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? <br />ARTICLE 22 <br />BILL OF RIGHTS <br />22.1 A complaint against an officer must be substantiated or it cannot be used for <br />disciplinary action. An officer under investigation will not be compeiled to make an oral or <br />written statement until that officer is informed af the nature of the investigation and, to the extent <br />known at the time, whether the investigation is focused on the officer for possible criminal <br />charge(s) or disciplinary action. The officer will be apprised of possible disciplinary action to <br />be taken by the Employer if the complaint is sustained. Likewise, if the officer is under arrest or <br />is a suspect in a criminal investigation, the answers which the officer is asked to make to <br />interrogators, and information derived from such answers, will be used in a criminal trial, the <br />officer shall be completely informed of his Garrity Rights a.ndJor his Miranda Rights prior to the <br />commencement of any interrogation. <br />22.2 Before an officer may be charged with insubordination or like ofFense for <br />refusing to answer questions or participate in an investigation, he shall be advised that such <br />conduct, if continued, ma.y be basis for a charge against him. No member shall be charged with <br />insubordination where such refusal is premised upon the exercise of Constitutional rights <br />afforded him in the case of a criminal investigation. <br />31 <br />