(a) Eligible Candidate List. The Commission shall prepare and keep open to public inspection an eligible candidate list of the persons who have been examined and attained a score of at least seventy percent (70%) and are otherwise apparently eligible for appointment to employment with the City, provided that the Commission may include persons on the eligible candidates list without a final determination that such person meets and possesses the requirements of physical and mental fitness for appointment to any position, as may be established at some time later.
(b) Eligible Candidate List – Lateral Transfer Candidates in the Divisions of Police. The Commission shall prepare and keep open to public inspection a list of candidates eligible for lateral transfer. Candidates for lateral transfers for entry-level positions in the Division of Police may be placed on an Eligible Lateral Transfer Candidate List upon meeting the following requirements:
(1) No person shall be eligible for a lateral transfer to the Divisions of Police before their twenty-first birthday or on and after the person's forty-second birthday.
(2) The person must be currently working or have worked within the past twelve (12) months, as either a full-time (minimum thirty (30) hours per week) OPOTA-certified Ohio Peace Officer in a jurisdiction in the State of Ohio as defined in Ohio R.C. 109.71 (the definition of jurisdiction shall include full-service college or university police department established pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 3345, as well as service as a commissioned officer with a hospital police department). All certifications must be current as of the date of hire.
(3) Must have successfully completed the probation period at the current or most recent place of employment.
(4) An applicant will not be placed on the lateral transfer list if they are leaving their current employer or left a prior employer for disciplinary reasons or to avoid disciplinary action.
(5) The applicant's current or previous employment as an Ohio peace officer must have been as a result of a competitive examination process.
(6) Before being placed on the Eligible Lateral Transfer Candidate List, each applicant shall submit to an oral interview before a panel consisting of the Director of Public Safety, the Chief of Police and two (2) members of the Civil Service Commission. In the oral interview, the panel may consider the following factors, among other job-related factors, deemed appropriate by the panel:
A. The reason the applicant has been separated from the applicant's former employers or why the candidate wishes to leave the applicant's current employer.
B. The type of agency or entity that employed the applicant in the past.
C. Any additional certifications obtained by the applicant.
D. The results of any background check.
E. Any other job-related factors the panel deems appropriate.
If three (3) of the four (4) members of the panel determines that the applicant meets the criteria for placement on the Eligible Lateral Transfer Candidate List and the applicant successfully completes the oral interview process, the panel shall place the applicant on the list, and forward the list to the Civil Service Commission. Candidates placed on the Eligible Lateral Transfer Candidate List shall not be ranked.
(c) Duration of the Eligible Candidates Lists. The Eligible Candidate Lists shall be valid for two years, provided however, that any list that has been in effect for at least one year may, at the discretion of the Commission, be terminated at any time that a subsequent eligible candidate list is certified. (Ord. 2021-20. Passed 5-3-21.)