The Wilkinsburg Borough collective bargaining agreement has authorized the hiring of regular part-time police officers under civil service provisions. However, it shall be the decision of the Borough Council to authorize the Civil Service Commission to develop a separate regular part-time police officer eligibility list and hiring process, as described below and in Chapter 4, in conjunction with developing a corresponding full-time police officer eligibility list, as also described below and in Article IV. Thus, the Borough Council can authorize the Civil Service Commission to start the process of developing an eligibility list for regular part-time police officers, full-time police officers or both, whose applicants shall meet the same initial hiring requirements as outlined in these civil service rules and regulations, to be eligible to continue in the process. Thus, in Chapter 4, the word "full-time" can be substituted for the word "part-time," if used in that context, as the requirements are the same.
A. 
If two eligibility lists are authorized, as described above, candidates shall indicate on their application form if they are applying for a full-time police officer position or regular part-time police officer position or both.
B. 
The applicants shall, after having met the qualifications described herein, be placed on their respective eligibility list.
C. 
If a candidate's name appears on both the full-time eligibility list and the regular part-time eligibility list and said candidate accepts a position as a regular part-time police officer, his or her name shall be removed from the full-time police officer eligibility list. However, a candidate on the regular part-time police officer list who declines the position of a regular part-time police officer, and his or her name is on the full-time police officer eligibility list, may keep his or her name on the full-time police officer eligibility list for future consideration as a full-time police officer. In addition, once a candidate who accepts the position of full-time police officer, from the full-time police officer eligibility list, and name appears on both eligibility lists, his or her name will be removed from the regular part-time police officer eligibility list. In all cases, when a candidate's name is removed from any eligibility list, as indicated above, he or she will be notified in writing.
D. 
If the Borough Council authorizes the advertising for the development of a regular part-time police officer and a full-time police officer eligibility list, at the same time, the testing process and the development of the eligibility list for each will be held simultaneously.
E. 
Regular part-time police officers shall be first hired from the initial eligibility list and when first hired be first eligible for a promotion to full-time police officer position, if they apply and meet the qualifications described in §§ 14-41, 14-46, and 14-47 of these rules and regulations. The movement from regular part-time police officer to full-time police officer, under the provisions of these rules and regulations, shall be a promotion, and the eligible candidates shall be subject to a merit selection process as outlined in these rules and regulations.
F. 
The hiring of full-time police officers from the full-time police officer's eligibility list, if one is currently valid or subsequently developed, will only be executed if the following conditions exist:
(1) 
There are no regular part-time police officers employed; or
(2) 
No employed regular part-time police officer applies for promotion to a full-time officer position; or
(3) 
There are no employed regular part-time police officers eligible/qualified for promotion to a full-time police officer position, as outlined in these civil service rules and regulations; or
(4) 
There are not enough qualified regular part-time police officers employed to meet the number of full-time police officers authorized to be hired by the Borough Council.
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Veteran's preference. A qualified veteran, initially applying for the "entry level" position for both regular part-time police officer and full-time police officer can initially claim veteran's preference for both positions. Further, if this veteran meets the qualification standards, outlined in these rules and regulations, his or her veteran's preference points can be added to both the full-time and regular part-time police officer eligibility lists. However, as indicated above, once that applicant accepts a regular part-time police officer's position, that applicant's name shall be removed from the full-time police officer's eligibility list. Likewise, once that applicant accepts a full-time police officer position, that applicant's name shall be removed from the regular part-time police officer's eligibility list. Thus, veteran's preference can only be used once, in the appointment of an "entry level" police officer position, from the certified list of three, as outlined in these rules and regulations, whether it be full-time or regular part-time.