The Commission shall make rules and regulations, to be approved as provided in §
8-13 of this chapter, providing for the examination of applicants for positions as police officers and fire apparatus operators and for promotions thereto.
The rules and regulations required by the preceding section
shall prescribe the minimum qualifications of all applicants to be
examined and the passing grade.
All examinations for promotion or positions as policemen or
fire apparatus operators of the Borough shall be practical in character
and shall relate to such matters and include such inquiries as will
test the merit and fitness of the person examined to discharge the
duties of the employment sought by them.
Public notice of the time and place of every examination, together
with the information as to the kind of position or place to be filled,
shall be given by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation
in the Borough or in a newspaper circulating generally in the Borough
at least two weeks prior to each examination, and a copy of the notice
shall be prominently posted in the office of the Commission or other
public place.
[Amended 6-6-1966 by Ord. No. 1079; 4-8-1968 by Ord. No. 1114; 8-1-1994 by Ord. No. 1433]
No person shall be eligible to apply for examination for the
position of patrolman unless he or she is at least 18 years old but
not more than 35 years of age at the date of the application. However,
after investigation and upon the favorable recommendation of the Civil
Service Commission, the Borough Council may waive the maximum age
limitation with respect to an individual who has at least five years'
experience in public, private or military police work.
All examinations under this chapter shall be open to all applicants
who have the minimum qualifications required by the rules and regulations
of this chapter.
Each applicant for examination under this chapter shall be subject
to the regulations adopted by the Commission.
[Amended 8-1-1994 by Ord. No. 1433]
Each applicant for examination under this chapter shall be required
to submit to a physical and psychological examination.
[Amended 8-1-1994 by Ord. No. 1433]
The physical examination required by the preceding section shall
be conducted under the supervision of a doctor of medicine appointed
by the Commission. No person shall be eligible for appointment until
such doctor certifies that the applicant is free from any bodily or
mental defects, deformity or disease that might incapacitate him or
her from the discharge of the duties of the position desired.
Each person desiring to apply for examination shall file with
the Commission a formal application in which the applicant shall state,
under oath or affirmation:
A. His or her full name and residence or post office address.
B. His or her citizenship, place and date of birth.
C. His or her position or employment and his or her residence for the
past five years.
D. Such other information as may be required by the Commission's
rules and regulations showing the applicant's qualifications
for the position for which he or she is being examined.
[Amended 8-1-1994 by Ord. No. 1433]
The Commission may refuse to examine any applicant or, if examined,
may refuse to certify after examination any person who is found to
lack any of the minimum qualifications for examination prescribed
in the rules and regulations adopted for the position or employment
for which he or she has applied or who is addicted to the habitual
use of intoxicating liquors or narcotic drugs or who has been guilty
of any crime involving moral turpitude or any infamous or notorious
disgraceful conduct or who has been dismissed from public service
for delinquency or misconduct in office or who is affiliated with
any group whose policies or activities are subversive to the form
of government set forth in the Constitution and laws of the United
States and Pennsylvania.
If any applicant or person feels himself or herself aggrieved
by the action of the Commission in refusing to examine him or her
or to certify him or her as eligible after examination, the Commission
shall, at the request of such person, within 10 days, appoint a time
and place where he or she may appear personally and by counsel, whereupon
the Commission shall then review its refusal to make such examination
or certification and to take such testimony as may be offered. The
decision of the Commission shall be final.