(A) In order to be eligible for appointment to the Police Department an applicant must be a citizen of the United States, a resident of Floyd County and must reside within 15 miles of the corporate boundaries of the city, a high school graduate or equivalent and 21 years of age, but not over 35 years of age. Subject to I.C. 36-8-4.7, a person may not be appointed as a member of the Police Department after the person has reached 40 years of age. A person may be reappointed as a member of the Department only if the person is a former member or a retired member not yet receiving retirement benefits of the 1925, 1937, 1953 or 1977 fund and can complete 20 years of service before reaching 60 years of age.
(I.C. 36-8-4-2; I.C. 36-8-4-7)
(B) All applications for appointment or reappointment to the Department are required to be filed with the Police Merit Commission and accompanying the applications shall be a duly authenticated birth certificate of the applicant or the applicant shall produce satisfactory proof of the date and place of his or her birth. The applicant is required to file with his or her application a certificate from a physician appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Police Department Pension Fund for the city, certifying that the applicant is eligible for joining the Pension Fund. Any charge made by the physician for the examination of the applicant shall be paid by the applicant. All applications shall be filed with the Commission.
(C) All applicants for appointment or reappointment to the Police Department shall be required to pass a preliminary examination for the purpose of determining their physical condition and general aptitude for service as a police officer. This preliminary examination shall be conducted in the manner and form as may be provided in the rules and procedures adopted by the Commission. Upon the conclusion of the preliminary examination, the results thereof shall be reduced in writing and filed of record with the Commission. If the Commission finds from the preliminary examination that the applicant does not possess the qualifications which, in the opinion of the Commission, fit the applicant for appointment or reappointment, the applicant shall be rejected by the Commission.
(D) An applicant for appointment, reappointment or reinstatement shall be ineligible if that person has been found guilty of a felony without the same having been reversed by a court of appeals.
(E) An applicant who personally or through any other person solicits any member of the Commission to favor his or her appointment or reappointment to the force shall be thereby rendered ineligible for all time for an appointment to the Police Department.
(Ord. G-82-925, passed 1-4-1982)