§45-28A-42.01. Police and fire departments under civil service.

The police department and the fire department and all officers and members of the departments, including the chiefs of the departments, the clerk of the police court, and the clerk or secretary of the chief of police, shall be governed by civil service regulations under the direction and supervision of a board as hereinafter provided, and all persons who may hereafter be elected or appointed as officers or members of such departments, or either of them, or who may hereafter be employed in either of the departments as members thereof, shall thereafter remain and continue in their respective employments of the cities during good behavior, efficiency, and obedience to such reasonable rules and regulations as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the civil service board, which is herein provided for, and as is hereafter provided. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent or preclude the removal of any officer or member of either of the departments by the civil service board for cause in the manner hereafter prescribed.

(Acts 1951, No. 671, p. 1158, §2.)