The minimum employment standards for law enforcement officers as established and adopted by the Michigan Law Enforcement Training Council in accordance with Act No. 203, of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended, are hereby adopted as follows:
STANDARDS
The applicant shall be a citizen of the United States.
The applicant shall be at least twenty-one years old.
The applicant shall have graduated from high school or equivalent. Equivalent is defined as having attained a passing score on the General Education Development Test indicating high school graduation level.
The applicant shall be fingerprinted with a search of local, state and national fingerprint files, to disclose any criminal record, shall be made.
The applicant shall not have been convicted of a felony offense.
The applicant shall 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. Consideration will be given to any and all law violations, including traffic and conservation law convictions, as indicating a lack of good character.
The trainee shall possess normal hearing and normal color vision. He shall be free from any impediments of the senses. He or she must possess normal visual functions and visual acuity in each eye correctable to 20/20. The trainee must be physically sound; well developed physically, with height and weight in relation to each other and to age as indicated by accepted medical standards, and in possession of his or her extremities. He or she shall 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 or which might endanger the lives of others or himself or herself if he or she lacks these qualifications.
A declaration of the applicant's medical history shall become a part of the background investigation. The information shall be available to the examining physician.
An oral interview shall be held by the hiring authority or his or her representative, to determine the applicant's acceptability for a police officer position and to assess appearance, background and ability to communicate.
Recruitment and employment practices and standards shall be in compliance with existing Michigan statutes governing this activity.
(Ord. 63. Passed 2-14-68.)