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| Offense Code 1.3 Asset/CW/Informant (Source) – Improper Relationship |
Without authorization, directly or indirectly loaning money to or receiving money from a source; giving a favor/gift to or accepting a favor/gift from a source; paying a source for a favor, gift, or service; attempting to obtain any favor, gift, or service from a source; or engaging in a social, romantic, sexual, or intimate relationship with a source.
This includes financial benefits, favors, and gifts conferred upon an employee's relatives or associates due to the employee’s relationship with the source. Social relationships/associations involve any contact beyond that reasonably necessary for the completion of an investigative mission or beyond that which is authorized. An employee can be disciplined for: 1) engaging in an improper personal relationship, or 2) engaging in unauthorized conduct that would cause the reasonably prudent person to believe that there is an improper relationship. Mitigated: 3–7 Days |
| Offense Code 1.4 Improper Handling of Document(s) or Property in the Care, Custody, or Control of the Government |
Intentionally failing to properly process, seize, describe, package, inventory, verify, record, document, control, store, secure, or safeguard documents or property under the care, custody, or control of the government, including evidence, counterfeit currency/notes/bonds, non-evidentiary items, or seized property held by the government. This offense includes, but is not limited to, the unauthorized or improper use, loss, damage, destruction, or improper disposal of documents or property, to include electronic surveillance materials and classified or law enforcement sensitive documents. Note that the improper handling of classified information also raises security concerns and could result in a security clearance action.
Mitigated: Letter of Reprimand – 3 Days |
| Offense Code 1.5 Leaving Post Without Proper Relief |
Without authorization, leaving an assignment without proper relief.
Mitigated: Letter of Reprimand – 3 Days |
| Offense Code 1.6 Misconduct Related to Judicial Proceedings |
During the investigative or litigation phases of a criminal or civil case, engaging in conduct that dishonors, discredits, or otherwise brings the integrity of the USSS into question. This does not apply to conduct involving falsification covered under Offense Code 2.6, Lack of Candor/Lying - Under Oath.
Mitigated: 3–7 Days |
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