Marvin Mandel, Governor                         773

title "Baltimore City," subtitle "Police Department," subheading
"General Provisions," to provide that all appointments to the
Police Department at the entrance level of both police officers and
civilian employees shall be probationary for one year.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 16-10 (e) of the Code of Public Local Laws of Balti-
more City (1969 Edition, being Article 4 of the Public Local Laws
of Maryland), title "Baltimore City," subtitle "Police Department,"
subheading "General Provisions," be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

16-10.

(e) Probation. Any provisions relating to the examining author-
ity 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 notwithstanding, 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] year of service, be known and regarded as pro-
bationary. If, at any time during the probationary period, the serv-
ices of such appointees are not satisfactory to the Commissioner, or
if such appointees are not certified by the police physician as physi-
cally qualified to continue to discharge their duties, such person's
employment may, in the discretion of the Commissioner, at any time
within the [two-year] one-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 appointments of police officers to the Department shall,
during the first year of service following completion of entrance level
training, 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
APPOINTEES ARE not certified by the police physician as physi-
cally qualified to continue to discharge their duties, such person's
employment may, in the discretion of the Commissioner, at any time
within a one-year period, be forthwith terminated without the neces-
sity for a hearing, and when so terminated such appointee shall
cease to be a member of the Department.

[(2)] (3) 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 promo-
tional appointment, he shall be reduced to the rank, grade, or posi-
tion from which he was promoted.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 6, 1971.