In order to be eligible for participation in any examination
for any position with the Police Department, every applicant must
submit a completed application form to the Commission before the deadline
stated by the Commission for that specific examination. The applicant
must make an oath or affirmation that the application is completed
truthfully, and the applicant is subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
The Borough is an equal opportunity employer. It is the Borough's
and the Commission's policy to grant equal employment opportunities
to qualified persons without regard to race, religion, color, national
origin, gender, age, veteran's status, marital status or non-job-related
physical or mental handicap or disability. The Borough and the Commission
will provide equal opportunities in employment and promotion.
Application forms shall be available to all interested persons
in the office of the Borough Manager and from such other offices and
officers that the Commission, from time to time, may choose to designate.
Application forms may be mailed upon written or telephone request.
However, the Commission assumes no responsibility for missed filing
deadlines due to delay in the mail.
All applicants must have reached their 21st birthday before
the deadline for submitting completed applications.
[Amended 9-11-2014 by Ord. No. 1374]
As of the date of the application, each applicant must possess
the following:
A.
Diploma
from an accredited high school or graduate equivalency diploma;
B.
United
States citizenship;
C.
The physical
and mental fitness to perform the full duties of a police officer;
D.
Valid,
current motor vehicle operator's license issued by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, unrestricted except where the candidate's license
has been restricted for the need to wear glasses and/or requiring
a side-view mirror; and
E.
Certification
of completion of Act 120 training.
A.
In addition to meeting the qualifications in § A376-18 above, all applicants for a promotional position, except Chief, shall not have been suspended without pay for more than five days at any time in the three years prior to the deadline for submitting applications. Any suspension to which the applicant has timely appealed pursuant to a grievance procedure or these rules and regulations shall be disregarded unless the appeal is resolved prior to the creation of the eligibility list.
B.
All applicants shall have continuous prior service with the Police
Department of Sharon Hill Borough as follows:
The Commission may refuse to examine or, if examined, may refuse
to certify as eligible after examination any applicant who is found
to lack any of the minimum qualifications for examination prescribed
in these rules and regulations for the particular position for which
the applicant has applied. In addition, the Commission may refuse
to examine or, if examined, may refuse to certify any applicant who
is physically or mentally unfit to perform the full duties of the
position applied for, or who is a habitual substance abuser, who is
guilty of any crime involving moral turpitude, or of infamous or notoriously
disgraceful conduct, or who has been dismissed from public service
for delinquency or misconduct in office, or who is affiliated with
any group whose policies or activities are subversive to the forms
of government set forth in the Constitutions and laws of the United
States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Applications for positions in the Police Department shall be
received at the Borough Building only after an examination has been
properly advertised and before the deadline for receiving applications,
which must be set forth in the public advertisement. Applications
will be received by the municipal officer designated in the public
advertisement or that officer's designee. That person shall record
the receipt of all applications and provide each applicant with notice
of the time and place for the first portion of the testing procedure,
the written examination. Any application containing material errors
or omissions may, at the discretion of the Commission, be returned
to the applicant for correction prior to the deadline for filing applications,
after which no new applications or amended applications will be accepted.
Any applicants or other persons who believe that they are aggrieved
by the actions of the Commission, in refusing to examine or to certify
them as eligible after examination, may request a hearing before the
Commission. Within 10 days after such request, the Commission shall
designate a time and place for the hearing, which shall be conducted
pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Local Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S.A.
§§ 551 et seq. and 751 et seq. The applicant or aggrieved
party must make their request for a hearing in writing within 10 calendar
days of the date when the party knew or should have known of the Commission's
action which is being challenged.
The Commission shall conspicuously post in the Borough building
an announcement of the hiring or promotional testing and set forth
the time and place of every examination, together with the information
as to the type of position to be filled, the requirements for that
position, where applications may be obtained and the deadline for
filing those applications. In addition, at least two weeks prior to
the close of the application period, publication of the notice shall
occur in at least one newspaper of general circulation or a newspaper
circulating generally in the Borough.
