Procedures in the event of reduction in force.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 279-245
in effectSec. 279-245. - Procedures in the event of reduction in force.
(a) As used in this section, appointing authority means the chief and the board.
(b) When it is necessary for financial reasons for the appointing authority to reduce by layoff the number of members of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, members shall be laid off in reverse hiring order, with the last member appointed to the department being the first to be laid off, until the desired level of employment is achieved.
(c) If the department's membership is increased, the members of the department who have been laid off under subsection (b) of this section shall be reinstated before any new member is appointed to the department. Members shall be reinstated in reverse of the order in which the members were laid off with the last member laid off from the department being the first to be reinstated.
(d) A member of the department who is laid off shall keep the appointing authority advised of the member's current address. The appointing authority shall inform a member of the member's reinstatement by written notice sent by certified mail to the member's last known address.
(e) Not later than twenty (20) days after the date the notice of reinstatement is sent under subsection (d) of this section, the member shall advise the appointing authority whether the member:
(1) Accepts reinstatement; and
(2) Will commence employment on the date specified in the notice.
(f) All reinstatement rights granted to a member under this section terminate on the earlier of:
(1) The date the member fails to accept reinstatement within the time specified in subsection (e) of this section; or
(2) Three (3) years after the date on which a member's layoff begins.
(G.O. 110, 2005, § 1; G.O. 47, 2009, § 11)
Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIORAD_CH279INMEPODE_ARTIIOR_DIV4MI_S279-245PREVREFOFetched: 10/27/2026