(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (d) below, when a vacancy in rank occurs, the Chief may in writing request the Commission to fill a particular rank. The Commission shall fill said rank from the eligibility list with the applicant with the highest overall score, within forty five (45) days of the Chief's request.
(b) The eligibility list heretofore created shall be maintained for a period of two (2) years, or until exhausted, at which time there shall be another eligibility list established for every rank as previously prescribed. If, after an eligibility list is established, any disciplinary action other than an oral reprimand is taken against an officer on the eligibility list, then the Commission shall review the past performance and other factors as provided in Sec. 6-383 in determining eligibility for promotion, and the Commission may adjust or remove said officer's position on said eligibility list as a result of said review.
(c) All promotions are probationary for a period of one year. At the end of this period, a probationary police officer's performance shall be reviewed by his immediate superior and the Chief who shall recommend to the Commission one of the following:
(1) The promotion be made permanent.
(2) The promotion be revoked.
The Commission shall review the recommendation and decide what action should be taken. The probationary police officer is entitled to appear before the Commission and be heard on any matter detrimental to the police officer in the supervisor's report. If the promotion is revoked, the police officer shall be returned to the rank last held before the promotion. If such rank is not open, the police officer is entitled to the pay of the rank in any subordinate capacity until such rank is open.
(d) A police officer whose probationary promotional rank is revoked will be removed from any eligibility list for promotion and will be ineligible to test for promotion for two (2) years. (Ord. 93-3, § 1, 6-21-93)
Notes
| 32 | 32. I.C., 36-8-3.5-16, addresses probationary promotions of one (1) year. |