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 Cincinnati
 Code of Ordinances
 CHARTER of the CITY OF CINCINNATI
 Article V. CIVIL SERVICE

  Section 5.  

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  • The members of the police force engaged in police services shall consist of the following ranks:

    1.

    Chief

    2.

    Executive Assistant Police Chief

    3.

    Assistant Chief

    4.

    Captain

    5.

    Lieutenant

    6.

    Sergeant

    7.

    Police Officer

    8.

    Police Recruit

    The positions of police chief, executive assistant police chief and assistant police chief shall be in the unclassified civil service of the city and exempt from all competitive examination requirements. The city manager shall appoint the police chief, executive assistant police chief and assistant police chiefs to serve in said unclassified positions. The police chief, executive assistant police chief and assistant police chiefs shall be appointed solely on the basis of their executive and administrative qualifications in the field of law enforcement and need not, at the time of appointment, be residents of the city or state. The police chief may be removed at any time by the city manager. After the police chief has served six months, he or she shall be subject to removal only for cause including incompetency, inefficiency, dishonesty, insubordination, unsatisfactory performance, any other failure of good behavior, any other acts of misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, or conviction of any felony. If removed for cause the police chief may demand written charges and the right to be heard thereon before the city manager. Pending the completion of such hearing the city manager may suspend the police chief from office. The incumbent officers in the police chief and assistant police chief positions as of November 6, 2001 shall remain in the classified civil service until their position becomes vacant after which time their positions shall be filled according to the terms of this section.

    Within the ranks below that of assistant police chief, the council shall establish such special positions having special duties with preferential pay as the council deems necessary; but the existence of such special positions shall not establish eligibility for promotion to the next higher rank. No special positions established by council within the ranks below that of assistant police chief shall be filled without promotional examinations.

    (Amended by Ord. No. 304-1986, eff. Sept. 4, 1986; election of Nov. 4, 1986; amended by Ord. No. 238-2001, eff. Nov. 6, 2001; election of Nov. 6, 2001; amended by Emer. Ord. No. 254-2014, eff. Nov. 4, 2014; election of Nov. 4, 2014)

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