All appointments and promotions in the unclassified service shall be for a probationary period of six (6) months, except for appointments to the position of Basic Patrol Officer, which shall be for a probationary period of twenty-four (24) months. No appointments or promotions in the unclassified service shall be final until the employee has served and completed his probationary period in a satisfactory manner. An employee of the unclassified service so appointed or promoted shall be subject to removal, if a new employee, or demotion, if a promoted employee, at any time during the probationary period without a hearing as provided under Section 139.08, if it is determined that his services and performances during such probationary period are unsatisfactory. All appointments and promotions in the unclassified service shall become final at the end of the probationary period.
(Ord. 197-2001. Passed 11-19-01.)