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ALL TIMES BE OPEN TO THE INSPECTION OF THE PUBLIC,
AND THE EXAMINATION PAPERS AND OTHER MATERIAL
USED IN DETERMINING AN APPLICANT'S ELIGIBILITY
SHALL BE OPEN TO INSPECTION OF THE COMMISSIONER
(OR HIS DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE) OR THE APPLI-
CANT FOR PROMOTION.

(d)    Appointments without examination.—Notwithstanding any
provisions of this section, or of this subtitle, the Commissioner may
make any appointment to the Department above the rank of Captain,
without examination, except that no such position shall be filled by a
police officer within the Department of a rank less than Lieutenant,
and where any such appointment is made the police officer so ap-
pointed shall, upon the termination of his service in such position,
be returned to the rank from which he was elevated, or to such higher
rank as he became eligible to serve in during his appointment.

(e)    Probation.--All ANY PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE
EXAMINING AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN SECTIONS 108 TO
121, BOTH INCLUSIVE, OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER
OF BALTIMORE CITY (1964 REVISION) AS AMENDED
FROM TIME TO TIME, TO THE CONTRARY NOTWITH-
STANDING, ALL appointments and promotional appointments shall
be probationary in accordance with the following rules:

(1)    All appointments to the Department at the entrance level of
both police officers and civilian employees shall, during the first and
second years of service, be known and regarded as probationary.
If, at any time during the probationary period, the services of such
appointees are not satisfactory to the Commissioner, or if such ap-
pointees are not certified by the police physician as physically quali-
fied to continue to discharge their duties, such person's employment
may, in the discretion of the Commissioner, at any time within the
two-year period, be forthwith terminated without the necessity for a
hearing, and when so terminated such appointee shall cease to be
a member of the Department.

(2)    All promotional appointees, both police officers and civilian
employees, shall be probationary for one year after which, if their
services are satisfactory to the Commissioner, and the appointee is
physically able to perform the duties of his rank, grade, or position,
as certified by the police physician, such promotional appointment
shall be made permanent. If, in the judgment of the Commissioner,
the services of a promotional appointee have not been satisfactory,
or he is not physically qualified for such promotional appointment, he
shall be reduced to the rank, grade, or position from which he was
promoted.

Disciplinary proceedings—members of Department.
536.

(a) All members of the Department, except those serving at
the pleasure of the Commissioner, and those on probationary status
under Section 535(f) (1), shall be retained in the Department dur-
ing good behavior and efficiency and may be dismissed or removed,
from the Department only for cause, in accordance with rules, regula-
tions, or orders to be prescribed by the Commissioner for the govern-
ment and discipline of members of the Department. Nothing herein
shall prevent the Commissioner from adopting rules and regulations