9Police misconduct, administrative employee misconduct and Crime Commission officer misconduct

#### 9 Police misconduct, administrative employee misconduct and Crime Commission officer misconduct 9 Police misconduct, administrative employee misconduct and Crime Commission officer misconduct > > (1) Definition—police misconduct For the purposes of this Act, police misconduct means any misconduct (by way of action or inaction) of a police officer— > > > > > (a) whether or not it also involves participants who are not police officers, and > > > > > (b) whether or not it occurs while the police officer is officially on duty, and > > > > > (c) whether or not it occurred before the commencement of this subsection, and > > > > > (d) whether or not it occurred outside the State or outside Australia. > > > (2) Definition—administrative employee misconduct For the purposes of this Act, administrative employee misconduct means any misconduct (by way of action or inaction) of an administrative employee— > > > > > (a) whether or not it also involves participants who are not administrative employees, and > > > > > (b) whether or not it occurs while the administrative employee is officially on duty, and > > > > > (c) whether or not it occurred before the commencement of this subsection, and > > > > > (d) whether or not it occurred outside the State or outside Australia. > > > (3) Definition—Crime Commission officer misconduct For the purposes of this Act, Crime Commission officer misconduct means any misconduct (by way of action or inaction) of a Crime Commission officer— > > > > > (a) whether or not it also involves participants who are not Crime Commission officers, and > > > > > (b) whether or not it occurs while the Crime Commission officer is officially on duty, and > > > > > (c) whether or not it occurred before the commencement of this subsection, and > > > > > (d) whether or not it occurred outside the State or outside Australia. > > > (4) Examples Police misconduct, administrative employee misconduct or Crime Commission officer misconduct can involve (but is not limited to) any of the following conduct by a police officer, administrative employee or Crime Commission officer respectively— > > > > > (a) conduct of the officer or employee that constitutes a criminal offence, > > > > > (b) conduct of the officer or employee that constitutes corrupt conduct, > > > > > (c) conduct of the officer or employee that constitutes unlawful conduct (not being a criminal offence or corrupt conduct), > > > > > (d) conduct of the officer or employee that constitutes a disciplinary infringement. > > > (5) Former police officers, administrative employees and Crime Commission officers Conduct may be dealt with, or continue to be dealt with, under this Act even though any police officer, administrative employee or Crime Commission officer involved is no longer a police officer, administrative employee or Crime Commission officer (but only in relation to conduct occurring while he or she was a police officer, administrative employee or Crime Commission officer). Accordingly, references in this Act to a police officer, administrative employee or Crime Commission officer extend, where appropriate, to include a former police officer, administrative employee and Crime Commission officer, respectively.