(EDITOR'S NOTE: The procedure for handling disciplinary problems in the Police and Fire Divisions as contained in this Section 5
was adopted by Council in ordinance 58-1974, passed April 22, 1974.)
As to members of the Police and Fire Divisions of the City, the Chiefs of the Divisions of Police and Fire shall have the exclusive right to suspend any of the officers or employees in their respective divisions for incompetence, gross neglect of duty, gross immorality, habitual drunkenness, failure to obey orders given by the proper authority, or for any other just or reasonable cause. If any officer or employee is suspended, as herein provided, the chief of the division concerned shall forthwith in writing, certify the fact together with the cause for suspension to the Mayor. Within five work days from the receipt thereof, the Mayor shall proceed to inquire into the cause of such suspension and render judgment, which if the charges are sustained, may be suspension, reduction in rank or dismissal. Such judgment in the matter shall be final, except as otherwise hereinafter provided. In any such investigation, the Mayor shall have the same power to administer oaths and secure the attendance of witnesses and production of documents as is conferred upon Council.
(Amended 3-25-82; 12-2-86.)