(a) Age Requirements. No person shall be eligible to receive an original appointment to the Police Division as a police officer unless the person has reached the age of twenty-one (21) years. No person is eligible to receive an original appointment when the person is fifty (50) years of age or older, and no person can be declared disqualified as over age prior to that time. This maximum age restriction shall not apply to lateral hires.
(b) Physical Examination Requirements. No person shall be eligible to receive an original appointment to the Police Division as a police officer unless the person has, not more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the date of such appointment, passed a physical examination given by a licensed physician, a physician's assistant, a clinical nurse-specialist, a certified nurse-practitioner or a certified nurse-midwife certifying that the applicant is free of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases and showing that the applicant meets the physical requirements necessary to perform the duties of a police officer, as established by the City. The fee for such examination shall be paid by the City.
(c) Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund. Prior to making any original appointment, the City shall file with the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund a copy of the report or findings of the licensed physician, physician assistant, clinical nurse-specialist, certified nurse-practitioner, or certified nurse-midwife required under division (b) of this section.
(Statutory reference: ORC 124.41)
(d) Required Certification.
(1) No person shall receive an original appointment as a full-time police officer with the Police Division unless the person previously has been awarded a certificate by the Executive Director of the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, or municipal peace officer basic training program, in accordance with ORC 109.77.
(2) No person may serve as a police officer of the City unless the person has received training in the handling of missing children and child abuse and neglect cases from an approved state, county, township, or municipal police officer basic training program or receives the training within the time prescribed by the rules adopted by the Ohio Attorney General pursuant to ORC 109.741.
(3) The revocation or suspension of the certification required under division (d)(1) of this section shall result in immediate termination from the position of police officer.
(Statutory reference: ORC 109.77)
(Ord. 2022-28. Adopted 08/25/22)