Discipline and Offenses

This section will deal with the disciplinary process with the Auxiliary. For minor issues, we should avoid formal disciplinary process. We are a volunteer organization and all of us are here (or should be here) for service to the community and each other. That means we have a certain level of motivation for resolving conflicts and those who are not so motivated will leave the service of their own accord. However, we may occasionally have to deal with various types of issues including (in rough order of seriousness):

• Personality conflicts and personal disputes
• Clarification of lines of authority or responsibility/resolution of disputes between different sections or roles
• Issues of potential harassment or hazing
• "Conduct unbecoming"
• Misuse of authority, of equipment or assets
• Complaints from members of the public or other agencies
• Review of official conduct such as use-of-force, or decisions made on the field
• Accusations of criminal conduct related or not related to the Auxiliary

We may also end up participating in disciplinary process within the Sheriff's Office or other agencies (such as witnesses to an official review of the conduct of a deputy or other emergency responder we work with on the field, or participation in a civil or criminal case).