A fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) shall be charged to each applicant for a position in either the fire or the police department of the city. The fee is nonrefundable and is due upon return of the application to the city. Applications returned without the fee shall not be considered. (Ord. 1771, 9-16-2003)
All applicants for a position in either the fire or police department of the city shall be no less than twenty one (21) years and no more than thirty five (35) years of age at the time of their application, shall be subject to an examination which shall be public, competitive, and shall be subject to reasonable limitations as to residence, health, habits and moral character. No person with a record of misdemeanor convictions except those under sections 11-6, 11-7, 11-9, 11-14, 11-15, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 12-2, 12-5, 12-6, 14-4, 16-1, 21.1-2, 24-3.1, 24-5, 25-1, 28-3, 31-1, 31-4, 31-6, 31-7, 32-1, 32-2, 32-3, 32-4, 32-8 and subsections 1, 6 and 8 of section 24-1 of the criminal code of 1961 1 , or arrested for any cause but not convicted thereon shall be disqualified from taking the examination to qualify for a position in the fire department on grounds of habits or moral character. The foregoing age limitation does not apply to any person previously employed as a policeman or fireman in a regularly constituted police or fire department of any municipality or a fire protection district. The examination shall be practical in character and relate to those matters which will fairly test the capacity of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the positions to which they seek appointment. No person shall be appointed to the police or fire department if he does not possess a high school diploma or an equivalent high school education. The examinations shall include tests of physical qualifications and health. No person shall be appointed to the police or fire department if he has suffered the amputation of any limb unless the applicant's duties will be only clerical or as a radio operator. No applicant shall be examined concerning his political or religious opinions or affiliations. The examination shall be conducted by the board of fire and police commissioners of the city as herein provided. (Ord. 1796, 5-4-2004)
No person who is classified by his local selective service draft board as a conscientious objector, or who has ever been so classified, may be appointed to the police department. (Ord. 826, 7-1-1980)
No person shall be appointed to the police or fire department unless he or she is a person of good character and not a habitual drunkard, gambler, or a person who has been convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude. No person, however, shall be disqualified from appointment to the fire department because of his or her record of misdemeanor convictions except those under sections 11-6, 11-7, 11-9, 11-14, 11-15, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 12-2, 12-5, 12-6, 14-4, 16-1, 21.1-2, 24-3.1, 24-5, 25-1, 28-3, 31-1, 31-4, 31-6, 31-7, 32-1, 32-2, 32-3, 32-4, 32-8 and subsections 1, 6 and 8 of section 24-1 of the criminal code of 1961, or arrested for any cause without conviction on that cause. Any such person who is in the department may be removed on charges brought and after a trial as hereinafter provided.
A false statement knowingly made by a person in an application for examination, connivance or any false statement made in any certificate which may accompany such application or complicity in any fraud touching the same, shall be regarded as good cause for exclusion from the examination. (Language taken from chapter II, section 2 of the rules and regulations of the board of fire and police commissioners, Canton, Illinois.) (Ord. 1796, 5-4-2004)
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