DELAWARE STATE POLICE LEGAL SECTION

The Attorney General’s Office designated two full-time Deputy Attorney General positions to represent the Division. In order to better facilitate this representation, a civil DAG is also available to assist. The deputies represent the Division and its employees in civil rights, employment and Constitutional litigation in the federal and state courts; provide day-to-day general counsel on issues of law pertaining to personnel, FOIA, legislative and regulatory matters; teach courses at the Training Academy on the laws of search and seizure and use of force; make presentations at in-service sessions on developments in the law; handle grievance and administrative hearings; and represent Internal Affairs and Divisional Trial Boards in disciplinary proceedings.

- Information obtained from 2008 DSP Annual Report -