A.
Position of police officer. After the appointing authority selects
a candidate from the certified list of three for appointment to the
vacant position, the candidate shall submit to a physical examination
and a psychological examination by the appropriate medical experts.
If the candidate successfully passes the physical and psychological
examinations, then that employee shall be appointed to the vacant
position in the Police Department for which the application was submitted.
The appointment shall be contingent upon successfully passing both
the physical and psychological examinations. Failure to pass either
examination shall result in the candidate being rejected from consideration.
The rejected candidate may appeal this decision.
B.
Report of medical examiner. The Commission shall furnish each medical
examiner with forms upon which he shall state the bodily and mental
condition of each applicant. The statement of each examination shall
be submitted to the Commission within five days after the date of
examination.
C.
Physical ability testing. An applicant for the position of police
officer shall meet the physical agility requirements, in accordance
with the criteria established by the Municipal Police Officer Education
Training Commission. In any case an applicant shall be supplied with
the physical agility requirements at the time of application.
[Amended 9-14-2022 by Ord. No. 627]
The Commission shall appoint a written examination administrator,
an oral examination administrator, a physical fitness examiner, a
medical examiner and a psychological examiner to conduct the appropriate
examinations required by this chapter.
A.
Examinations for position of police officer.
(2)
The four examinations shall be weighed as follows:
(a)
Physical ability test: pass or fail.
(b)
Written examination: graded on a 100-point scale with the written
examination representing 60% of the final score.
(c)
Oral examination: graded on a 100-point scale with the oral
examination representing 40% of the final score.
(d)
Physical and psychological examination: pass or fail.
B.
Applicants must score 80% or higher to pass and to be eligible to
take the oral examination. Applicants scoring less than 80% shall
be rejected. Applicants must score 80% or higher on the oral examination
to pass and to continue in the application process. Applicants scoring
less than 80% shall be rejected.
C.
Examination for Sergeant and Lieutenant. The written and oral examination
shall be graded on a 100-point scale with the written examination
representing 40% of the final score and the oral examination representing
60% of the final score. The examination for the positions of Sergeant
and Lieutenant shall consist of the following:
(1)
Written examination: applicant must score 80% or higher in order
to pass and to be eligible to take the oral examination.
(2)
Oral examination: applicant must score 80% to pass. The Chief shall
participate in the oral examination, whose evaluation shall account
for 10% of the score.
(3)
The applicant must score 80% or higher to pass.
When the grading of each examination is completed, the Secretary
shall give each applicant written notice of his total grade within
30 days.
If an applicant fails to obtain a passing grade in any examinations,
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 Commissioners may designate any recognized examining agency
to act as examiner for the written examinations. The Commission may
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 be responsible for enforcing the
rules of conduct for written examinations.
Should any applicant be found guilty of any act 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.
A.
Applicants for police patrol officer 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 application.
B.
Pursuant to the Veterans' Preference Act,[1] any applicant for the position of patrol officer who qualifies
as a soldier under this Act shall receive an additional 10 points
to his total score if that applicant had received passing scores on
the written and oral examinations.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 51 Pa.C.S.A. § 7101 et seq.
The Commission may refuse to examine or, if examined, may refuse
to certify as eligible after examination any candidate who is found
to lack any of the minimum qualifications for examination prescribed
in this chapter for the particular position for which the candidate
has applied. In addition, the Commission may refuse to examine or,
if examined, may refuse to certify any candidate who is physically
or mentally unfit to perform the full duties of the position to which
he seeks employment, or who is a substance abuser, who is guilty of
any crime involving moral turpitude, or infamous or notoriously disgraceful
conduct, or who has been dismissed from a 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 constitutions and law of the United States and the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Any applicant or other person who believes that he is aggrieved
by the action of the Commission, in refusing to examine or to certify
him as eligible after examination, may request a hearing before the
Commission. 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. The applicant or aggrieved party must make
their request for a hearing, in writing, within 10 calendar days of
the date when the party knew or should have known of the Commission's
action that is being challenged.
