P-13.1, r. 1 - Code of ethics of Québec police officers

Section 10 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

10. A police officer must respect the rights of any person in his custody and avoid any indulgence towards that person.

A police officer must not:

(1)  provide to a person in his custody alcoholic drinks, drugs, halucinogens, narcotic or anesthetic preparations or any other substance liable to cause drunkenness, weakness, impairment of faculties or unconsciousness, unless that person has a medical prescription;

(2)  be negligent or lack concern regarding the health or safety of a person in his custody;

(3)  obtain or attempt to obtain an undue advantage for a person in his custody;

(4)  except where necessary, search a person of the opposite sex, be present during the searching of such a person or have a person in his custody searched by a person of the opposite sex;

(5)  interfere in communications between a person in his custody and that person’s attorney;

(6)  use greater force than necessary on a person in his custody;

(7)  permit the incarceration of a minor with an adult or of a female person with a male person, except in cases provided for by law.

O.C. 920-90, s. 10.