AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND POLICE INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES
KEY PRINCIPLES VALUES ACCOUNTABILITY LEADERSHIP
Integrity principles underpin all decisions and actions undertaken by police organisations and their employees. Police employees who
KEY STATEMENT conduct themselves with integrity ensure continued public confidence in police organisations by making decisions that are professional,
honest, consistent and transparent.
KEY THEMES EDUCATION STANDARDS GOVERNANCE TRANSPARENCY
• Embedding ethics training within • Embedding core integrity • Establishing effective corruption • Clear communication and
ORGANISATIONAL core training syllabus. principles across all areas of the prevention strategies. consistent application of
organisation. standards of conduct.
RESPONSIBILITY • Developing easily accessible • Establishing effective early
integrity guides for use by • Establishing clear standards of intervention systems. • Applying consistent outcomes for
employees. conduct that are consistent with • Establishing structures that substantiated integrity breaches.
• Focusing on prevention of core integrity principles. support internal reporting of • Publishing of consequences for
integrity breaches through training integrity breaches. substantiated integrity breaches.
activities. • Establishing and enhancing • Providing reasons for outcomes
effective recruitment screening of investigations into integrity
procedures. breaches.
SUPERVISOR • Ensuring employees under • Modeling standards in own • Promoting and supporting internal • Being accountable for own
their supervision are aware of conduct and decision making. reporting of integrity risks and actions and decisions, and for
RESPONSIBILITY those of employees under their
standards. • Demonstrating leadership by breaches by employees.
• Identifying knowledge gaps making decisions consistent with • Taking action on identified supervision.
and facilitate training where integrity principles. integrity risks and performance • Managing performance fairly and
appropriate. • Ensuring employee compliance managing employees where consistently.
• Identifying existing and potential with standards and guides. appropriate. • Taking corrective action and
integrity risks. • Ensuring timely investigation into applying sanctions as required.
reports of integrity breaches. • Encouraging and responding
positively to feedback on
conduct.
PRACTITIONER • Maintaining current knowledge of • Accepting and abiding by • Reflecting on own conduct and • Being accountable for own
standards and conduct guides. standards and integrity principles. compliance with standards actions and decisions.
RESPONSIBILITY
• Identifying knowledge gaps and • Seeking guidance when ethical • According respect and dignity • Responding positively to
seeking training/advice where course of action is unclear. to colleagues and members of feedback on conduct.
appropriate. • Always acting within the authority public • Ensuring ongoing compliance
of the law. • Identifying and reporting integrity with all duties to disclose.
risks and breaches.
