All personnel in groups within the DEM are held to the following policies. Additional policies and SOPs are documented on the forums and will be reviewed with new members during Academy training, but the following policies are the most important.
Player Conduct

We seek to hold members of all DEM groups to a high standard of conduct. Members should always be civil during any discourse or disagreement, regardless of the behavior of anyone else involved. They are expected to play hard, but play fair, and to encourage others to do so.
No PKing

The DEM takes an extremely dim view of PKing and strongly opposes any such behavior. Although there had not been capital punishment in Malton, the situation had changed drastically for the worse since the dead started rising. Lacking a functioning judicial system or jails, the DEM has reluctantly acknowledged the need to allow alternate and highly unusual corrective measures. As a deterrent against PKing, those individuals found to have killed someone without provocation will have a bounty placed on their head. In these difficult times, survivors must stick together if we are to get through this, and that means helping each other, not shooting at each other!
No Spying

Under no circumstances is any member of any DEM group to participate in overt spying. Disallowed spying includes: Joining a forum and posing as something you aren't in order to gain information that isn't publicly available, joining a group under false pretenses in-game to gather information on new and ongoing operations, or joining any other channel of communication (IRC, IM, email) to obtain information that wouldn't be available through normal channels. 'Spying' on the enemy by looking at their wiki page or information posted publicly on their forums is acceptable as the enemy is fully aware that this information can reach any and all people. In short, the DEM will not participate in misrepresentation and subterfuge.

History proves many pro-survivor groups are not only willing to work with us, but in many cases are eager as well. Our reputation precedes us and we have shown that we are a group to look up to. We are neither shunned nor maligned by most survivors and that is because we do not participate in under-handed activities. Anyone caught participating in the aforementioned disallowed spying will be stripped of any rank they may hold within the DEM and dismissed from duty.
No Zerging

Members of DEM groups are not to participate in zerging at all. In addition to that prohibition, the following rules apply:

• Each player can only have one character in a DEM group (MPD, MFD, MCDU, MFU, MEMS).
  
• Players must have at least one buffer suburb between all alts (i. e., you can have one character in Crowbank and Shackleville, but not one in Crowbank and Roftwood. You can have one in Richmond Hills and Millen Hills, but not one in Richmond Hills and Brooke Hills).
  
• Only one character should ever be working against the same organization at any one time. For example, if you have one alt active in Ridleybank, you may not have a different alt participate in an assault against an RRF contingent attacking a building elsewhere in the city, regardless of the distance. The Council does understand that sometimes this can occur unintentionally, say if the above example is changed to where the second alt just happens to be in a building the RRF has decided to assault. When a player discovers this conflict has occurred, they are expected to disentangle themselves as expeditiously as possible.

Anyone caught participating in the aforementioned disallowed zerging and meta-zerging activities will be given a single warning. Repeated offenses will cause all the players characters to be stripped of any rank they may hold within the DEM and potentially dismissed from duty.

Groups interested in becoming a member of the DEM must agree to the following basic rules and ensure their membership complies:

• To aid, assist and advise survivors to the best of their abilities.
  
• To never attack another survivor except in self-defense or the defense of another.*
  
• To respond to alerts and DEM alarms when within range, unless already handling an emergency.
  
• To abide by all DEM Policies.

Only groups that have been a strategic partner for a period of at least one month will be considered eligible for membership. Member groups are provided with communication channels and access to DEM private forums, including the situation reports we generate across Malton. The leader of member groups is a member of the DEM Council and helps to guide policy and determine the best use of our resources.

If your group is interested in membership, you should first become an ally and spend some time working with members of DEM groups in your area and participate on our allies forum. Through this activity you may become a strategic partner in due time.

* Special dispensation is provided for confirmed PKers and occasionally for PKer Groups who are deemed an immediate and real threat to innocent survivors in an area the DEM is active in.