(a) The minimum employment standards for law enforcement officers as established and adopted by the Michigan Law Enforcement Officers Training Council in accordance with M.C.L.A. 28.609, as amended, are hereby adopted as follows:
(1) The applicant shall be a citizen of the United States.
(2) The applicant shall be at least twenty-one years of age.
(3) The applicant shall be a high school graduate or equivalent. Equivalent means having attained a passing score on the General Education Development test indicating high school graduation level.
(4) The applicant shall be fingerprinted and a search of local, State and national fingerprint files shall be made to disclose any criminal record.
(5) The applicant shall not have been convicted of a felony offense.
(6) The applicant shall be of good moral character as determined by a favorable report following a comprehensive background investigation covering school and employment records, home environment, personal traits and integrity. Consideration will be given to any and all law violations, including traffic and conservation law convictions, as indicating a lack of good character.
(7) The applicant shall be of acceptable physical, emotional and mental fitness as established by a licensed physician following an examination to determine that the applicant is free from any physical, emotional or mental condition which might adversely affect his or her performance of duty as a police officer.
(8) The trainee shall possess normal hearing and normal color vision. He or she shall be free from any impediments of the senses. He or she must possess normal visual functions and visual acuity in each eye correctible to 20/20. The trainee must be physically sound, well developed physically, with height and weight in relation to each other and to age as indicated by accepted medical standards, and in possession of his or her extremities. He or she shall be free from any physical defects, chronic diseases, organic diseases, organic or functional conditions or mental instabilities which may tend to impair efficient performance of duties and which might endanger the lives of others or himself or herself if he or she lacks these qualifications.
(9) A declaration of the applicant's medical history shall become a part of the background investigation. The information shall be available to the examining physician.
(10) An oral interview shall be held by the hiring authority or his or her representative to determine the applicant's acceptability for a police officer position and to assess appearance, background and ability to communicate.
(11) Recruitment and employment practices and standards shall be in compliance with existing State statutes governing this activity.
(b) The standards of the Michigan Law Enforcement Officers Training Council are recognized as minimum standards and higher standards are recommended by the Training Council when qualified applicants are available. Any portion of any ordinance not meeting the minimum standards is hereby repealed. Any portion of any ordinance which meets the minimum standards or exceeds those standards shall remain in effect.
(1974 Code § 1.47)