The qualifications of persons appointed to the Police Department shall be such as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by the Board of Police Commissioners of the city. Every person appointed on the Police Department, prior to exercising any of the duties of his office, shall, before some person legally authorized to administer the same, take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of the state, and he shall also cause the oath to be filed in the office of the City Clerk.
(`79 Code, § 31.010) (Am. Ord. 89-163, passed 7-17-89)