(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the Toledo Municipal Code to the contrary, an individual who is promoted from the classified service to the position of Director of Police Operations or Director of Fire and Rescue Operations shall, in the event he/she voluntarily relinquishes or is terminated from said position for reasons other than cause, be permitted to return to the position in the classified service from which he/she was promoted with all the rights and benefits pertaining to said position.
(b) Appointments to the rank of Deputy Chief in the Toledo Police Department may be made on a pro tem basis. No examination shall be conducted, nor shall an eligibility list be established for use in making such appointments. Selection of Deputy Chiefs-Pro Tem shall be at the discretion of the Director-Police Operations.
Police Deputy Chief-Pro Tem selections shall be made from among Police Captains with a minimum of two years in grade. Appointees shall serve only so long as the Director-Police Operations or the employee desires. Appointees shall then have a right to return to the rank of Captain.
The requirements and procedures set forth elsewhere in this Chapter for reductions in rank and voluntary demotions shall not be applicable to returns to the rank of Police Captain.
Employees appointed to a Deputy Chief-Pro Tem position shall immediately be eligible for Exempt Service fringe benefits.
(Ord. 599-23. Passed 11-21-23.)