Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 36-8-9-7 (2026)
Probationary appointments
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 7. (a) The board may provide that all appointments to the police department are probationary for a period not to exceed one (1) year.
(b) If the board finds, upon the recommendation of the chief of the department during the probationary period, that the conduct or capacity of a member is not satisfactory, the board shall notify the member in writing that the member is being suspended or that the member will not receive a permanent appointment.
(c) If a member is notified that the member will not receive a permanent appointment, the member's employment immediately ceases. Otherwise, at the expiration of the probationary period, the member is considered regularly employed.
As added by P.L.98-2000, SEC.28.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Machalk v. Cedar Lake, Indiana Town of (N.D. Ind. 2024).
Machalk v. Cedar Lake, Indiana Town of (N.D. Ind. 2024). “As a result, the Court cannot review the contents of the relevant provision for substantive criteria to 8 However, Indiana Code § 36-8-9-7, which “applies to all towns,” see Ind.”
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