# 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

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- Record number: **O2025-0019530**
- Type: Ordinance; category: Municipal Code Amendments
- Status: In Committee (Referred)
- Sponsor: [Gilbert Villegas](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/36) (36th Ward)
- Committee: [Committee on Police and Fire](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/police-and-fire)
- Submitted Date: Sep 15, 2025
- Introduction Date: Sep 25, 2025
- Official record: [Office of the City Clerk](https://chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov/Matter/?matterId=04640DD6-5A92-F011-B4CB-001DD8097E77)

## 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

## Timeline

- Sep 25, 2025: Referred, City Council. The matter was Referred to Committee.

## Documents

- [Police Retirement Ordinance.pdf](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/matterattachmentspublic/ebaf25ea-43e3-438f-a518-b7928e14cea2.pdf) (Legislation)

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- [Amendment of Municipal Code Section 2-44-055 establishing scoring criteria for 9% tax credits](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/matter/O2026-0029453-scoring-criteria-9-tax-credits) (O2026-0029453, introduced Oct 14, 2026, Referred)
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