CD-032200 Code of Ethics
2. Employees will respect and protect the civil and legal rights of all persons placed in the NMCD's custody or under its supervision. [2-CI-5A-8]
4. Relationships with the public, colleagues, probationers, parolees and inmates will be of a professional nature and promote improvement of the NMCD's quality of service.
10. Personnel will not become unduly familiar with any probationer, parolee, inmate or detainee or their immediate families, agents or close friends, excepting interactions incidental to, and necessary for, the operation of the Returning Citizen Program. (CD-113300)
a. Undue familiarity is that degree of familiarity with such a person that goes beyond the degree of familiarity necessary for the employee to perform his or her duties on behalf of the NMCD.
b. Some examples of undue familiarity are: · Any financial or business transactions, · Loaning or giving items to such persons, · Writing or exchanging notes, letters or pictures, · Engaging in telephone conversations, · Spending an unusual amount of time alone with such persons, except as necessary to perform duties on behalf of the NMCD.
c. It is inappropriate for NMCD employees to display affection toward or have an intimate or personal relationship with persons under the NMCD’s supervision as such relationships interfere with the proper supervision of probationers, parolees, inmates or detainees.
d. Undue familiarity also includes any behavior or act of a sexual nature towards an offender by a NMCD employee, contractor, volunteer, visitor or NMCD representative. This includes but is not limited to: · Sexual assault. · Sexual abuse. · Sexual contact. · Conduct of a sexual nature. · Kissing and or hugging. · Sexual gratification of any party. · Obscenity or unreasonable invasion of privacy. e. Sexual misconduct also includes conversations or correspondence of a romantic, intimate, or sexual nature between an offender and any NMCD employee, contractor, volunteer, visitor, or NMCD representative. Such conduct compromises the professional relationship personnel have with people under their care, custody, supervision or control that can interfere with proper supervision or compromise security. [4-4281-6]