Changes to TFU Handbook - SEPTEMBER 2025 - RTFO and Policy Updates

7 - Disciplinary Action

IA Complaints

Internal Affairs is a component of the Office of Professional Standards and is tasked with receiving and investigating citizen complaints and internal investigations that are assigned by the Head of Professional Standards. The Internal Affairs' responsibility is to receive a complaint and conduct an impartial investigation. The citizen's responsibility is to report the facts as clearly as possible, as soon as possible, after an incident.

NOTE: Any RTFOs that are under investigation will be temporarily suspended from their certification until the internal investigation has concluded.

Once a complaint has been investigated, the Complaint Committee will come to a decision about the complaint. If the complaint is sustained, Professional Standards will inform TFU Command of a sustained complaint on a TFO if the complaint is relevant to their membership in TFU. Please note that before an Internal TFU Investigation takes place, an IA complaint must be opened on the defendant.

Internal Point System

All TFOs are subject to an internal point system maintained and managed by TFU Command. TFOs who receive internal disciplinary action receive points on record, as outlined in the section below. Different levels of certifications have different point budgets.

Tactical Firearms Incident Commanders: Budget of 2 points.
Standard Tactical Firearms Officers: Budget of 4 points.
Recruit Tactical Firearms Officers; Budget of 1 point.

Any officers who are removed from TFIC due to reaching 2 out of 2 points on their internal record will be demoted to Standard Tactical Firearms Officer. Both points from their TFIC record will be transferred to their Standard TFO record. This internal action may be considered during any future TFU-related Command Reviews for up to 3 months following the removal.

Any Standard Tactical Firearms Officers who reach 4 out of 4 points on their internal record will be demoted to Recruit Tactical Firearms Officer and receive an application blacklist for 1 month. This internal action may be considered during any future TFU-related Command Reviews for up to 3 months following the removal.

Any Recruit Tactical Firearms Officers who reach 1 out of 1 point on their internal record will be removed outright from the Tactical Firearms Unit. This internal action may be considered during any future TFU-related Command Reviews for up to 3 months following the removal. https://i.imgur.com/nhIDxbQ.jpeg

Internal Punishments and Grading

All internal punishments within TFU are to be graded using the following grading system :

All examples in the opposite chart are merely examples and aren't set in stone. Grading will be conducted on a case-by-case basis. Circumstances can vary massively between situations, and TFU Command will carefully examine each situation to ensure the grading decided upon is proportional.

Differently graded punishments stay on an officer's internal record for varying amounts of time. These times can be seen below:

Grade 1; Points merited remain active on the officer's internal record for 1 month.
Grade 2; Points merited remain active on the officer's internal record for 3 months.

Activity Requirements

TFOs who fail to meet the activity requirements outlined in the Internal Disciplinary Policy will receive increasing amounts of points based on how many months in a row they fail to meet said requirements.

1 month; 1 point on internal record (remains active for 3 months)
2 months in a row; 2 additional points on internal record (remains active for 6 months)
3 months in a row; Removal from the Tactical Firearms Unit

The entire process followed by TFU Command when dealing with misconduct internally can be seen below:

Internal Disciplinary FAQs (Coming Soon)

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Internal Disciplinary Policy

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