The examination for the positions of Sergeant, Corporal, Lieutenant
and Chief of Police shall consist of the following:
When the grading of each examination is completed, the Secretary
shall give each applicant written notice of his total grade.
If an applicant fails to obtain a passing grade in any examination,
he shall not be eligible for a subsequent examination for any position
in the Police Department of the Borough for a period of six months.
The Commission may designate any recognized examining agency
to act as examiner for the written examinations. The Commission shall
reserve the right to accept or reject, in whole or in part, the recommendations
of the regularly appointed examining agency.
The Commission shall prepare a statement of instructions and
rules for the conduct of written examinations. The regularly appointed
examiner shall carry on each such examination in accordance with the
instructions of the Commission and shall be responsible for enforcing
the rules of conduct for written examinations.
Should any applicant be found guilty of any act tending to defeat
the proper conduct or the result of any examination, his name shall
be removed from any eligible list resulting from the examination,
and the applicant shall not be permitted to make any future application
for any position in the Police Department.
Applicants for police patrolman who are entitled by law to additional
points for services in the Armed Forces of the United States shall
present proof of such honorable service at the time of the oral examination.
Score for points allowable under the veteran's section of the applicable
state law shall be calculated as part of the oral examination score.
Other preferential points which will be calculated as part of the
oral examination score will be 10 points for five years of police
service with police academy training and 10 points for a bachelor's
degree in law enforcement.
