Section 36-8-10-10.4 - County police force; preference for employment(a) Subject to subsection (c), the board shall give a preference for employment according to the following priority: (1) A war veteran who has been honorably discharged from the United States armed forces.(2) A person whose mother or father was a: (A) firefighter of a unit;(B) municipal police officer; or(C) county police officer; who died in the line of duty (as defined in IC 5-10-10-2).
(b) Subject to subsection (c), the board may give a preference for employment to any of the following: (1) A member of another department laid off under section 11.1 of this chapter.(2) A police officer laid off by a city under IC 36-8-4-11.(c) A person described in subsection (a) or (b) may not receive a preference for employment unless the person: (2) meets all employment requirements prescribed:(A) by law, including physical and age requirements; andAs added by P.L. 95-2003, SEC.2. Amended by P.L. 110-2010, SEC.36.