internal affairs
Police policing police
Internal affairs refers to matters occurring within an organization or country, as opposed to external relations.
In government, internal affairs covers domestic policy—issues like law enforcement, immigration, and civil administration.
In policing, internal affairs is the division that investigates misconduct by officers: He was called before internal affairs after the shooting.
The phrase often appears in diplomatic contexts: The ambassador refused to comment on what he called the country's internal affairs.
Formal examination of facts
- misconductImproper professional behavior
- complaintsExpressions of discontent
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
discipline · accountability · surveillance · interrogation · evidence · testimony · witness · allegation
Clergy's work or state department
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
- domestic policyGovernment actions within borders
- home officeResidential work area
- civil serviceGovernment's administrative workforce
administration · national security · immigration · public order · law enforcement · border control · civil liberties · citizenship
investigation
Formal examination of facts
- misconductImproper professional behavior
- complaintsExpressions of discontent
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
corruption · discipline · accountability · surveillance · interrogation · evidence · testimony · witness · allegation · suspension
ministry
Clergy's work or state department
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
- domestic policyGovernment actions within borders
- home officeResidential work area
civil service · administration · national security · immigration · public order · law enforcement · border control · civil liberties · citizenship · elections
- policeofficer, cop, officers, patrol, cops
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- investigationsinvestigation report, audit, investigation, review, FBI investigation
- Police Unitspatrol unit, SWAT, SWAT team, homicide unit, detective unit
- Investigative BodiesFBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, NSA
- oversight bodiesoversight board, ethics committee, oversight committee, ethics board, inspector general
internal affairsindependent review
Unbiased outside evaluation
external audit · outside counsel · ombudsman · public accountability · external affairs
internal affairsforeign affairs
Cross-border governmental dealings
external affairs · foreign policy · international relations · foreign relations · diplomacy
internal, external, affairs, internally, internalize, externalize, internalized, internalizing, externalized