Section 419.075 — Merit System Municipalities, Discharge Of Peace Officers.
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 […]
Section 419.08 — Rules And Standards.
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, […]
Section 419.09 — Examinations.
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 […]
Section 419.10 — Notice Of Examinations; Creation Of Eligible Register; Removal And Additions.
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 […]
Section 419.01 — Establishment.
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 […]
Section 419.02 — Membership; Joint Police And Fire Commission.
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, […]
Section 419.03 — Meeting.
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, […]
Section 419.04 — Commissioners To Serve Without Pay.
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 […]
Section 419.05 — Duties Of Commission.
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 […]
Section 419.06 — Rules For Police Department.
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 […]