§ 15-113 — Discipline of members; removal from force

§ 15-113 Discipline of members; removal from force.

The commissioner shall have power, in his or her discretion on conviction of a member of the force of any legal offense or neglect of duty, or violation of rules, or neglect or disobedience of orders or incapacity, or absence without leave, or any conduct injurious to the public peace or welfare, or immoral conduct, or conduct unbecoming an officer or member, or other breach of discipline, to punish the offending party by reprimand, forfeiture and withholding of pay for a specified time, or dismissal from the force; but not more than ten days' pay shall be forfeited and withheld for any offense. Officers and members of the uniformed force shall be removable only after written charges shall have been preferred against them, and after the charges shall have been publicly examined into, upon such reasonable notice of not less than forty-eight hours to the person charged, and in such manner of examination as the rules and regulations of the commissioner may prescribe. The examination into such charges and trial shall be conducted by the commissioner, a deputy commissioner or other person designated by the commissioner in writing for that purpose; but no decision shall be final or be enforced until approved by the commissioner. The rules and regulations for the uniformed force of the department, as established from time to time by the commissioner, shall be printed, published and circulated among the officers and members of such department.