(a) Any new Chief of Police appointed after the effective date of this section, whether full or part time, shall serve a one year continuous service probationary period and none shall be finally appointed until the appointee has satisfactorily served the probationary period. At the end of the probationary period, the Mayor shall transmit to the Council a record of the probationary Chief of Police’s service with his recommendation thereof and he may, with the concurrence Council, remove or finally appoint the Chief of Police.
(b) All full time Village patrolmen appointed after the effective date of this section, shall serve a one year continuous service probationary period and none shall be finally appointed until the appointee has satisfactorily served the probationary period. All part time Village patrolmen appointed after the effective date of this section, shall serve no less than 2,080 hours and no less than a one year continuous service probationary period and none shall be finally appointed until the appointee has satisfactorily served the probationary period. During such probationary period, the probationary patrolman shall receive the probationary rate of compensation plus any yearly increases as are awarded to other Village employees. At the end of the probationary period, the Mayor shall transmit to the Council a record of such probationary patrolman’s service with his recommendation thereof and he may, with the concurrence Council, remove or finally appoint the patrolman.
(Ord. 1019. Passed 8-21-07; Ord. 2018-10. Passed 8-7-18.)