The Police Service of Scotland (Special Constables) Regulations 2013

Regulation 11

SCHEDULE 2 CONDUCT CONSTITUTING MISCONDUCT

1.  Conduct likely to bring discredit on the police, including—

(a) insubordination or incivility;

(b) corrupt practice;

(c) breach of confidence;

(d) drinking any intoxicating liquor while on duty or being unfit for duty through such liquor;

(e) suppression of complaints;

(f) wilful or careless damage to, or loss of, property belonging to the Police Service, the Authority, the chief constable or within the care of the Police Service;

(g) disorderly conduct; or

(h) acting towards, or treating, any person in an oppressive or improper manner.

2.  Failure to comply, without good and sufficient cause, with a lawful order.

3.  Failure to report any matter which it is the special constable’s duty to report or to account for any act or omission occurring in the ordinary course of duty which he or she has a duty to account for.

4.  Neglect of duty.

5.  Wilful or careless falsehood.

6.  Malingering.

7.  Being absent from duty, or late for duty, without leave.

8.  Contravention of regulation 4 or Schedule 1.

9.  Having been found guilty of a criminal offence in a criminal court in any part of the United Kingdom or in any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.