These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Highfield City Police Department web portal located at hcpd.owlsk-v.com (the "Service"), operated by the Highfield City Police Department ("HCPD", "we", "us", or "our"). By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, you must not use the Service.
1. Nature of the Service
The Service is a private community portal for the Highfield City Police Department, a roleplay community operating within the Roblox platform. The Service is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any real-world law enforcement agency, government body, or regulatory authority. All references to "officers", "ranks", "patrols", and similar terminology refer exclusively to fictional roles within the Roblox roleplay context.
2. Eligibility
To access authenticated areas of the Service, you must:
- Hold a valid Discord account, in compliance with Discord's Terms of Service;
- Hold a valid Roblox account, in compliance with the Roblox Terms of Use, including being at least thirteen (13) years of age, or the minimum age permitted in your jurisdiction, whichever is greater;
- Be a current member in good standing of the HCPD Roblox group; and
- Not be subject to a current suspension, ban, or other restriction issued by HCPD command staff.
3. Account and Authentication
The Service authenticates users by means of Discord OAuth 2.0 and verification of Roblox profile ownership. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Discord and Roblox account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your linked Service account. You agree to notify HCPD command staff immediately of any unauthorised use of your account.
HCPD reserves the right to suspend, restrict, or terminate any account at its sole discretion, including but not limited to cases involving violation of these Terms, violation of departmental policy, conduct unbecoming an officer of the roleplay community, or external sanction by Discord or Roblox.
4. Acceptable Use
You agree not to, and not to permit any third party to:
- Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable law or regulation;
- Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Service, any user account, or any underlying infrastructure;
- Interfere with, disrupt, or impose an unreasonable load on the Service, including by automated means, scraping, or denial-of-service techniques;
- Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to derive the source code or underlying ideas of the Service, except as expressly permitted by applicable law;
- Upload, transmit, or otherwise make available any material that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable;
- Use the Service to harass, intimidate, or threaten any other user, real-world individual, or organisation;
- Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Service.
5. User Conduct and Departmental Policy
Use of the Service is additionally subject to the standards of conduct issued by HCPD command staff from time to time, including but not limited to the Code of Conduct, the Patrol Guide, and the Training Manual (collectively, the "Departmental Policies"). The Departmental Policies are incorporated into these Terms by reference. In the event of conflict between these Terms and the Departmental Policies, these Terms shall prevail with respect to use of the Service.
6. Content and Intellectual Property
All content made available through the Service, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, the departmental seal, handbooks, training materials, and source code, is the property of HCPD or its content providers and is protected by applicable intellectual property laws. You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use such content solely for the personal, non-commercial purpose of participating in the HCPD roleplay community.
You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, or commercially exploit any content from the Service without the prior written permission of HCPD command staff.
7. Third-Party Services
The Service relies on third-party platforms including Discord, Roblox, and the underlying hosting infrastructure. Your use of those platforms is governed by their respective terms of service and privacy policies. HCPD is not responsible for the availability, conduct, content, or practices of any third-party service.
8. Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. HCPD DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR FREE FROM HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
9. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL HCPD, ITS COMMAND STAFF, ITS VOLUNTEERS, OR ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE.
The Service is offered free of charge and on a voluntary basis. HCPD's aggregate liability for any claim arising from or related to the Service shall not exceed the amount you have paid to HCPD in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim, which the parties acknowledge is zero pounds (£0.00).
10. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless HCPD, its command staff, and its contributors from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in any way connected with: (a) your use of the Service; (b) your violation of these Terms; or (c) your violation of any rights of any third party.
11. Termination
HCPD may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without cause and with or without notice, including without limitation in the event of breach of these Terms. Upon termination, your right to use the Service will immediately cease. Sections 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, and 13 shall survive termination.
12. Modifications to the Service and Terms
HCPD reserves the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Service, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. HCPD also reserves the right to revise these Terms from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of these Terms indicates when they were last revised. Continued use of the Service following the posting of revised Terms constitutes acceptance of those revisions.
13. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with general principles applicable to private online communities, without regard to any specific jurisdiction's conflict of law rules. The parties acknowledge that the Service is operated as a hobbyist community project and that disputes shall first be addressed through internal HCPD command staff dispute resolution procedures.
14. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired.
15. Entire Agreement
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any Departmental Policies referenced herein, constitute the entire agreement between you and HCPD with respect to the Service and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications, whether electronic, oral, or written.
16. Contact
Questions regarding these Terms should be directed to HCPD command staff via the official HCPD Discord server.