HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-01 Resolution Related to the Amendment of Rules & Procedures, Rule 6STATE OF INDIANA
BEFORE THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION
RESOLUTION NO.2024-01
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE POLICE MERIT
COMMISSION RELATED TO THE AMENDMENT OF RULES AND PROCEDURES,
RULE 6
WHEREAS,pursuant to Ind. Code § 36-4-6-2,the City of Jeffersonville Common Council
hereinafter the "Council"), is the legislative body of Jeffersonville City government; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ind. Code § 36-8-2-2, the City of Jeffersonville has established,
maintains, and operates a police and law enforcement system to preserve public peace and order
and provides facilities and equipment for that system (hereinafter, collectively referred to as the
Department"); and,
WHEREAS,pursuant to Ind.Code§36-8-3.5-3,the Council adopted Resolution No.2008-
R-30 (as amended by Resolution No. 2009-R-17, as amended Ordinance No. 2011-OR-44, An
Ordinance Reaffirming the Authority of the City ofJeffersonville Police Merit Commission); and,
WHEREAS,the Commission has,pursuant to the above-referenced authority,adopted and
approved the City ofJeffersonville Police Merit Commission Rules and Procedures(the "Rules");
and,
WHEREAS, the Rules and the enabling statutes (Ind. Code § 36-8-3.5-13) provide the
Commission authority to set standards and procedures for Promotion of the Members of the
Department, in the Commission Rules, which standards and procedures have been previously
adopted by the Commission; and,
WHEREAS,the Rules further provide an amendment process,for the purpose of amending
the Rules as deemed appropriate by the Commission, and, from time to time,the Commission has
amended the Rules pursuant to the Commission's authority to do so under the Rules and the
enabling statutes; and,
WHEREAS, the Department and the Commission have reviewed certain aspects of the
promotion process, and determined that, due to changes within the Department, Rule and
Procedure 6,entitled"Promotion Examinations"requires updating by way of an amendment to the
Rules related to the Promotion Examination Eligibility contained in paragraph, II (A)(1) & (2);
and,
WHEREAS, Rule and Procedure 6(A)(1) & (2) currently provides as follows:
II. PROMOTION EXAMINATIONS
A. PROMOTION EXAMINATION ELIGIBILITY
1. Officers will be eligible to take the promotion examinations for specific
ranks as follows:
Completed Years of Service Rank Examination and/or Specific Rank
Held Eligibility
Five (5)years in Department Corporal
Eight(8) years in Department Sergeant
Ten(10)years in Department Lieutenant Twelve (12)years in
Department Captain
Officers must have served five (5) years in present Department and
two (2) years in the present rank before testing for promotion. An
officer joining the Department as a lateral transfer from another
Department will be hired at the Patrolman rank.
2. An officer under suspension and/or pending hearing, or under appeal
from a hearing, may attend any promotion school and take any
promotion examination.
WHEREAS,the Commission and the Department have reviewed said language,and desire
to replace the said language so that Rule and Procedure 6(A)(1) & (2) shall hereafter read as
follows:
H. PROMOTION EXAMINATION ELIGIBILITY
1. Officers will be eligible to participate in the promotional process for the
rank of Corporal if they have Five (5) years of full-time certified law
enforcement experience. Lateral hires will be eligible to participate in the
promotional process with a minimum of four(4) years with the
Jeffersonville Police Department so long as they became hired by the
Jeffersonville Police Department already having completed at least two (2)
years of full-time certified law enforcement experience.
After attaining the rank of Corporal, officers are eligible to test for
promotion to the next rank after completing two (2)years in their present
rank.
If an officer would be eligible to promote within three hundred sixty-four
364) days of the written exam,that officer will be permitted to participate
in the promotional process.
An officer who has successfully passed a promotional process and has been
ranked on a certified list shall be ineligible for promotion until they have
met
the time in rank requirements hereinabove.
When making promotions, upon request,the Commission shall provide the
next three eligible candidates from the certified list that have satisfied the
time
in rank requirements set forth hereinabove.
An officer joining the Department as a lateral transfer from another
Department will be hired at the Patrolman rank.
2. An officer under suspension and/or pending hearing, or under appeal
from a hearing, thay attend any promotion school and take any
promotion examination.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY OF JEFFERSONIVLLE POLICE MERIT
COMMISSION RULES AND PROCEDURES, RULE 6(II)(A)(1) & (2), IS HEREBY
AMENDED AND REPLACED BY THE LANGUAGE SET FORTH IN RED,
HEREINBELOW, in the following respects, to wit:
H. PROMOTION EXAMINATION ELIGIBILITY
1. Officers will be eligible to participate in the promotional process for the
rank of Corporal if they have Five (5)years of full-time certified law
enforcement experience. Lateral hires will be eligible to participate in the
promotional process with a minimum of four(4)years with the
Jeffersonville Police Department so long as they became hired by the
Jeffersonville Police Department already having completed at least two(2)
years of full-time certified law enforcement experience.
After attaining the rank of Corporal, officers are eligible to test for
promotion to the next rank after completing two (2) years in their present
rank.
If an officer would be eligible to promote within three hundred sixty-four
364) days of the written exam,that officer will be permitted to participate
in the promotional process.
An officer who has successfully passed a promotional process and has been
ranked on a certified list shall be ineligible for promotion until they have
met
the time in rank requirements hereinabove.
When making promotions, upon request, the Commission shall provide the
next three eligible candidates from the certified list that have satisfied the
time
in rank requirements set forth hereinabove.
An officer joining the Department as a lateral transfer from another
Department will be hired at the Patrolman rank.
2. An officer under suspension and/or pending hearing, or under appeal
from a hearing, may attend any promotion school and take any
promotion examination.
SO AMENDED THIS I L.44%DAY OF P 2024.
MEMBERS VOTING "YEA": MEMBERS OTING "NAY":
Je e lling, Pre ' Jeremy Snelling, President
Robert Campbe , ice- esident Robert Campbell, Vice-President
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Scott ridge, Treasurer Scott Aldridge, Treasurer
Bonnie Deppert, Secretary Bonnie Deppert, Secretary
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