A. General Performance Requirements: All patrol officers, in carrying out the functions of the police department, namely, the preservation of the public peace, the protection of life and property, the prevention of crime, the arrest of violators of the law, and the proper enforcement of all the laws and ordinances of which the department takes cognizance, shall be consistently direct in their efforts to accomplish that end intelligently and efficiently, and shall hold themselves in readiness at all times to answer the calls and obey the orders of their superiors, and shall be accountable to their superior officers for the general conditions of the city during the hours assigned to them.
B. Probationary Period: All original appointments shall be for a probational period of twelve (12) months. Continuance in service shall be dependent upon the conduct of the appointee and his fitness for the performance of the duties to which he is assigned as indicated by the quality of his work and the reports and recommendations of his superior officers. If, during the said year, the appointee proves unfit, he will be dismissed from the service by the police commissioners and shall not be entitled to appeal from such dismissal. (Ord. 1017, eff. 4-16-1981)