No person shall be admitted to an examination for a position
in the Police Department of the Borough of Blawnox until he shall
have filed, on the official form prescribed by the Civil Service Commission,
a sworn application giving such information as the Commission may
require. The official application form and all notations, references,
and statements appearing in it are incorporated by reference into
this chapter as if they were fully described herein. The candidate
must take an oath or affirmation that the application is completed
truthfully, and the applicant is subject to penalties of 18 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
The Borough is an equal opportunity employer. It is the Borough's
and the Commission's policy to grant equal employment opportunities
to qualified persons without regard to race, religion, color, national
origin, gender, age, veteran's status, marital status or non-job-related
physical or mental handicap or disability. The Borough and the Commission
will provide equal opportunities in employment and promotion.
Application forms shall be available to all interested persons
in the office of the Borough Secretary and from such other offices
and officers that the Commission, from time to time, may choose to
designate.
In the case of a vacancy in the office of Chief of Police, the
Council may nominate a person to the Civil Service Commission. It
shall thereupon become the duty of the Commission to subject such
person to a noncompetitive examination, and, if such person shall
be certified by the Commission as qualified, he may then be appointed
to such position. Such person must demonstrate a working knowledge
of police science and administration and demonstrate the ability to
supervise the work of subordinates.
Applications for any position in the Police Department shall
only be obtained during the advertised period and only during normal
business hours in the office of the Borough Secretary. No application
shall be accepted after 3:00 p.m. on the day of the close of the advertised
period.
The office of the Borough Secretary shall review each application
upon receipt for the purpose of determining that the application contains
the required documentation and contains no errors or omissions. The
Borough Secretary shall date, number, and record, in the order of
receipt, all applications in compliance of this section. An application,
once recorded, shall be a public record and shall not be returned
to the applicant.
Public notice of the time and place of every examination, together
with the information as to position to be filled, shall be given by
publication in the newspaper designated by the Council for Borough
notices in the Borough. The public notice shall be published at least
two weeks prior to an examination and a copy of the notice shall be
posted on the bulletin board in the Borough Municipal Building. Additional
public notice by publication, posting or otherwise may be given at
any time at the discretion of the Commission.