§ 36-8-3-8 — Police department; civilian personnel; merit system

Indiana § 36-8-3-8

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 8: PUBLIC SAFETY
• Ch. 3: Safety Boards; Disciplinary Procedures

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(a) The safety board may employ civilian
technical and clerical personnel to work with the police department as
civilian radio operators, radio technicians, chemical technicians,
laboratory technicians, and other civilian technical personnel and
clerical personnel that are required. The safety board shall fix the salary
to be paid to the civilian technical and clerical personnel subject to the
budgetary procedures applicable to the department of public safety.
The civilian technical and clerical personnel are not eligible to be
members of any police pension fund.
(b) The safety board may establish a merit system for civilian
personnel appointed under subsection (a). However, in establishing a
system the safety board shall consult with the state personnel board
concerning the form and content of the merit system.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection
(a) formerly 18-1-11-5.5; subsection (b) formerly
18-1-11-5.7.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.52.