OAR 259-012-0010: Standards of Student Conduct

(1) Students attending mandated training courses at the Academy must adhere to the following standards of conduct: (a) Students must comply with the DPSST Student Rules and Regulations and any other rule or policy that the Department provides to students while at the Academy; and (b) Students are prohibited from engaging in the following conduct: (A) Harassment. Harassment includes verbal or physical actions that could be reasonably construed to demean, target or harm another person, group of persons or a person’s employer. Harassment also includes sexual harassment, bullying or hazing ; (B) Discrimination. Discrimination includes conduct that could be reasonably construed to be unfair treatment of another person because of the person’s actual or perceived race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, or medical or physical condition or disability; (C) Academic Dishonesty. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to: (i) Cheating, which includes accessing or using unauthorized materials, information, tools, or study aids. (ii) Plagiarism, which includes presenting another’s material as one’s own or submitting material generated by others. This may also include work that is purchased or otherwise prepared by another individual or unauthorized use of artificial intelligence (AI) content generators and generative AI tools. (iii) Providing or receiving scenario plots, test questions, test answers, or any other confidential or restricted curriculum content. (iv) Aiding or abetting academic dishonesty. (v) Failing to disclose, or withholding information about, acts of academic dishonesty. (D) Conduct that would constitute a criminal offense; (E) Conduct that threatens or harms the health or welfare of another person; (F) Conduct that compromises the integrity of the training; (G) Conduct that impedes the delivery of or participation in training; (H) Participating in any portion of a mandated training course while impaired to a noticeable or perceptible degree due to consumption or use of an intoxicant as the term is defined in ORS 801.321; (I) Personal use or possession of alcohol, cannabis, or illicit drugs on the OPSA campus; or (J) Intimate physical contact of a sexual nature while on Academy property. (2) Any violation of the standards of conduct defined in section (1) of this rule may result in dismissal from the Academy pursuant to OAR 259-012-0035.