[Amended 12-29-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-12]
The examination for Police Officer will consist of a written
and an oral examination and will be graded on a 100-point scale, with
the written examination representing 70% of the final score and the
oral examination representing 30% of the final score. In addition,
each successful applicant will undergo a physical fitness test, a
polygraph test and a background investigation. These tests and investigation
will be graded on a pass/fail basis for every applicant. After an
applicant has been extended an offer of employment, the appointment
shall be contingent upon the applicant passing a physical and psychological
examination.
[Repealed and replaced 11-10-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-20]
The written examination for the positions of Sergeant, Detective,
Lieutenant, Captain, and Deputy Chief of Police shall include a written
and an oral examination which would be graded on a 100-point scale,
with the written examination representing 70% of the final score and
30% being apportioned to the oral examination. After an applicant
has been extended an offer for promotion, the final appointment to
the promotional position shall be contingent upon the applicant passing
a physical examination.
[Amended 8-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-06]
The Commission shall appoint a written administrator, an oral
examination administrator, a polygraph examiner, a physical fitness
examiner, a medical examiner and a psychological examiner to conduct
the appropriate examination required by these rules and regulations.
The Commission has the discretion to participate in a statewide or
countywide examination (“Consortium”) program designed
to test police officer applicants. If Consortium testing is utilized,
the initial application for examination shall be prepared, received
and processed by the agency conducting the Consortium testing. The
agency shall also administer and grade the written examinations.
The written examination shall be graded on a 100-point scale,
and an applicant must score 70% or higher and remains one of the top
scorers, including ties, in order to continue in the application process.
Applicants scoring less than 70% shall be rejected. Within 30 days
after the administration of the written examination, all applicants
shall be given written notice of their test results, and passing applicants
shall be scheduled for an oral examination appointment.
Every applicant who scored 70% or higher and receives one of
the top highest scores in the written examination shall be given an
oral examination which will be graded on a 100-point scale with a
score of 70% or higher necessary for passing. The oral examination
shall involve questioning applicants on how they would handle situations
relevant to police work. Within 30 days after the applicants’
oral examination, they shall be informed of the score in their oral
examination and total overall score, and each passing applicant shall
be informed of the date for physical fitness testing.
Pursuant to the Veterans Preference Act, any applicant for the
position of police officer who qualifies as a "soldier" under this
Act, shall receive an additional 10 points on top of their total score if that applicant had received passing scores under §§
A211-21,
A211-24 and
A211-25.
An applicant for the position of police officer must meet the
following requirements:
A. Stretcher
carry. Applicants will be paired off and required to carry a stretcher
with the simulated patient weighing approximately 200 pounds over
a distance of 100 feet. Those applicants failing on the first attempt
will be allowed to retake the exercise with a person who has successfully
completed the exercise.
B. Body drag.
An applicant is required to move a simulated motor vehicle operator
weighing approximately 200 pounds from behind the steering wheel of
a motor vehicle and drag the simulated operator to a point 50 feet
from the motor vehicle.
C. Quarter-mile
run. An applicant is required to run a distance of one quarter mile
on a premeasured course in less than 110 seconds.
D. Window
climb. An applicant is required to climb to a six-foot high level
without assistance onto a three-foot level platform on the other side
of the window, and then to the ground. Applicants must then circle
around a marker 20 feet beyond the window and return up the three-foot-high
platform and out the window onto the ground below.
E. Thirty-second
trigger pull.
(1) Within
a thirty-second time limit per hand, an applicant is required to repeatedly
pull 15 times for each hand the trigger of a double-action nonfunctional
revolver with arms horizontally extended.
(2) These
testing protocols are subject to change to assure compliance with
the most current requirements set forth in the Municipal Police Officer's
Examination and Training Commission Guidelines (MPOETC).