(A) Charges against any police employee may be filed by any superior officer of the Department or by any member of the Commission on his or her own motion; and thereupon the Commission shall try the charges after no less than 10 days written notice to the accused. The notice shall set forth the charges as filed. The trial shall be open to the public. Each Commissioner shall have power to administer oaths and issue subpoenas; and disobedience to the same shall be punishable the same as contempt of court in the district court of this county. Witnesses, except public officials, shall be entitled to the same fees and mileage as for attendance upon the court. The employee may be suspended by his or her superior officer pending determination of the charges against him or her.
(B) If the Commission upon trial finds the employee guilty of inefficiency, breach of duty or misconduct, he or she shall be removed, reduced or suspended, and his or her name be stricken from the service register. If the charges are not sustained, the case shall be dismissed; and if the employee has been suspended he or she shall be immediately reinstated and shall be paid all back pay for the period of suspension. Findings of the Commission shall be filed within 3 days after the completion of the hearing. Any person suspended, reduced or removed by the Commission after hearing may appeal to the district court by serving written notice upon the Secretary of the Commission within 10 days after the filing of its order and receipt of the same by the employee. The Secretary shall within 5 days certify a copy of the proceedings to the clerk of the district court, and the matter shall be before the court for the review of the reasonableness of the findings based upon the evidence presented.
(Prior Code, § 2.01, Subd. 11)