New South Wales Australian Police Department


Values Statement

The people of New South Wales have the right to expect Police Service officers, both sworn and un-sworn, to work with efficiency, fairness, impartiality and integrity.

Just as important, you have the right to a workplace free of any form of harassment, unfair discrimination or fear. This requires standards of behaviour of you and your colleagues which promote and maintain confidence and trust among ourselves and the public in our services.

The purpose of this organisational code is to make explicit, certain behaviours which are unacceptable for all sworn and un-sworn officers regardless of rank or grade, and to provide an ethical framework for your decisions and actions. Such a framework recognises it is not possible to address all ethical questions you might encounter. For that reason, you need to be aware of and comply with relevant legislation, this Code, Police Service policy, guidelines and instructions as they relate to your work, and you should seek additional advice from a person in authority whenever you are in doubt about any matter.


Each member of the Police Service is to act in a manner which:

• Places integrity above all
  
• Upholds the rule of law
  
• Preserves the rights and freedoms of individuals
  
• Seeks to improve quality of life by community involvement in policing
  
• Strives for citizen and police personal satisfaction
  
• Capitalises on the wealth of human resources
  
• Makes efficient and economical use of public resources, and
  
• Ensures authority is exercised responsibly.

This code is used by:

• New South Wales Police Department
  Archived 1/6/2005