127.03 BOND.

   All members of the Police Department shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, execute a bond according to law with security satisfactory to Council, payable to the City in such penalty not to be less than three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) as Council may prescribe.
(1960 Code 3-506)

127.04 OATH.

   Each police officer shall take the following oath before entering upon the duties of his office:

 

I,                                        , do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America, the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, and that I will truly and faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of policeman of the City of Ripley to the best of my ability, so help me God.

(1960 Code 3-507)

127.05 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.

   CITY OF RIPLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

   THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, entered into this                      day of                                         , _____________by and between the Ripley Police Department (hereinafter "the Department") and                                        (hereinafter "the officer").

   Whereas, the Department agrees to hire the officer as a member of the Ripley Police Department and to pay the expenses incurred for the officer's attendance and training at the West Virginia State Police Academy (hereafter "the Academy") and;

   Whereas, during this period of time in which the officer attends the Academy, the Department shall pay compensation to the officer, including his regular wages or salary, benefits, tuition and expenses for the employee's attendance at the Academy. The compensation paid to the officer for attendance at the Academy shall not include overtime compensation but shall be at the regular rate to which the officer would be entitled for a workweek of forty hours in regular employment with the Department.

   In consideration for such compensation, the officer agrees that, if the officer should voluntarily discontinue employment any time within one year immediately following completion of the training curriculum at the Academy, he or she shall repay to the Department a pro rata portion of the sum of such compensation equal to that part of such year which the officer has chosen not to remain in the employ of the Department, which payment shall be made no later than three (3) months following the officer's last date of employment with the Department. The Department shall notify the officer in writing of the sum to be repaid within two (2) weeks of the officer's last day of employment with the Department.

__________________    ___________________________________________

Date             Ripley Police Department by                            

             its Chief

__________________      ___________________________________________

Date                                             , officer (print name)

(11-15-05.)