The Fairfax County Police Department Internal Affairs Bureau handles complaints and compliments involving Fairfax County police officers and civilian employees of the police department. We are committed to providing professional services to the community and to being accountable to the public. Detectives assigned to the Internal Affairs Bureau investigate each complaint or incident thoroughly and impartially, as well as, prepare investigative reports used for policy change recommendations, training recommendations, consideration, or disciplinary actions. 

  Please Note; if you are an inmate in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, please DO NOT send questions/comments/complaints to the Fairfax County Police Department, Internal Affairs Bureau. Instead, please direct all correspondence to; The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office – Internal Affairs, 4110 Chain Bridge Road Fairfax, Virginia 22030. If you are an inmate in any other jurisdiction within the Commonwealth of Virginia, and you have a question/comment/complaint regarding an employee in your facility, please direct your correspondence to your respective jurisdiction.