5-109 - Malignment and Misinformation

Policy

1. Employees shall not publicly criticize or ridicule the Department, its policies, the City, another employee, an elected official, or a member of the public, or other employees as to the performance of their duties in a manner which is defamatory, obscene, unlawful, or in any other manner which impairs the effective operation of the Department or in a manner which displays a reckless or knowing disregard for the truth.

2. Employees shall not knowingly disseminate (including verbally, in writing, electronically, etc.) any false information, or un-verifiable or un-substantiated rumors or gossip, about the Department, the City, another employee, an elected official, or a member of the public, in a manner which is defamatory, obscene, unlawful, or in any other manner which impairs the effective operation of the Department, or in a manner which displays a reckless or knowing disregard for the truth.