Title 2 - Administration and Personnel

2.66.1320 Disciplinary Suspension, Demotion and Termination.

No police officer below the rank of Captain who has successfully completed the probationary period shall be suspended, demoted or terminated for disciplinary reasons, except for misconduct, insubordination, failure to perform his or her required duties or disobedience of his or her orders or material false statements, deception or fraud (practiced or attempted) in the hiring process. The Chief of Police may suspend, demote or terminate any such officer for such disciplinary reasons; provided, the officer shall have the right to appeal such action as provided herein.

(History: Ord. CSC-2697 §11, 2007; PD-2372 §8, 2002; CSC-2158 §2, 99; CSC-1983 §33, 96) [Source or prior law: 2.66.770]

Effective on: 1/1/1901