If, for reasons of economy, it is deemed necessary by the Common Council or the Board of Public Works and Safety, to reduce the number of officers of the Police Department, then the reduction shall be made by granting temporary leave of absence without pay or financial obligation to the city, to the last persons, including probationers, who have been appointed to the Department in numerical order, commencing with the last person appointed and continuing in that order until the desired reduction is effected. In the event that the Department shall again be increased in number, the members of the Department who have been granted leave of absence without pay, under the terms of this section, shall be reinstated before any person on the eligible list is appointed to the Department. Reinstatement shall commence with the last person granted a leave without pay. However, a former member, who has been granted a leave of absence as provided in this section, shall be reinstated upon passing only a physical examination satisfactory to the Commission and the Trustees of the Pension Fund of the Department, anything in this code to the contrary notwithstanding.
(Ord. G-82-925, passed 1-4-1982)
Statutory reference:
Layoffs and reinstatement, see I.C. 36-8-4-11