In order to be eligible for participation in any examination
for any full-time position with the Sewickley Borough Police Department,
every applicant must submit a completed application form to the Commission
or other offices or agencies designated by the Commission before the
deadline stated for that specific examination. The applicant must
make an oath or affirmation that the application has been completed
truthfully, and that the applicant is subject to the penalties of
18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4904, relating to unsworn falsification to
authorities.
The Borough of Sewickley is an equal opportunity employer. It
is the Borough Council and the Commission's policy to grant equal
employment opportunities to qualified persons without regard to race,
religion, color, national origin, gender, lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, age, veteran's status, marital status, or non-job-related
physical or mental handicap or disability. The Borough Council and
the Commission will provide equal opportunities in employment and
promotions.
Application forms shall be available to all interested persons
in the office of the Borough Manager or his/her designee 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 a delay in the mail.
All applicants must have reached their 21st birthday before
the deadline for submitting completed applications. Residency requirements
will be in compliance with the current collective bargaining agreement.
At the time of application, every applicant for a position in
the Police Department shall possess the following qualifications:
A.
Possess a diploma from an accredited high school or a graduate equivalency
diploma (GED).
B.
Be certified under the Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training
Commission (MPOETC), 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2161 et seq., and have
served a minimum of 2,500 hours as a certified police officer for
a Pennsylvania municipal police department.
C.
Be a United States citizen.
D.
Be physically and mentally fit to perform the full duties of a police
officer.
E.
Possess a valid motor vehicle operator's license and be eligible
to legally operate a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
F.
Be certified on BAC Data Master 5,000.
A.
The Commission shall conspicuously post in the Sewickley Borough
Building or other conspicuous locations an announcement of the full-time
police officer testing and set forth the time and place of physical
agility and written examination, together with the information as
to the type of position to be filled, the requirements for that position,
where applications may be obtained for the examination, and the deadline
for filing those applications. For the position of police officer,
at least two weeks prior to the initial designated examination, publication
of the notice shall be placed in at least one newspaper of general
circulation in the Borough of Sewickley.
B.
The Borough Manager or other designated person shall give, in writing,
to each applicant qualified for the next step in the examination process,
a notice, which shall include the date, time and place the applicant
shall report for the next examination in the process. In the case
of physical and psychological examinations, the Borough Manager or
other designated person shall notify the police officer candidate
who has been conditionally offered a position in the Police Department
by a written notice of the date, time and place of the examination
as well as the names of the physical and psychological examiners.
C.
Every such notice shall be mailed or otherwise delivered at least
seven days prior to the date fixed for examination. Only applicants
receiving notices to report for any examination shall be permitted
to participate in such examination, and each applicant shall present
his or her notice to the examiner before he or she shall be examined.
Failure to report for an examination in accordance with the instructions
contained in the written notice shall disqualify the applicant, except
that, in the case of physical or psychological examinations, the physician
or psychologist designated in the notice may fix another date or time
for such examination; provided, however, that any such date or time
shall be written with the period of at least seven days of the date
and time established in the written notice.
Applications for positions of full-time police officer shall
be received at the Borough Building or other offices or agencies designated
by the Commission only after the entry-level position has been properly
advertised and before the deadline for receiving applications, which
must be set forth in the public advertisement. The Civil Service Commission
may assess a reasonable nonrefundable application fee that shall be
indicated in application advertisement. Applications will be received
by the municipal official designated in the public advertisement or
that official'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. Any
application containing material errors or omissions may, at the discretion
of the Commission, be returned to the applicant for correction and,
if so, must be returned by the applicant prior to the deadline for
filing applications, after which no new applications or amended applications
will be accepted.
A.
Penalty for false statement. The statements made by the applicant
in the official application shall contain no falsification, omissions
or concealment of material fact. Should any investigation disclose
any material misstatement, falsification or concealment with respect
to an application:
(1)
The application shall be invalid and the applicant shall be disqualified
from examination; or
(2)
If the applicant shall have been examined, the name of such applicant
shall be removed from the eligibility list; or
(3)
If the applicant shall have been appointed, such material misstatement,
falsification or concealment shall constitute grounds for dismissal
from the Sewickley Police Department.
(4)
No person who has made a material false application shall be permitted
in the future to be an applicant for any position in the Sewickley
Police Department.
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:
A.
Found to have furnished incomplete, inaccurate, misleading or false
information on the official application or in response to any portion
of the hiring process;
B.
Physically unfit for the performance of the duties of the position
of which the candidate seeks employment;
C.
Illegally using a controlled substance, as defined in section 102
of the Controlled Substance Act (Public Law 91-513, 12 U.S.C. § 802);
D.
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 of office;
E.
Affiliated with any group whose policies or activities are subversive
to the forms of government set forth in the Constitution and laws
of the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A.
Any applicant 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 of receiving written notice of what is perceived
as the alleged error. 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.
§ 101 et seq., with or without counsel; at which time the
Commission shall take testimony and review its refusal to provide
examination or certification.
B.
The deliberations of the Commission, including interim rulings on evidentiary or procedural issues, may be held in the nature of a closed executive session. The Commission's disposition of the matter shall constitute official action which shall occur at a public meeting held pursuant to 65 Pa.C.S.A. Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings). The decision of the Commission shall be final.
