§ 2-130. Minimum employment standards for law enforcement officers adopted.

(a)

The current city employment standards for law enforcement officers as established and adopted by the state law enforcement officers training council in accordance with Public Act No. 203 of 1965 (MCL 28.601 et seq.) having been published, such standards are now hereby adopted and any person selected to become a law enforcement officer for the city shall meet all of the following qualifications and requirements:

(1)

Such person shall be a citizen of the United States.

(2)

Such person shall have attained the minimum age of not less than 18 years or as otherwise provided by law.

(3)

Such person shall have obtained an associate degree recognized by the state department of education prior to employment.

(4)

Such person shall have no prior felony convictions, and fingerprints of applicant shall be done with a search of local, state and national fingerprint files to disclose any criminal record.

(5)

Such person shall possess a good moral character as determined by a favorable comprehensive background investigation covering school and employment records, home environment, and personal traits and integrity. Consideration will be given to all law violations, including traffic and conservation law convictions, as indicating a lack of good character.

(6)

Such person shall possess normal hearing, normal color vision, and normal visual functions and acuity in each eye correctable to 20/20. Normal color vision shall be determined by testing the unaided eye with pseudoisochromatic plates.

(7)

Such person shall be free from other impediment of the senses, physically sound, in possession of his extremities, and well developed physically, with height and weight in relation to each other as indicated by accepted medical standards. Such fitness is to be established from an examination made by a licensed physician who shall determine that such applicant is free from any physical, emotional or mental condition which might adversely affect their performance of duty as a police officer for the city.

(8)

Such person shall be free from any physical defects, chronic diseases, organic diseases, organic or functional conditions, or mental and emotional instabilities which may tend to impair the efficient performance of a law enforcement officer's duties or which might endanger the lives of others or the law enforcement officer.

(9)

Such person shall possess a valid state motor vehicle operator's or chauffeur's license.

(10)

Such person shall demonstrate ability and competence and read and write at the level necessary to perform the job of a law enforcement officer as determined bypassing the state law enforcement officers training council's examination designed to test these skills or bypassing a M.L.E.O.T.C.'s certified examination as specified in Rule 28.4108(d) as promulgated by the state department of police.

(11)

Such person shall demonstrate physical ability at a level necessary to perform the job of a law enforcement officer as determined bypassing the state law enforcement officers training council's examination designed to test physical performance skills or bypassing a M.L.E.O.T.C.-certified examination as specified in Rule 28.4108(d) as promulgated by the state department of police.

(12)

Such person shall successfully complete the basic police training curriculum at a state law enforcement officers training council approved school.

(13)

Such person shall demonstrate mastery of the basic training curriculum as determined bypassing the state law enforcement officers training council's examination for law enforcement officer certification.

(14)

A declaration of the applicant's medical history shall become a part of the background investigation. This information shall be available to the examining physician.

(15)

An oral interview shall be held by the chief of police, or his representative, to determine the applicant's acceptability for a police officer position and to assess appearance, background and ability to communicate.

(16)

Recruitment and employment practices and standards shall be in compliance with existing state statutes governing this activity.

(b)

The standards of the state law enforcement officers training council are recognized as minimum standards, and higher standards are recommended by the training council when qualified applicants are available. Any portion of this section not meeting the 1985 minimum standards is hereby repealed. Any portion of any chapter which meets the minimum standards or exceeds those standards shall remain in effect.

(c)

Such person shall have obtained an associate degree or its equivalent from an institution of higher education recognized by the state department of education prior to employment or be certified or able to be certified by the state law enforcement training council, as a police officer and have a minimum of three years' experience with a law enforcement agency.

(Code 1977, § 2-21; Ord. No. 145, 12-2-1985; Ord. No. 194, 4-26-1993)