(A) Promotion within the Police Department shall be by successive ranks established as follows:
(1) Chief of Police;
(2) Major;
(3) Lieutenant;
(4) Sergeant;
(5) Patrol Officer; and
(6) Meter Officer.
(B) Within the ranks below that of Sergeant, Council may establish such special positions having special duties with preferential pay as Council deems necessary, but the existence of such special positions shall not establish eligibility for promotion to the next higher rank. No special position established by Council within the ranks below that of Sergeant shall be filled without promotional examination.
(C) The positions of detective, identification officer and clerk shall carry the rank of patrol officer.
(D) When an examination is held for any rank above patrol officer, all incumbents of the next lower rank who meet the seniority and efficiency standards established by the Civil Service Board shall be eligible.
If no more than one incumbent of the next lower rank meets such requirements, the Civil Service Board shall be authorized to open the examination to incumbents of the next lower rank.
(Ord. 50-86. Passed 4-21-86; Ord. 144-97. Passed 10-6-97.)