiled into a cohesive summary, will then be presented to the applicable head of staff along with suggested actions to be taken. However, if a head of staff is involved, then the captain is utilized as the next go-to person for judgement to be passed. If the captain is involved in a potentially negligent, harmful, or otherwise destructive manner, then IA <s>can and should summarily dismiss the captain</s> should confer with the heads of staff for a vote for the Captain's removal. IA cannot, at any time, break the station's [[Chain of Command|chain of command]] nor make any decisions that would fall under a head of staff.
'''Q:''' ''At what point are their actions considered exceeding their authority?''
'''A:''' At any point that an IA agent is conducting illicit or unwarranted interviews with any crew that is unrelated to an incident that is being investigated, or if there is no investigation to be performed, then an IA agent may be reprimanded, relieved of post, or otherwise made fully in-line with Internal Affairs integrity guidelines (additional Mindshield implant, checking of current implant for defects). Internal Affairs agents are not exempt from the law, and as such may be arrested by Security in the case that an agent exceeds his or her official power.
'''Q:''' ''Under which circumstances (if any) is the IA allowed to be completely ignored/sidelined?''
'''A''': If the IA agent is performing illegal investigations, or otherwise impeding lawful procedures of the security department in apprehending or sentencing a suspected criminal. This is not to say that an arrestee is not able to call for an investigation into their bringing into custody, but the IA agent should not be present in any way if possible for the arrest and detaining of the suspected criminal. Only after the defendant has been placed into custody, searched, and lawfully investigated by the security team will the defendant be able to call for an internal investigation into the matter.
'''Q:''' ''What exactly is the minimum level of activity to mandate IA participation in an issue?''
'''A:''' Any inter-departmental issue that cannot be settled peaceably or willingly by any constituents, or any in-department issue that cannot be handled by that head of staff can be referred to an Internal Affairs agent for investigation. During that time, Internal Affairs agents are only allowed to speak of the case to those involved, and only information that is need-to-know, I.E. why they are being investigated, and if non-criminal, assuring that they are not being arrested or detained in any way.
'''Q:''' ''What happens if a claim of abuse or malpractice is levied against the IA (including circumstances where there is disagreement with their decision)?''
'''A:''' All decisions made by IA are finalized by the head of staff or captain, and are considered suggested courses of action rather than set-in-stone judgments. If the IA agent is acting in a malicious or seditious way, then he or she can be handled accordingly by following the previous codes.
'''Q:''' How long does it take to send a fax? I just see "realigning" for a long time.
'''A:''' It can take around 5-10 minutes to send a fax. And once the fax has been sent and received you will get a notification through your headset, saying so.
== Antagging ==
Internal Affair Agents are ineligible for antag selection at the start of the round due to possessing a Mindshield Implant, except for Blob.
== Roleplaying Tips ==
Be impartial, be detached emotionally, you deal with reports of every idiot ever conceived in the history of ever, <s>and nobody ever listens to your recommendations,</s> your soul is crushed, there is no god, and at the end of it all, people hate you for trying to do your job.
It's generally accepted that Internal Affairs Agents are sent directly from Centcom and are located in a different department altogether. Most IA Agents are usually Mindshield implanted and are, more often than not, extremely loyal to Nanotrasen. Extensive knowledge in [[Space Law]] and [[Standard Operating Procedure]] are a must.
In essence, be an admin without the benefits, authority, and super-secret admin chat.
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