Rule 125-2-1-.07 - Performance of DutyManagers shall identify to each employee or each category of employees the minimum acceptable standards of all such employees. Each employee shall be required to meet or exceed these standards. In addition to job performance, the following common standards shall be included for all personnel:
(a) Conduct and comportment shall be consistent at all times with that expected of law enforcement personnel.(b) Custody of inmates and security of the institution shall be the principal responsibilities of all institutional personnel.(c) All employees are specifically prohibited from giving, receiving, selling, buying, trading, bartering, or exchanging anything of value with any inmate. Any purchase of a bona fide inmate product, such as a hobby craft item, by an employee shall be consummated through the institutional Business Office. Supervisory personnel at all levels bear the responsibility for assuring compliance.(d) Employees shall not, without the express written approval of the appropriate Division Director, maintain personal association with, engage in personal business or trade with, or engage in non job-related correspondence with, or correspond in behalf of or for, known inmates, active probationers, or parolees. A copy of the approved application shall be forwarded to the Department Personnel Officer and approval shall be made a part of the employee personnel file. Relatives of inmates shall follow this same procedure.(e) It shall be unlawful for any person to obtain or procure for or give to an inmate a gun, pistol, or any other weapon, or intoxicating liquor or amphetamines, or biphetamines, or any other hallucinogenic drugs, or other drugs, regardless of the amount, or any other article or item, without the knowledge and consent of the Warden or his Deputy Warden in charge. Any person who knowingly violates the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned for not less than one, not more then five (5) years.(f) An employee must obtain written approval from the Commissioners, or his duly designated agent, before soliciting for or accepting contributions of equipment or of funds to be used in the enforcement of the laws or regulations of the State or any political subdivisions thereof.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 125-2-1-.07
Ga. Constitution 1983, Art. XI, Sec. I, Par. (b); (O.C.G.A. 42-2-11; 42-5-53; 42-10-2; 42-5-15; 5-18 and 19); Ga. L. 1987, p. 906 (O.C.G.A. 16-10-3(a), (b), (c)).
Rule entitled "Performance of Duty," filed as Rule 415-2-1-.07 on November 14, 1984; effective December 4, renumbered as 125-2-1-.07. Filed June 28, 1985; effective July 20, 1985, as specified by the Agency.Amended: Filed September 6, 1988; effective September 26, 1988.Amended: F. Nov. 6, 1998; eff. Nov. 26, 1998.