Section 36-8-4-10 - Public safety officers; preference for employment(a) Subject to subsection (c), the board or persons having the authority to employ members of the fire or police department 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 or person having the authority to employ members of a fire or police department may give a preference for employment to any of the following: (1) A police officer or firefighter laid off by another city under section 11 of this chapter.(2) A county police officer laid off by a sheriff's department under IC 36-8-10-11.1.(3) A person who: (A) was employed full-time or part-time by a township to provide fire protection and emergency services; and(B) has been laid off by the township.(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; and(B) by the fire or police department.Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-35-3.
As added by Acts1981 , P.L. 309, SEC.53. Amended by P.L. 95-2003, SEC.1; P.L. 110-2010, SEC.35.