(A) All appointments to, and promotions within the Police Department other than those of Chief of Police, Deputy Chief of Police, and Police Commander shall be made by the Civil Service Commission. ('77 Code, § 34.005)
(B) No member of the Police Department, except the Chief, Deputy Chief, and Police Commander shall be dismissed until after a hearing by the Civil Service Commission. ('77 Code, § 34.006)
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or any policy of any Board or Commission of the village, no officer shall be appointed to the Police Department unless the appointee is at least 21 years of age and has met one of the following requirements:
(1) Has a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree from a four-year college or university.
(2) Has an Associate’s (A.A.) degree or 60 hours of college credit with at least a “C” average (or its equivalent) and with an emphasis, in either case, being placed on course work in the criminal justice field; or
(3) Is a high school graduate with at least two years’ satisfactory experience as a certified/sworn law enforcement officer in the state.
(4) If, at the time of appointment, an existing reserve police officer with the village, pursuant to § 33.20 of the Village Code, has been a reserve police officer with the village for a minimum of four years, and also must meet the minimum training requirements for full- time police officers established by the State of Illinois.
(5) For the 1993 test only, is a member in good standing in a reserve police officer program in an Illinois municipality, provided that such reserve officer program includes training and education for a minimum of 480 hours, including training and education at least equal to the time indicated in the attachment to Ordinance 93-0-059, passed 8-3-93 for specific subjects. Each applicant who is a reserve officer and otherwise does not meet the educational and/or the experience requirements set forth above in division (C)(1), (2), and (3) of this section shall provide satisfactory evidence to the Chief of Police that such training and education has been completed satisfactorily under the reserve officer’s training program in the municipality in which the applicant is a reserve officer.
(D) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code or any policy, rule or regulation of any Board or Commission of the village, all examinations for promotion to the rank of the Police Sergeant Classification A-4 shall be competitive among such members of the next lower rank, Patrol Officer Classification A-2, who have as of the date established for the commencement of the examination, not less than five years of experience as a full-time Patrol Officer for the village.
(Am. Ord. 93-0-059, passed 8-3- 93; Am. Ord. 99-0-051, passed 8- 17-99; Am. Ord. 2000-O-069, passed 9-19-00; Am. Ord. 2013-O-040, passed 8-20-13; Am. Ord. 2018-O-037, passed 6-19-18)