419.01 ESTABLISHMENT. There may be created in every city, except a city of the first class, a police civil service commission with powers and duties as provided in sections 419.01 to 419.18. Any such city which may wish to avail itself of the provisions thereof shall do so by an ordinance expressly accepting the provisions […]
419.02 MEMBERSHIP; JOINT POLICE AND FIRE COMMISSION. Subdivision 1. Number, qualifications, limits. This commission shall consist of three members who are citizens of the state and residents of such city, and shall be appointed by the council of the city, and when first created one commissioner shall be appointed for the term of one year, […]
419.03 MEETING. The commission shall first meet immediately after its appointment and thereafter on the first Monday in February each year at which meetings it shall select from its members a secretary who shall serve until a successor is elected. The commission shall from time to time fix the times of its meetings, and adopt, […]
419.04 COMMISSIONERS TO SERVE WITHOUT PAY. Each commissioner shall serve without pay but the council may allow the secretary such compensation, not exceeding $100 per year, as it shall deem commensurate with the additional service rendered. The council shall pay from the municipal treasury all expenses incurred by the commission in connection with the performance […]
419.05 DUTIES OF COMMISSION. The commission shall have absolute control and supervision over the employment, promotion, discharge, and suspension of all officers and employees of the police department of such city and these powers shall extend to and include all members of the police department. The commission may not, however, prescribe any residency requirements for […]
419.06 RULES FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT. The commission shall adopt rules to promote efficiency in the police department service and to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The rules must provide among other things for: (1) the classification of all offices and employments in the police department; (2) public competitive examinations to test the relative […]
419.07 OFFICERS DISCHARGED ONLY AFTER HEARING. No officer or employee other than a peace officer, after six months’ continuous employment, shall be removed or discharged except for cause upon written charges and after an opportunity to be heard in defense of the charges as in this chapter hereinafter provided. No newly appointed peace officer after […]
419.075 MERIT SYSTEM MUNICIPALITIES, DISCHARGE OF PEACE OFFICERS. Subdivision 1. Application. This section applies to any city, county, town or other political subdivision which has adopted a formal merit system under any provision of law or home rule charter. Subd. 2. Officers discharged after hearing. No newly appointed peace officer, after satisfactory completion of the […]
419.08 RULES AND STANDARDS. The commission shall ascertain the duties of each office, position, and employment in the police protection service of such city, and designate by rule as well as may be practicable the grade of each office, employment, or position. The commission shall prescribe standards of fitness and efficiency for each office, position, […]
419.09 EXAMINATIONS. All examinations shall be impartial, fair, and practical and designed only to test the relative qualifications and fitness of applicants to discharge the duties of the particular employment which they seek to fill. No question in any examination shall relate to the political or religious convictions or affiliations of the applicant. All applicants […]
419.10 NOTICE OF EXAMINATIONS; CREATION OF ELIGIBLE REGISTER; REMOVAL AND ADDITIONS. Subdivision 1. Notice of examinations. (a) Notice of the time, place, and scope of each examination shall be given by publication and posting as specified in section 419.06, and by mailing such notice to each applicant upon the appropriate list of the application register […]
419.11 CHARGES FILED WITH SECRETARY OF COMMISSION. Charges of inefficiency or misconduct may be filed with the secretary of the commission by a superior officer or by the appointing authority, and thereupon the commission shall try the charges after no less than ten days’ written notice to the accused. Such notice shall set forth the […]
419.12 SUSPENSION AND REMOVAL; REINSTATEMENT. An employee who, after investigation and trial by civil service commission, is found guilty of inefficiency, breach of duty, or misconduct, may be removed, reduced, or suspended. The employee’s name also may be stricken from the service register. If the board determines that the charges are not sustained, the accused, […]
419.13 CERTAIN ACTS A MISDEMEANOR. An applicant for examination, appointment or promotion in the police department service of the city who shall, either directly or indirectly, give, render, or pay or promise to give, render, or pay any money, service or other thing to any person, for or on account of or in connection with […]
419.14 COMMISSION VESTED WITH CERTAIN POWERS. When any city has a civil service commission the council may provide that this commission be vested with the powers and duties of the police civil service commission as set forth herein. History: (1933-63) 1929 c 299 s 16; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
419.15 OFFICERS TO COME UNDER COMMISSION. Any police officer regularly employed at the time of the creation of the civil service commission shall automatically come under the jurisdiction of the civil service commission. History: (1933-63a) 1929 c 299; 1933 c 197 s 1
419.16 ABOLITION OF COMMISSION. A police civil service commission created under this chapter may be abolished as follows: (1) by the voters in accordance with section 419.17; or (2) by a unanimous vote of the city council. Abolition by the voters shall be initiated by a petition signed by at least 25 percent of the […]
419.17 ABOLITION SUBMITTED TO VOTERS. When a petition is filed under section 419.16, the governing body of the city shall cause the question to be submitted to the voters at the first following general municipal election. The commission is abolished if two-thirds of the votes cast in the election are in favor of the abolishment, […]
419.18 APPLICATION. The provisions of sections 419.01 to 419.18 with reference to the abolition of civil service commission shall not apply and shall have no force or effect in any city in this state where a commission has already been created. History: (1933-63d) 1929 c 299; 1933 c 197 s 1; 1973 c 123 art […]
419.181 LIMITATION UPON CONTEST OF CERTIFICATION. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no person shall contest the certification of any person to fill any vacancy by a police civil service commission in a city, except a city of the first class, later than six years after the date of certification. History: 1959 c 290 s […]
