145.05 SUSPENSION OF PERSONNEL.

   (a)    The Chief of Police may suspend a member of the Police Department, with or without pay, for any violation of the rules and regulations of the Department or for any misconduct, as authorized in the Ohio Revised Code, by serving a copy of the written order of suspension personally on the member so suspended, or by leaving a copy of such order at the member's residence, setting forth the reason for such suspension. Such suspension shall be for not more than fifteen days unless a shorter period is required by either the laws of the State or by a collective bargaining agreement.

   (b)   A copy of the order of suspension shall be delivered to the Mayor who shall, without unreasonable delay, set a date and time for a hearing on the violations alleged by the Chief of Police in the Chief's notice of suspension. The Mayor shall notify the member suspended that the Mayor will conduct the hearing and enter a final judgment regarding the alleged violations and may impose a punishment if the allegations are sustained. At such hearing the member shall have a right to be present with the assistance of members of a collective bargaining group and legal counsel, present evidence and cross-eximine witnesses called against the member.

   (c)    The Mayor shall consider all of the evidence which he or she finds relevant and probative and shall render a decision without undue delay at the hearing.

(Ord. 1987-160. Passed 12-7-87.)