The Bureau of Internal Affairs is responsible for safeguarding the integrity of the State of Oklahoma, the integrity of the Oklahoma Sheriff's Department, and the rights of all citizens within the area of jurisdictional responsibility of the Sheriff’s Office. The Bureau is responsible to the Sheriff who has placed the responsibility for the investigation of citizens' complaints as well as internally initiated complaints of breaches of discipline by departmental members of this Bureau. The Bureau is also responsible for safeguarding departmental members against malicious and untruthful allegations of misconduct.