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BEFORE THE JEFFERSONVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION
AMENDMENT NO.
AN AMENDMENT OF THE
JEFFERSONVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION
RULES AND PROCEDURES, ADDING LANGUArG PTO peuT
WHEREAS, this Jeffersonville Police Merit Commission (hereinafter the "Commission"
or the "Commissioners"), has previously adopted the Jeffersonville Police Merit Commission
Rules and Procedures (hereinafter the "Rules"), which govern the Commissioners' decision-
making with respect to hiring, discipline, and promotion of members of the Jeffersonville City
Police Department (hereinafter the "Department"), and the operations of the Commission; and,
WHEREAS, Commission is responsible for conducting disciplinary reviews according to
the dictates of Indiana Code §36-8-3.5 et seq.; and,
WHEREAS, Commissioners adopted Rule and Procedure #4 and provides that
"[d]iscipline within the Police Department shall be in accordance with Jeffersonville Common
Council Ordinances, if any; a collective bargaining agreement, if any exists between the City and
Department rank and file members; the approved Rules and Regulation of the Department; and
Indiana law regarding the conducting of disciplinary actions before city police department merit
commissions, pursuant to Ind. Code § 36-8-3.5-17"; and,
WHEREAS, since the adoption of the Rules, the Commissioners have been apprised of
additional Indiana Code provisions relating to discipline of members within the Department; and,
WHEREAS, the Commissioners now desire to amend the Rules to accurately provide the
legal basis upon which its Disciplinary Authority derives in its Rules.
NOW, THEREFORE, BY VOTE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, Rule and Procedure #4
of the Jeffersonville Police Merit Commission Rules and Procedures is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Discipline within the Police Department shall be in accordance
with Jeffersonville Common Council Ordinances, if any; a
collective bargaining agreement, if any exists between the City and
Department rank and file members; the approved Rules and
Regulation of the Department; and Indiana law regarding the
conducting of disciplinary actions before city police department
merit commissions, pursuant to Ind. Code §§ 36-8-3.5-17; 36-8-
3.5-18; 36-8-3.5-19; and 36-8-3.5 et seq.; the Indiana Constitution;
and the Constitution of the United States.
SO APPROVED by the undersigned as the duly appointed and serving Jeff~sonville
ommission Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, this ~~iday of
Police Merit C
2010.
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