501 Code of Conduct Flashcards
Members are required to notify the Sheriff if they are arrested or cited for a criminal violation in any jurisdiction or, if not arrested or criminally cited, when criminal charges are formally placed against the member (e.g. indictment, information filed, charging notice filed). The notification must be in writing and submitted to the employee’s immediate supervisor and/or Commanding Officer within __ hours of the member’s return to work following the arrest or the issuance of the criminal citation. The receiving supervisor will immediately forward the correspondence through the chain of command to the Sheriff.
24 hours
If an officer must initiate police action against any member of another police agency, the officer shall notify ____ ______ immediately
their supervisor
____ _____ the _____ : Members have a duty to be truthful in all civil, criminal, and administrative investigations. On or off-duty employee shall knowingly depart from the truth in making reports, affidavits, court documents, in giving testimony, or in connection with official duties.
Departure from the Truth
_____ to be ____ _____: Members have a duty to be truthful in all civil, criminal, and administrative investigations or inquiries. Employees who repudiate their previous testimony are further obligated to admit their attempted failure to be forthcoming in previous testimony and are further directed to provide truthful testimony.
Failure to be Wholly Candid
If members are served with process (a lawsuit) for conduct arising in the course and scope of their employment, they must immediately notify the _____ of ____ _____ at (904) 630-1700 and immediately forward a copy of the process with which they have been served.
Office of General Counsel
Members shall furnish notification, in writing, of their intent to file a suit arising out of their official duties in any court of law to the ______ via the member’s chain of command not less than ___ days before the actual filing date.
Undersheriff
5 days
Members who have a damage suit filed against them by reason of acts performed by them in the line of duty shall immediately notify their ______ _____ in writing, who in turn, shall notify the _____.
Commanding Officer
Sheriff
Members who have an Injunction for Protection filed against them shall immediately notify their Commanding Officer in writing, who in turn, shall notify the _____ ____ of ____ _____.
Commanding Officer of Internal Affairs.
Political Activities: No member shall give testimonials or permit their names or photographs to be used for advertising while inferring their employment with the JSO unless written permission is obtained from the ____;
Sheriff
Employees who receive requests to speak to any public or private group as a representative of the JSO, outside of the function of their normal on-duty requirements, shall contact the _____ _____ ____ who shall complete a Speaker’s Bureau Form (P-1638) and submit it to the appropriate approving Assistant Chief or higher authority.
Police Information Officer
A member may accept a reward with the written approval of his _____ _____or higher authority
Division Chief
Members shall not attempt to obtain a bond reduction or ROR (released on your own recognizance) for another person without prior approval from their respective ______ ______ or higher authority
Department Director
______ _____includes any behavior that brings the Sheriff’s Office into disrepute or ridicule, reflects discredit upon the member in his or her association with the Sheriff’s Office, or impairs the ability of the member to perform his or her official duties.
Unbecoming conduct
____ _____ _____ is the detention, interdiction, or other disparate treatment of any person on the basis of their race, color, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identification, physical handicap, economic status, age, cultural group, religion or other belief system.
Bias-based profiling
is defined as the violation of any federal, state, or local law, any violation of rules and regulations as set forth in the Civil Service and Personnel Rules and Regulations of the City of Jacksonville, any violation of Sheriff’s Office General Orders and other directives, refusal to obey any lawful commands, or any conduct that is prejudicial to the good name and reputation of the City of Jacksonville or the Office of the Sheriff
Misconduct
_____ _____– conduct that involves criminal violations of the law or actions on the part of the employee which warrant a detailed investigation by the Internal Affairs Unit and which could lead to suspension, demotion, reduction in pay, or dismissal of the employee.
Serious misconduct
_____ _____ – conduct which does not require, formal investigation by the Internal Affairs Unit, but may warrant informal counseling by one’s supervisor, remedial training, or minor disciplinary action.
Minor misconduct
Hierarchy of Training and Discipline: Non-Disciplinary Actions: ______,_____ _____ and _____ _____ sessions are not disciplinary actions
Training, informal counseling and formal counseling
_____ is a positive and constructive method of improving the productivity and effectiveness of an employee
Training
_____ _____is an oral communication between a supervisor and employee, which is positive and correctively advisory in nature and is the first step in bringing about improvements in the employee’s behavior
Informal Counseling
_____ _____ Session is a discussion between a supervisor and a subordinate in which the subordinate’s improper behavior and necessary improvements are brought to his/her attention.
A Formal Counseling
Formal counseling sessions shall be documented outside of the employee’s personnel file on an _____ _____ _____.
Employee Improvement Form
_____ _____ ____ ___ is generally the first disciplinary step in terms of severity of corrective action. It is positive discipline administered when an employee has violated an order, rule, or procedure, or where a violation could have an impact on morale, discipline, or reflects negatively on the Office of the Sheriff
Written Reprimand Level One
_____ _____ ____ ____ is a more serious official censure of unacceptable acts or behavior, which is administered in a positive manner
Written Reprimand Level Two
