The classified civil service and provisions of this chapter shall only include all full time employees of the police department, excluding the chief of police. All appointments to and promotions in classifications within the departments shall be made solely on merit, efficiency and fitness, which shall be ascertained by open competitive examination and impartial investigation. The commission shall have no jurisdiction of assignments of positions or duties within departments. No person shall be reinstated or transferred, suspended or discharged from any such full time, monthly salaried place, position or employment contrary to the provisions of this chapter and Revised Code Of Washington chapter 41.12.
To further enable the appointing powers to exercise a choice in the filling of positions, no appointment, employment, or promotion in any position in the classified service shall be deemed complete until a period of probationary service as specified in the collective bargaining agreement as applicable to employees of the city police department has been completed, during which time the appointing authority may terminate the employment of the person appointed if, during the performance test thus offered, upon observation or consideration of the performance of duty, the appointing power deems this person unfit or unsatisfactory for service in the department. Whereupon the appointing power shall again request the names of five (5) qualified applicants, who likewise shall enter upon the duties until some person is found who is deemed fit for appointment, employment or promotion for the probationary period provided therefor, whereupon the appointment, employment, or promotion shall be deemed to be complete. (Ord. 2015-976, 12-9-2015)