Rules You Must Know

Rules to remember when conducting or responding to an investigation:

• As a general rule, government employees must cooperate in criminal and non-criminal internal investigations.
• Government employees cannot be made to incriminate themselves.
• Managers (not just investigators) must issue warnings when conducting both criminal and non-criminal cases.
• Even if your superior orders you not to cooperate in an investigation, you can be held liable for obstruction of an investigation.
• Managers may not advise employees not to cooperate.
• You generally do not have the right to legal representation in an internal agency investigation.