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(A) No member of the police force may hold any other office or be employed in any other department of the city or town government.
(B) The fact that a person is an officer or member of the police department does not deprive his spouse or any member of his family of the right to participate in political activity or to hold public or political office.
(C) An officer or member of the police department may participate in political activity provided he does not do so while on duty or in uniform or that it does not otherwise interfere with the performance of his duties. (Ord. 706, 7-21-1982)
(A) Probationary Policepersons: Probationary policepersons shall serve not more than one year on probation. The administrative officers in charge of the probationary policeperson will submit written evaluations and recommend if the member should be hired as a regular police officer. (Ord. 767, 10-16-1989)
(B) Patrolperson: A member of the police department shall be classified as a patrolperson after the individual has passed a one year probation. (Ord. 706, 7-21-1982)
(C) Patrolperson First Class: A police officer may be promoted to patrolperson first class after the member has graduated with passing grades from the basic school at the Montana Law Enforcement Academy and has held the rank of patrolperson for two (2) years.
(D) Senior Patrolperson: A police officer may be promoted to the rank of senior patrolperson after the member has attained the rank of patrolperson first class and has graduated with passing grades from the intermediate school at the Montana Law Enforcement Academy, or its approved equivalent, and has held the rank of patrolperson first class for one year.
(E) Sergeant: To be eligible for promotion to the rank of sergeant, the individual must have held the rank of senior patrolperson and must have been a confirmed member of the police department for five (5) years. The member must have graduated from the advanced school or the former major case school at the Montana Law Enforcement Academy, or its approved equivalent, with passing grades. The police department may have four (4) sergeants. In the event of more than one senior patrolperson eligible for promotion to sergeant, seniority and POST training points shall be considered. The promotion to sergeant may be made when openings are available. (Ord. 767, 10-16-1989)
(F) Shift Requirements: A senior ranking officer, a sergeant, or a senior patrolperson shall be assigned to each shift, if possible. The senior patrolperson shall take charge of the shift in the absence of a more senior officer.
(G) Pay Differential: A differential in pay between patrolperson through lieutenant is hereby established for the reason that with each advancement of rank, more responsibility is expected of the person and the differential in pay will be an incentive to obtain the highest rank possible.
The differential pay shall be that a patrolperson first class shall receive at least twenty five dollars ($25.00) more per month than a patrolperson; that a senior patrolperson shall receive at least thirty five dollars ($35.00) more per month than a patrolperson first class; and that a sergeant shall receive at least sixty dollars ($60.00) more per month than a senior patrolperson. A lieutenant shall receive at least sixty dollars ($60.00) more per month than a sergeant.
The police department shall be headed by a chief of police and an assistant chief of police whose wages shall be set by ordinance. (Ord. 717, 12-19-1983)
Whenever any member of the police department shall, on account of sickness or disability suffered or sustained while a member of the police department and not caused or brought on by dissipation or abuse, be confined to any hospital or the member's home and shall require medical attention and care, the officer of such police department may be allowed, by the city council, the salary as such police officer during the individual's absence and an amount equal to the member's expenses while confined for such injury or sickness. (Ord. 706, 7-21-1982)
A member of the police department who is injured in the performance of the individual's duties so as to necessitate medical or other remedial treatment and render the officer unable to perform assigned duties shall be paid by the city by which the individual is employed the difference between the officer's full salary and the amount received from worker's compensation until the disability has ceased, as determined by workers' compensation, or for a period not to exceed one year, whichever shall first occur. (Ord. 706, 7-21-1982)
Payment of a partial salary amount under section 3-1-19 of this chapter shall be discontinued if the officer is disabled for an undetermined duration and is granted a disability retirement allowance under title 19, chapters 9 and 10, Montana Code Annotated, 1979. If an application for such a retirement allowance is not made by the officer, application therefor may be made by the mayor of the city. (Ord. 706, 7-21-1982)
(A) Whenever, in the opinion of the municipality, supported by a physician's opinion, the officer is able to perform specified types of light police duty, payment of the member's salary amount under section 3-1-19 of this chapter shall be discontinued if the individual refuses to perform such light police duty when it is available and offered to the member. Such light duty shall be consistent with the officer's status as a law enforcement officer.
(B) With the member's consent, the officer may be transferred to another department or agency within the municipality. (Ord. 706, 7-21-1982)
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