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The tenure of everyone holding an office, place, position or employment under the provisions of this chapter shall be only during good behavior and any such person may be removed or discharged, suspended without pay, demoted or reduced in rank, or deprived of vacation privileges or other special privileges for any of the following reasons:

A. Incompetency, inefficiency or inattention to or dereliction of duty;

B. Dishonesty, disgraceful, intemperance, prejudicial, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public, or a fellow employee or any other act of omission or commission tending to injure the public service; or any other wilful failure on the part of the employee to properly conduct himself; or any wilful violation of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations to be adopted under this chapter;

C. Mental or physical unfitness for the position which the employee holds;

D. Drunkenness or use of intoxicating liquors, narcotics or any other habit forming drug, liquid or preparation to such extent that the use thereof interferes with the efficiency or mental or physical fitness of the employee, or which precludes the employee from properly performing the function and duties of any position under civil service;

E. Conviction of a felony, or a misdemeanor, involving moral turpitude or illegal drug use;

F. Promotion of dissatisfaction among members of the department;

G. Manhandling, mishandling or inhumane treatment of a civilian or person under arrest;

H. Such other and further bases as may be established from time to time by the department or the appointing authority;

I. Any other act or failure to act which in the judgment of the civil service commissioners is sufficient to show the offender to be an unsuitable and unfit person to be employed in the public service. (Ord. 510 § 2, 1987).