Victorian Current Acts

VICTORIA POLICE ACT 2013 - SECT 135

    (1)     If the Chief Commissioner reasonably believes that a police officer or protective services officer has committed an offence punishable by imprisonment, the Chief Commissioner may cause an investigation into the matter under the criminal law to be commenced and may, at any time during that investigation—

        (a)     transfer the officer to other duties; or

        (b)     direct the officer to take any leave which has accrued to him or her; or

        (c)     suspend the officer with pay.

    (2)     If a police officer or protective services officer has been charged under the criminal law with an offence punishable by imprisonment (whether in Victoria or elsewhere) the Chief Commissioner may—

        (a)     transfer the officer to other duties; or

        (b)     direct the officer to take any leave which has accrued to him or her; or

        (c)     suspend the officer with or without pay.