Eligibility and Service. A. When a vacancy occurs in the promoted rank of Police Chief, no person shall be eligible to take the examination unless he or she has served in the rank of Captain for twelve (12) months prior to the actual date of the examination. Provided, in those cases where there are less than two persons who have served twelve (12) months in the rank of Captain prior to the actual date of the examination who are willing to take the examination, the twelve month’s service requirement shall not apply. If the non- application of the twelve (12) month service requirement to persons in the rank of Captain does not produce two individuals eligible and willing to compete, then the same method shall be followed by going to successively lower ranks until two (2) or more persons are eligible and willing to compete in an examination for the vacancy. In the event this process of searching successively lower ranks reaches the rank of Police Officer, the forty-eight (48) month service requirement applies, provided in those cases where such application still fails to produce two (2) persons who are eligible and willing to compete, said forty-eight (48) month service requirement does not apply. In the event two (2) persons are unwilling to compete for such examination, then the one (1) person who is willing to compete shall be appointed to fill the vacancy after passing a qualifying examination.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
