CHAPTER 27 1/2
POLICE AND FIRE
COMMISSION BOARD
Sec.
27 1/2-01.
Police &
Fire Commission - Public Resources Certification.
The
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners may require, at its option that all
applicants possess, at the time of initial application, a public safety
resources certification which will provide the Board with at least the
following information:
(1) An Aptitude Profile designed
specifically to determine a candidate's basic cognitive ability to participate
in a mandated course of training for the service applied for. The profile shall illustrate strengths and
weaknesses which may be used during initial training and probationary periods.
(2) A Physical Agility Profile
designed specifically to determine a candidate's basic fitness for a mandated
source of training for the service applied for.
The basic performance scales shall include (1) upper body endurance, (2)
abdominal and hip flexor endurance, (3) upper body strength and endurance, (4)
body fat norms (percentage), and (5) cardiovascular work endurance.
(3) A Behavioral Potential Profile
designed to identify personality characteristics and attitudes associated with
counter productive behavior. Such
profile shall review, but not be limited to, such areas as: (1) Honesty; (2) Non-violence; (3) Drug
Avoidance; (4) Emotional Stability; (5) Safety consciousness; and (6) for
Police applicants, and orientation dealing with a candidate's perceptions of
law enforcement. This profile shall be
used as an identifier to determine the need for and in-depth clinical
psychological evaluation.
(4) A Historical Profile designed to
provide a lifetime background of the candidate, which has been validated for
informational reliability.
The
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners has been given the option to require
applicants to possess a public safety resources certification so that it may
utilize it for so long as it determines that it is useful to the Board in
screening applicants, as well as fair to the applicants themselves. If a public safety resources certification is
required by the board, it shall do so in a non-discriminatory way, that is, all
applicants evaluated for a given position or list of eligible shall be required
to possess such a certification.
Sec.
27 1/2-02.
Public Resources
Certification Testing Firms.
The
public safety resources certifications shall be issued by third-party testing
firms found to be qualified by the board of Police and Fire Commissioners and,
from time to time, the board of Police and Fire Commissioners shall post a
written list containing the name(s), address (s) and telephone number(s) of all
qualified third-party testing firms. (Ord. 92-07,
Sec.
27 1/2-03. Police and Fire Commission -Aptitude Profile.
The
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners may use the Aptitude Profile contained
in the public safety resources certification in place of a written examination
which it would otherwise utilize and the Physical agility Profile contained in
the public safety resources certification in place of a physical agility test
which it would otherwise utilize, provided that, if it does so for one
applicant for a given position or list of eligible, it shall do so for all
applicant for such position or list of eligible. (Ord. 92-07,
Sec.
27 1/2-04. Police & Fire
Commission - Amend Rules & Regulations.
The
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners may amend its Rules and Regulations, as
provided by law, to specify a more detailed policy and procedure regarding
public safety resources certificates. (Ord. 92-07,
Sec.
27 1/2-05.
Police & Fire Commission - Validity of
Ordinance.
If
any section, clause or provision of this Ordinance shall be declared by a Court
to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of this Ordinance as a
whole or any part thereof, other than the part so declared to be invalid. (Ord. No. 92-07,
POLICE AND FIRE
COMMISSION BOARD
INDEX
POLICE AND FIRE
COMMISSION BOARD...................................................................... 27.5
P&F Commission ‑
Public Resources Certification..................................................... 27.5
- 01
P&F Commission ‑
Public Resources Testing Firms................................................... 27.5
- 02
P&F Commission ‑
Validity of Ordinance.................................................................. 27.5
- 05
P&FCommission ‑ Amend Rules
& Regulations......................................................... 27.5
- 04
Police and Fire Commission ‑Aptitude
Profile............................................................ 27.5
- 03