Public Service Disciplinary Code: Infractions and Professional Standards

Public Service Disciplinary Code

Article 45: Very Serious Offenses

• Breach of fiduciary duty to the Constitution: Conduct constituting an intentional crime.
• Abuse of authority: Practice of inhuman, degrading, or discriminatory treatment during custody.
• Insubordination: Individual or collective insubordination and disobedience to lawful instructions.
• Failure to provide urgent assistance.
• Abandonment of service.
• Violation of professional secrecy: Failure to disclose matters known by virtue of office, which disrupts police work or personal privacy.
• Breach of impartiality: Discriminatory action based on social status.
• Incompatible activities: Exercise of public or private activities incompatible with service, participation in strikes, or similar actions intended to disrupt normal service operations.
• Lack of cooperation with FCS (Security Forces and Corps).
• Intoxication: Getting drunk or using toxic drugs during service or habitually.

Article 46: Serious Misdemeanors

• Disobedience to superiors: Breach of orders, if not classified as a very serious offense.
• Lack of respect: Manifest and serious disregard for superiors, peers, or subordinates.
• Prejudicial conduct: Acts and conduct prejudicial to the dignity, image, or prestige of the Corporation.
• Damage to property: Causing, by malice or gross negligence, damage to the property and assets of the Corporation.
• Instigating fights: Origination or participation in fights during service.
• Failure to report: Breach of the obligation to report to superiors on matters requiring their knowledge or urgent decision.
• Refusal of tests: Refusal to undergo relevant technical tests or exceeding a blood alcohol level of 0.3 during service.
• Improper equipment handling: Failure to properly carry credentials, insignia of rank or position, weapon, or means of protection during service, or their inexcusable loss or theft due to negligence.
• Repeated unexcused absence: A third unexcused absence within a three-month period, when the previous two absences resulted in penalties for minor infractions.
• Recidivism: Repeated commission of serious misdemeanors.
• Feigning illness: Simulating a more severe illness or feigning illness to avoid providing service.

Article 47: Minor Misdemeanors

• Impropriety: Towards superiors, peers, or subordinates.
• Negligence in duties: Delay, negligence, or neglect in the performance of functions or received orders without just cause.
• Neglect of appearance: Neglect of personal appearance.
• Unexcused absence: Absence from work for a full day without just cause.
• Profiteering from swaps: Application for or achievement of service swaps or exchanges for personal profit.
• Regulatory non-compliance: Failure to adhere to regulatory procedures.
• Punctuality failures: Repeated failures of punctuality within the same month without just cause.
• Single unexcused absence: A single unexcused absence for a full day.