Amendment of Municipal Code Section 2-152-410 to increase maximum age to receive initial appointment as probationary career service police officer to 55 years old

Impact report

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This ordinance would raise the oldest age a person can be first hired as a probationary Chicago police officer from 40 to 55.

Who it affects

People ages 41 to 55 who want to become Chicago police officers: They would be able to receive a first appointment as a probationary police officer, which the current age limit of 40 does not allow.
Chicago Police Department: The department could hire new probationary officers from a wider age range, up to age 55.
People seeking to become firefighters or firefighter/EMTs: Their maximum starting age stays at 38, since the ordinance does not change that limit.
Former police officers and firefighters: They can still be rehired, subject to rules set by the commissioner of human resources.
People already on existing hiring lists: The age limits do not apply to appointments made from employment lists that exist on the date the ordinance passes.

What changes

The maximum age for a first hire as a probationary police officer would go from 40 to 55.
The maximum age for a first hire as a probationary firefighter or firefighter/EMT stays at 38.
Age limits would not apply to people hired from employment lists that already exist when the ordinance passes.
Former police officers and firefighters could still be rehired under human resources rules.

Where: 36th Ward

When: Upon passage and publication

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