143.09 AGE REQUIREMENTS FOR POLICE PERSONNEL.

   Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 124.41, no person shall be eligible to receive an original appointment to the Police Department as a police officer unless the person has reached the age of twenty-one (21) on or prior to the date of examination. No person shall be eligible to receive an original appointment to the Police Department on or after his/her thirty-fifth (35th) birthday unless:

   (a)   They have prior service in the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund, in which case, the maximum age limit shall be increased by one (1) year for each year of credit for previous service in the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund, or

   (b)   They have prior service as a law enforcement officer which is eligible for service credit transfer to the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund, in which case, the maximum age limit shall be increased by the eligible service credit the person demonstrates they are eligible to receive in the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund.

   The person shall provide documenting evidence of eligible prior service credit to the Civil Service Commission of the City of Fairfield prior to examination to be eligible for the increased age limit based on such service credit. The foregoing notwithstanding, the maximum age limit of thirty-five (35) shall not be increased by more than ten (10) years.

(Ord. 117-21. Passed 10-12-21.)