12Off duty police officers

12 Off duty police officers

12 Off duty police officers

(1) An off duty police officer—

(a) must comply with the following—

(i) the Act,

(ii) this regulation, including the code of behaviour in Schedule 3,

(iii) the NSW Police Force Code of Conduct and Ethics issued by the Commissioner, and

(b) must not engage in misconduct, and

(c) may, unless on sick leave, be recalled to duty.

(2) An off duty police officer who intends to be absent from the officer’s usual place of residence for longer than 24 hours must, if directed by a supervising officer, give notice of the absence to—

(a) the supervising officer, or

(b) another police officer or administrative employee nominated by the supervising officer.

(3) A notice under subsection (2) must include—

(a) details of where the off duty police officer intends to be, and

(b) details of how the off duty police officer may be contacted.

(4) In this section—

off duty includes the following—

(a) rostered off duty,

(b) on annual leave,

(c) suspended from duty,

(d) otherwise absent from duty.