In order to be eligible for participation in any examination for any full-time position with the Sewickley Borough Police Department, every applicant must submit a completed application form to the Commission or other offices or agencies designated by the Commission before the deadline stated for that specific examination. The applicant must make an oath or affirmation that the application has been completed truthfully, and that the applicant is subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4904, relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
The Borough of Sewickley is an equal opportunity employer. It is the Borough Council and the Commission's policy to grant equal employment opportunities to qualified persons without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, age, veteran's status, marital status, or non-job-related physical or mental handicap or disability. The Borough Council and the Commission will provide equal opportunities in employment and promotions.
Application forms shall be available to all interested persons in the office of the Borough Manager or his/her designee and from such other offices and officers that the Commission, from time to time, may choose to designate. Application forms may be mailed upon written or telephone request. However, the Commission assumes no responsibility for missed filing deadlines due to a delay in the mail.
All applicants must have reached their 21st birthday before the deadline for submitting completed applications. Residency requirements will be in compliance with the current collective bargaining agreement.
At the time of application, every applicant for a position in the Police Department shall possess the following qualifications:
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Possess a diploma from an accredited high school or a graduate equivalency diploma (GED).
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Be certified under the Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission (MPOETC), 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2161 et seq., and have served a minimum of 2,500 hours as a certified police officer for a Pennsylvania municipal police department.
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Be a United States citizen.
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Be physically and mentally fit to perform the full duties of a police officer.
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Possess a valid motor vehicle operator's license and be eligible to legally operate a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Be certified on BAC Data Master 5,000.
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The Commission shall conspicuously post in the Sewickley Borough Building or other conspicuous locations an announcement of the full-time police officer testing and set forth the time and place of physical agility and written examination, together with the information as to the type of position to be filled, the requirements for that position, where applications may be obtained for the examination, and the deadline for filing those applications. For the position of police officer, at least two weeks prior to the initial designated examination, publication of the notice shall be placed in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the Borough of Sewickley.
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The Borough Manager or other designated person shall give, in writing, to each applicant qualified for the next step in the examination process, a notice, which shall include the date, time and place the applicant shall report for the next examination in the process. In the case of physical and psychological examinations, the Borough Manager or other designated person shall notify the police officer candidate who has been conditionally offered a position in the Police Department by a written notice of the date, time and place of the examination as well as the names of the physical and psychological examiners.
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Every such notice shall be mailed or otherwise delivered at least seven days prior to the date fixed for examination. Only applicants receiving notices to report for any examination shall be permitted to participate in such examination, and each applicant shall present his or her notice to the examiner before he or she shall be examined. Failure to report for an examination in accordance with the instructions contained in the written notice shall disqualify the applicant, except that, in the case of physical or psychological examinations, the physician or psychologist designated in the notice may fix another date or time for such examination; provided, however, that any such date or time shall be written with the period of at least seven days of the date and time established in the written notice.
Applications for positions of full-time police officer shall be received at the Borough Building or other offices or agencies designated by the Commission only after the entry-level position has been properly advertised and before the deadline for receiving applications, which must be set forth in the public advertisement. The Civil Service Commission may assess a reasonable nonrefundable application fee that shall be indicated in application advertisement. Applications will be received by the municipal official designated in the public advertisement or that official's designee. That person shall record the receipt of all applications and provide each applicant with notice of the time and place for the first portion of the testing procedure. Any application containing material errors or omissions may, at the discretion of the Commission, be returned to the applicant for correction and, if so, must be returned by the applicant prior to the deadline for filing applications, after which no new applications or amended applications will be accepted.
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Penalty for false statement. The statements made by the applicant in the official application shall contain no falsification, omissions or concealment of material fact. Should any investigation disclose any material misstatement, falsification or concealment with respect to an application:
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The application shall be invalid and the applicant shall be disqualified from examination; or
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If the applicant shall have been examined, the name of such applicant shall be removed from the eligibility list; or
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If the applicant shall have been appointed, such material misstatement, falsification or concealment shall constitute grounds for dismissal from the Sewickley Police Department.
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No person who has made a material false application shall be permitted in the future to be an applicant for any position in the Sewickley Police Department.
The Commission may refuse to examine or, if examined, may refuse to certify as eligible after examination any applicant who is found to lack any of the minimum qualifications for examination prescribed in these rules and regulations for the particular position for which the applicant has applied. In addition, the Commission may refuse to examine or, if examined, may refuse to certify any applicant who is:
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Found to have furnished incomplete, inaccurate, misleading or false information on the official application or in response to any portion of the hiring process;
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Physically unfit for the performance of the duties of the position of which the candidate seeks employment;
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Illegally using a controlled substance, as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substance Act (Public Law 91-513, 12 U.S.C. § 802);
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Guilty of any crime involving moral turpitude or of infamous or notoriously disgraceful conduct, or who has been dismissed from public service for delinquency or misconduct of office;
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Affiliated with any group whose policies or activities are subversive to the forms of government set forth in the Constitution and laws of the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Any applicant or other persons who believe that they are aggrieved by the actions of the Commission in refusing to examine or to certify them as eligible after examination may request a hearing before the Commission within 10 days of receiving written notice of what is perceived as the alleged error. Within 10 days after such request, the Commission shall designate a time and place for the hearing, which shall be conducted pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Local Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq., with or without counsel; at which time the Commission shall take testimony and review its refusal to provide examination or certification.
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The deliberations of the Commission, including interim rulings on evidentiary or procedural issues, may be held in the nature of a closed executive session. The Commission's disposition of the matter shall constitute official action which shall occur at a public meeting held pursuant to 65 Pa.C.S.A. Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings). The decision of the Commission shall be final.