When names from a promotional competitive list have been certified to the Department, the Chief shall afford an interview to the employee so certified. Command Officers who work the 2000 x 0400 or midnight shifts shall not be scheduled for an interview within eight (8) hours of the end of the Command Officer's tour of duty.
When the Police Chief does not intend to appoint the employee who is eligible for promotion, then he shall inform the employee he has not been selected, and when requested, the reason for his being not selected. The employee who is not selected shall have the right to appeal the action of the Chief in not appointing him, to the Director of Public Safety as provided in the Third Step of the grievance procedure within three (3) work days after having been informed of the fact that he is not selected. The Mayor shall review the selection of the Chief of Police and render a final determination as to the adequacy of the reason for the employee being not selected.
When the employee has filed a grievance under this procedure, then the position shall not be filled until the action of the Department head has been reviewed as provided herein.
An employee promoted to the higher rank as a result of certification from a promotional list shall be paid the full rate of the rank to which he has been promoted from the date of appointment to the rank. A promoted officer shall be in a promotional probationary period for the first one hundred eighty (180) calendar days of service in his new rank. In the event the officer is found to be unsuited for the work of the new rank or he desires to return to his former rank during this period, he shall be reinstated to his former rank.
Returns to Unit: In the event of a layoff, or in the event the Chief of Police reassigns a Deputy Chief Pro Tem to the rank of Captain, or a Deputy Chief Pro Tem desires to return to that rank of his own volition, the Deputy Chief Pro Tem may return to the bargaining unit as a Captain.