Section 8.04 Police Department.

   (a)   The Police Department shall consist of a Chief of Police and such officers, patrolmen, and personnel as established by Council by ordinance or resolution. All full-time dispatchers, officers, and patrolmen, shall be appointed by the Director of Public Safety in accordance with Civil Service regulations of this Charter, the statutes of the State of Ohio, and the provisions of this Section. Appointments shall be made for the appropriate probationary period of continuous service, and such appointments shall not be deemed finally made until the appointees have satisfactory served their probationary period. Thirty (30) days before the end of the probationary period, the Director of Public Safety shall transmit to the Mayor a record of each employee’s service with his recommendation thereon; and with the concurrence of the Mayor, the Director of Public Safety may remove or finally appoint the employee, as the case may be. The Police Department shall perform all duties established by the statutes of the State of Ohio or the Ordinances of Council.

   (b)   All part-time personnel shall be appointed by the Director of Public Safety subject to concurrence of the Mayor. Appointments of part-time personnel shall be subject to an additional concurrence of the Mayor after the probationary period in the same manner provided in Section 8.04(a) above.

(Amended November 2, 1999; November 2, 2004; November 6, 2018; November 7, 2023)