Each applicant for employment as a law enforcement officer shall:
(a) Be a citizen of the United States;
(b) Have attained a minimum age of twenty-one years;
(c) Have graduated from high school or equivalent, which is defined as having attained a passing score on the General Education Development test indicating high school graduation level;
(d) Be fingerprinted, with local, State and national fingerprint files to be searched to disclose any criminal record;
(e) Not have been convicted of a felony;
(f) Have good moral character as determined by a favorable report following a comprehensive background investigation covering school and employment records, home environment, personal traits and integrity, with consideration given to any and all law violations, including traffic and conservation law convictions, as indicating a lack of good character;
(g) Possess acceptable physical, emotional and mental fitness as established by a licensed physician following examination to determine that the applicant is free from any physical, emotional or mental condition which might adversely affect his or her performance of duty as a police officer;
(h) Possess normal hearing and normal color vision; be free from any impediment of the senses; possess normal vision functions and visual acuity in each eye correctable to 20/20; be physically sound and well developed physically, with weight and height in relation to each other and to age as indicated by accepted medical standards, and in possession of his or her extremities; and be free from any physical defects, chronic diseases, organic diseases, organic or functional conditions or mental instabilities which may tend to impair efficient performance of duty which might endanger the lives of others or himself or herself; and
(i) File a declaration of the applicant's medical history which shall become a part of the background investigation. The information shall be available to the examining physician.
(Ord. 25. Passed 4-4-67.)