A. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all full-time, fully commissioned officers of the city’s police department, except for the position of police chief, who, because of the nature of his position, shall serve in his position as other city department heads without civil service coverage.

B. All clerical, dispatchers, mechanics and other employees of the police department who are not full-time, fully commissioned police officers are excluded from coverage under this chapter.

C. The position of civil service secretary and chief examiner shall not be a civil service position.

D. All appointments to and promotions to positions covered by this chapter shall be made solely on merit, efficiency and fitness, which shall be ascertained by competitive examination and impartial investigation. No person shall be reinstated in or transferred, suspended or discharged from any such place, position or employment contrary to the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 510 § 2, 1987).