There is hereby created the office of Deputy Chief of Police. The Deputy Chief of Police shall be appointed by the Chief of Police. The Deputy Chief of Police position shall be an exempt rank immediately below that of Chief of Police. The Deputy Chief of Police may be appointed from any rank of sworn, full-time officers of the city's Police Department, but must have at least five years of full-time service as police officer in the Police Department. A Deputy Chief of Police shall serve at the discretion of the Chief of Police and, if removed from the position of Deputy Chief of Police, shall revert to the rank held immediately prior to appointment to the Deputy Chief of Police position even in the event that there is not an open position in that rank per § 30-5-1 of the city's Municipal Code.
(1993 Code, § 30-2-3) (Am. Ord. 979, passed 11-20-1995; Am. Ord. 1116, passed 10-18-1999; Am. Ord. 1434, passed 5-21-2007)