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<h2 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold; border-bottom-style: none; border-style: none;">Can a higher rank officer give an order to a SFJAG officer.</h2> | <h2 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold; border-bottom-style: none; border-style: none;">Can a higher rank officer give an order to a SFJAG officer.</h2> | ||
No, but for a good reason. To ensure the provision of independent legal services, SFJAG officers are not subject to the command of an officer who is not a SFJAG officer, regardless of rank. In this way, SFJAG officers cannot be intimidated, influenced or otherwise coerced by another officer with regards to the outcome of a pending case. SFJAG officers can operate free from undue influence or conflicts of interest; exercise legal authority to make credibility determinations and findings of fact; be an objective, impartial, inquisitive, unbiased, fair and truth-seeking in their respective roles. Regulations do allow for extreme exceptions, for example, in combat situations and/or on star ships when the order(s) given have no bearing or relationship to a pending case. | No, but for a good reason. To ensure the provision of independent legal services, SFJAG officers are not subject to the command of an officer who is not a SFJAG officer, regardless of rank. In this way, SFJAG officers cannot be intimidated, influenced or otherwise coerced by another officer with regards to the outcome of a pending case. SFJAG officers can operate free from undue influence or conflicts of interest; exercise legal authority to make credibility determinations and findings of fact; be an objective, impartial, inquisitive, unbiased, fair and truth-seeking in their respective roles. | ||
Regulations do allow for extreme exceptions, for example, in combat situations and/or on star ships when the order(s) given have no bearing or relationship to a pending case. SFJAG officers will otherwise follow proper protocols and courtesies when engaging with a superior officer. | |||
<h2 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold; border-bottom-style: none; border-style: none;">Is SFJAG the same as SECIS?</h2> | <h2 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold; border-bottom-style: none; border-style: none;">Is SFJAG the same as SECIS?</h2> | ||