No officer or employee other than a peace officer, after six months' continuous employment, shall be removed or discharged except for cause upon written charges and after an opportunity to be heard in defense of the charges as in this chapter hereinafter provided. No newly appointed peace officer after satisfactory completion of the basic peace officers training course pursuant to sections 626.843 to 626.852 and after a period of no longer than 12 months continuous employment thereafter, shall be removed or discharged except for cause upon written charges and after an opportunity to be heard in defense of the charges as in this chapter hereinafter provided. Such charges shall be investigated by or before such civil service commission. The finding and decision of such commission shall be forthwith certified to the chief or other appointed or superior officer, and will be forthwith enforced by such officer. Nothing in this chapter shall limit the power of any officer to suspend a subordinate for a reasonable period not exceeding 60 days for the purpose of discipline, or pending investigation of charges when the officer deems such suspension advisable. The commission, in any city of the second class situate in two or more counties, may, by resolution adopted by unanimous vote, incorporate in the civil service rules a rule fixing the term of the office of chief of the department at six years from the date of appointment and thereafter the office of chief shall be open to competitive examination for all members of the department qualified to take such examinations. In the event of a new appointment being made to the office of chief as a result of competitive examination, the retiring chief shall be assigned a grade and class in the department as may be determined by the commission. Provided that the limitation of the term of chief as herein provided for shall not affect any person permanently holding the office of chief at the time of the passage of Laws 1947, Chapter 522; provided further that the provisions of this section shall not apply to persons referred to in Minnesota Statutes 1969, Section 299D.03.
(1933-54) 1929 c 299 s 7; 1947 c 522 s 1; 1971 c 839 s 1; 1980 c 509 s 159; 1986 c 444
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement
Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions
Section 419.01 — Establishment.
Section 419.02 — Membership; Joint Police And Fire Commission.
Section 419.04 — Commissioners To Serve Without Pay.
Section 419.05 — Duties Of Commission.
Section 419.06 — Rules For Police Department.
Section 419.07 — Officers Discharged Only After Hearing.
Section 419.075 — Merit System Municipalities, Discharge Of Peace Officers.
Section 419.08 — Rules And Standards.
Section 419.09 — Examinations.
Section 419.10 — Notice Of Examinations; Creation Of Eligible Register; Removal And Additions.
Section 419.11 — Charges Filed With Secretary Of Commission.
Section 419.12 — Suspension And Removal; Reinstatement.
Section 419.13 — Certain Acts A Misdemeanor.
Section 419.14 — Commission Vested With Certain Powers.
Section 419.15 — Officers To Come Under Commission.
Section 419.16 — Abolition Of Commission.