[Ord. 529, 2/13/1978; as amended by Ord. 548, 2/11/1980;
by Ord. 772, 1/17/2005; and by Ord. 786, 2/13/2006, § 1]
1.
Regular Police Officers.
A.
Regular police officers of the Oxford Police Department shall be
required to maintain a sole and exclusive, full-time, bona fide legal
residence within a thirty-five-mile radius of the Borough of Oxford.
B.
Borough Council may by resolution duly adopted grant exceptions to
such residency requirements in cases showing financial hardship, with
or without time limitations or other conditions.
C.
Regular police officers shall be required to maintain a valid driver's
license at all times.
2.
Probationary Police Officers. Probationary police officers of the
Oxford Police Department shall be required to reside within a reasonable
commuting distance of Oxford Borough so as to ensure the efficient
and timely performance of the duties of such officers.
[Ord. 529, 2/13/1978; as amended by Ord. 693, 3/21/1994]
All original appointments to any position in the Oxford Police
Department shall be for a probationary period of one year, except
that Borough Council may shorten such probationary period for police
officers with not less than five years of satisfactory prior experience
as a police officer. In no event shall such probationary period be
less than six months.
[Ord. 529, 2/13/1978]
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any person who has been qualified and certified by the Oxford
Borough Civil Service Commission and appointed to probationary membership
of the Oxford Police Department who has not received a permanent appointment
to said Department.
Any member of the Oxford Police Department subordinate to
the Chief of Police.
