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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 2 (BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS), CHAPTER 4 (BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS), AND TITLE 8 (POLICE), CHAPTER 1 (POLICE DEPARTMENT) OF THE ORLAND PARK VILLAGE CODE REGARDING THE LATERAL APPOINTMENT OF POLICE OFFICERS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK
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WHEREAS, the Village of Orland Park, (hereafter the "Village") is a home rule municipality and pursuant to the Illinois Constitution, Article VII, Section 6, has certain powers which it is exercising; and
WHEREAS, the Village has an important interest in ensuring that the personnel it employs in supervisory roles in its Police Department are of the highest qualifications, morals, leadership abilities and experience; and
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees firmly believe that in order to continue to build a secure, safe and healthy community, the Village must be allowed to select from the best possible candidates when determining who will serve in supervisory roles in the Police Department; and
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village hereby find and determine that it is in the best interests of the Village of Orland Park, and its residents and businesses, and the Police Department, to strengthen the Village’s law enforcement recruitment by expanding the pool from which candidates for the positions of lieutenant and commander in the Village’s Police Department are selected so as to make said positions available to the largest number of qualified applicants and deepen the expert law enforcement workforce; and
WHEREAS, in exercise of its home-rule authority, the Village, through its President and Board of Trustees, hereby finds and determines that it is in the best interest of the Village and its residents and businesses that persons appointed to the special assignments of lieutenant, commander, or deputy chief in the Village’s Police Department should be appointed by the Village Manager and not have to be existing police off...
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