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(1) Any chief of police or other police officer commits misconduct if he or she engages in, (a) Discreditable Conduct, in that he or she, (i) fails to treat or protect a person equally without discrimination with respect to police services because of that person’s race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status or handicap, (ii) uses profane, abusive or insulting language that relates to a person’s race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status or handicap, (iii) is guilty of oppressive or tyrannical conduct towards an inferior in rank, (iv) uses profane, abusive or insulting language to any other member of a police force, (v) uses profane, abusive or insulting language or is otherwise uncivil to a member of the public, (vi) wilfully or negligently makes any false complaint or statement against any member of a police force, (vii) assaults any other member of a police force, (viii) withholds or suppresses a complaint or report against a member of a police force or about the policies of or services provided by the police force, (ix) is guilty of an indictable criminal offence or a criminal offence punishable upon summary conviction, (x) contravenes any provision of the Act or the regulations, or (xi) acts in a disorderly manner or in a manner prejudicial to discipline or likely to bring discredit upon the reputation of the police force; (b) Insubordination, in that he or she, (i) is insubordinate by word, act or demeanour, or (ii) without lawful excuse, disobeys, omits or neglects to carry out any lawful order; (c) Neglect of Duty, in that he or she, (i) without lawful excuse, neglects or omits promptly and diligently to perform a duty as a member of the police force, (i.1) fails to comply with any provision of Ontario Regulation 673/98 (Conduct and Duties of Police Officers Respecting Investigations by the Special Investigations Unit), (ii) fails to work in accordance with orders, or leaves an area, detachment, detail or other place of duty, without due permission or sufficient cause, (iii) by carelessness or neglect permits a prisoner to escape, (iv) fails, when knowing where an offender is to be found, to report him or her or to make due exertions for bringing the offender to justice, (v) fails to report a matter that it is his or her duty to report, (vi) fails to report anything that he or she knows concerning a criminal or other charge, or fails to disclose any evidence that he or she, or any person within his or her knowledge, can give for or against any prisoner or defendant, (vii) omits to make any necessary entry in a record, (viii) feigns or exaggerates sickness or injury to evade duty, (ix) is absent without leave from or late for any duty, without reasonable excuse, or (x) is improperly dressed, dirty or untidy in person, clothing or equipment while on duty; (d) Deceit, in that he or she, (i) knowingly makes or signs a false statement in a record, (ii) wilfully or negligently makes a false, misleading or inaccurate statement pertaining to official duties, or (iii) without lawful excuse, destroys or mutilates a record or alters or erases an entry therein; (e) Breach of Confidence, in that he or she, (i) divulges any matter which it is his or her duty to keep secret, (ii) gives notice, directly or indirectly, to any person against whom any warrant or summons has been or is about to be issued, except in the lawful execution of the warrant or service of the summons, (iii) without proper authority, communicates to the media or to any unauthorized person any matter connected with the police force, (iv) without proper authority, shows to any person not a member of the police force or to any unauthorized member of the force any record that is the property of the police force; (f) Corrupt Practice, in that he or she, (i) offers or takes a bribe, (ii) fails to account for or to make a prompt, true return of money or property received in an official capacity, (iii) directly or indirectly solicits or receives a gratuity or present without the consent of the chief of police, (iv) places himself or herself under a pecuniary or other obligation to a licensee concerning the granting or refusing of whose licence a member of the police force may have to report or give evidence, or (v) improperly uses his or her character and position as a member of the police force for private advantage; (g) Unlawful or Unnecessary Exercise of Authority, in that he or she, (i) without good and sufficient cause makes an unlawful or unnecessary arrest, or (ii) uses any unnecessary force against a prisoner or other person contacted in the execution of duty; (h) Damage to Clothing or Equipment, in that he or she, (i) wilfully or carelessly causes loss or damage to any article of clothing or equipment, or to any record or other property of the police force, or (ii) fails to report loss or damage, however caused, as soon as practicable; or (i) Consuming Drugs or Alcohol in a Manner Prejudicial to Duty, in that he or she, (i) is unfit for duty, while on duty, through consumption of drugs or alcohol, (ii) is unfit for duty when he or she reports for duty, through consumption of drugs or alcohol, (iii) except with the consent of a superior officer or in the discharge of duty, consumes or receives alcohol from any other person while on duty, or (iv) except in the discharge of duty, demands, persuades or attempts to persuade another person to give or purchase or obtain for a member of the police force any alcohol or illegal drugs while on duty. (2) A police officer does not commit misconduct under subclause (1) (e) (iii) if he or she engages in the described activity in his or her capacity as an authorized representative of an association, as defined in section 2 of the Act. (3) A police officer does not commit misconduct under subclause (1) (f) (iii) if he or she engages in the described activity in his or her capacity as an authorized representative of an association, as defined in section 2 of the Act, or of a work-related professional organization.