(A) Within 90 days after the Merit Commission is selected, the Commission shall adopt rules governing:
(1) The selection and appointment of persons to be employed as members of the Police Department, subject to applicable pension statutes;
(2) Promotions and demotions of members of the Department;
(3) Disciplinary action or dismissal of members of the Department; and
(4) The review, processing, investigation and prosecution of citizens complaints regarding the Department and its members.
(B) Before the rules required by this subchapter are adopted by the Commission, the Commission must hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of the proposed rules. At least ten days before the public hearing, the Commission must have a notice of the hearing published in accordance with IC 5-3-1. The notice must state the time and place of the hearing and give briefly the subject matter of the proposed rules.
(C) At least ten days before the hearing, one copy of the proposed rules must be placed on file in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer for inspection by residents of the city.
(D) At least ten days before the hearing, three copies of the proposed rules must be forwarded to the Chief of the Department and retained in file in his office for inspection at all times by members of the Department and be posted at headquarters.
(E) At the hearing any interested person of the city and any member of the Department must be afforded an opportunity to present both oral and written evidence on any mater relating to the adoption of the proposed rules. The Commission shall give due consideration to this evidence in making its final decision concerning the adoption of the proposed rules.
(Ord. 2989, passed - -94)