(A) The commission shall have the sole power and authority to appoint or remove any member of the police department, except the chief and assistant chief of police. The mayor of the city shall have the sole power to appoint and remove the chief and assistant chief of the police department.
(B) The Chief and assistant Chief must be a member of the Vincennes City Police Department, must have a least seven years of continuous and immediate service with the police department of the city of Vincennes, Indiana. The Chief must have attained at least the permanent rank of Sergeant immediately before the appointment.
(C) The removal of any member of the police department as chief or assistant chief of said department shall be deemed as removal from rank only, and not from the police department. Provided, further, that upon expiration of the term of any chief or assistant chief of police, such person shall be appointed by the commission to the rank in the police department which he held at the time of his appointment as chief or assistant chief of the department, provided, that in the event the chief or assistant chief of the department, during his tenure of office has qualified in accordance with the promotional procedure as prescribed by the commission in its rules and regulations for any rank in the police department which is higher than the rank which he held at the time of his appointment as chief or assistant chief of the department, he shall, upon expiration of his term as chief or assistant chief, be appointed by the commission to the rank for which he has qualified under the promotion procedure.
(Ord. 14-96, passed 5-13-96)