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Government Job Guidelines

All allowlisted government jobs - including Police, EMS, Department of Justice (DOJ), and Department of Corrections (DOC) - are held to a higher standard of conduct than civilian roles. These positions carry real authority over other players, and abuse of that authority directly damages the roleplay environment.

The guidelines below apply to every government role. For job-specific procedures, please refer to your departmental SOPs as documented in Discord and the relevant departmental handbooks to stay up to date. Departmental leaders and server management have final say on what counts as a punishable offence.

Corruption​

Corruption by any government employee is a rulebreak and will be actioned as such. Confirmed corruption can result in removal from the job, reversal of any in-character gains, and server-level punishment up to and including a ban.

Corruption includes, but is not limited to:

  • Sharing confidential information (MDT data, medical records, sealed case files, internal comms)
  • Accepting or offering bribes in any form
  • Abusing powers granted by your government position
  • Falsifying evidence, reports, charts, or testimony
  • Allowing favoured individuals or groups to retain obviously illegal items, skip charges, or otherwise receive preferential treatment
  • Tipping off criminals or third parties to active investigations, callouts, or operations
  • Any other unethical use of the trust placed in your role

Reasonable in-character discretion is allowed and encouraged where it enhances roleplay (e.g. minor leniency on low-value items, situational judgement calls). Discretion must remain fair and consistent across all individuals and groups. Allowing one group to skate while enforcing the rules on another for the same conduct is corruption.

Government employees must never allow suspects or other parties to retain very obviously illegal items, or anything excessive or unrealistic, including weapons and weapon attachments - regardless of who they are.

If you cannot remain fair, unbiased, and separate from personal conflicts or affiliations, do not go on duty.

Cross-Charactering​

Your characters are separate. Conflict, history, knowledge, or grudges from one of your characters do not carry over to another.

  • Your government character does not "know" things your criminal character knows
  • Your government character does not act on personal beef from another character
  • Treat every situation as new and unknown, regardless of who is involved

Cross-charactering will be actioned the same as metagaming.

Conflict of Interest​

If you attend a call or case involving an organisation, person, or business you are personally involved with - or in conflict with on another character - you must:

  • Provide full context if reviewed by staff
  • Have a clip of the entire situation available

Intentionally going on duty to target rival gangs or organisations, bring heat on enemies, or otherwise weaponise your government role is a rulebreak. Compensation will be issued to affected parties and disciplinary action will follow.

Handling Your Own Organisation​

If you are part of an organisation involved in an incident - an arrest, a medical call, a court matter - the processing or handling must be passed to an unaffiliated colleague wherever possible.

If no unaffiliated colleague is available, you must:

  • Provide full context
  • Supply a clip of the entire situation

This applies across all government jobs: Police processing members of their own faction, EMS treating fellow members during an active conflict, DOJ handling a matter involving someone they are personally tied to.

Departmental SOPs​

The above are server-wide rules that apply to every government role. Each department maintains its own Standard Operating Procedures covering job-specific conduct, equipment use, scene management, and internal processes.

  • Refer to your department's Discord channels and official handbooks for the current SOPs
  • SOPs are updated regularly - it is your responsibility to stay current
  • Breaches of departmental SOPs may be handled internally by department leadership, escalated to server staff, or both, depending on severity

Departmental leaders and server management have final say on what counts as a punishable offence. If you are unsure whether something falls within the rules or your SOPs, ask before acting, not after.