In addition to the public notice of §
30-14, the Commission shall give written notice of each examination to each qualified applicant. The notice shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to each applicant at least 10 days prior to the date of the examination. The notice shall specify the date, time, duration and place of the examination and explain the following:
A. Only applicants receiving notices to report for any examination
shall be permitted to participate in such examination, and each applicant
shall present his/her notice and a photo I.D. motor vehicle operator's
license to the examiner before being examined.
B. Any person who fails to report for the examination in
accordance with the instructions contained in the notice shall be disqualified.
The examination for police officer will consist of a written and an
oral examination which will be graded on a one-hundred-point scale with the
written examination representing 50% of the final score and the oral examination
representing 50% of the final score. In addition, each applicant will undergo
a physical fitness test and a background investigation. The fitness test and
background investigation will be graded on a pass/fail basis for every applicant.
After an applicant has been extended an offer of employment, final appointment
shall be contingent upon the applicant passing both a physical and psychological
examination.
The Commission shall appoint a written examination administrator, an
oral examination administrator, a physical fitness examiner, a physician examiner
and a psychological examiner to conduct the appropriate examination required
by these rules and regulations.
The written examination shall be graded on a one-hundred-point scale.
To pass the written examination, a person must score 70% or greater on the
examination and have a score which places that person in the top 35 applicants
taking the test. Applicants scoring less than 70% shall be rejected. In the
event that a tie score occurs with people scoring above 70% or higher, then
all applicants with that score will be considered as passing as long as it
would have put any one of the applicants with a tie score in the top 35 scores
of the applicants on the test. Within 30 days of the administration of the
written examination, all applicants shall be given notice as to whether they
have passed the written examination. Those candidates who have passed the
above written examination will be eligible to continue with the testing.
The oral examination shall be graded on a one-hundred-point scale with
a score of 70% or higher necessary for passing. The oral examination shall
involve questioning applicants on how they would handle situations relevant
to police work, their character and reasoning abilities. Within 30 days after
the oral examination, applicants whose scores are passing shall be informed
of their numerical scores on the oral examination as well as their numerical
score on the written examination. If their scores on the oral examination
are not passing they shall be informed of the same without the necessity of
providing a numerical score. Each applicant who has passed the written and
oral exams shall be informed of the date for physical fitness testing.
Pursuant to the Veterans Preference Act, any applicant for the position of patrol officer who qualifies as a "soldier" under the Act shall receive an additional 10 points on top of his total score if the applicant received passing scores under §§
30-31 and
30-32. Any applicant requesting veterans preference points must furnish sufficient proof of both service and honorable discharge in accordance with instructions from the Commission in order to be eligible to receive the veterans' preference points.