A. The corporate authorities of the village of Bensenville hereby adopt as their hiring standard for part time police officers the requirement that all part time police officers hired under the provisions of this section shall complete the training required of part time police officers and obtain within the time limits required by the Illinois law enforcement training and standards board, the certificate mandated by section 8.2 of the Illinois police training act. Any person employed as a part time police officer must meet the following standards:
1. Be of good moral character, or temperate habits, of sound health, and physically and mentally able to perform assigned duties.
2. Be at least twenty one (21) years of age.
3. Pass a medical examination.
4. Possess a high school diploma or GED certificate.
5. Possess a valid state of Illinois driver's license.
6. Possess no prior felony convictions.
7. Any individual who has served in the U.S. military must have been honorably discharged.
B. All part time police officers hired under the provisions of this section shall be deemed to be at will employees of the village of Bensenville and their said employment may be terminated or their hours diminished at the sole discretion of the police chief, or acting police chief, of the village of Bensenville. All such part time police officers hired under the provisions of this section shall not be subject to any of the provisions contained in section 10-2.1-1 et seq., of the Illinois municipal code 1 , and provisions contained therein for the hiring of full time police officers, discipline of full time police officers and termination of full time police officers shall not apply to part time police officers hired under the provisions of this section.
C. The police chief, or acting police chief, of the village of Bensenville is hereby given the authority to hire such number of part time police officers, and to establish the hours to be worked by such part time police officers, as the police chief, or acting police chief, deems necessary to provide adequate police coverage for the residents of the village of Bensenville, but the number of hours a part time officer may work within a calendar year is restricted. (Ord. 32-2012, 6-26-2012)
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| 1 | 1. 65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-1 et seq. |