419.075 MERIT SYSTEM MUNICIPALITIES, DISCHARGE OF PEACE OFFICERS.
Subdivision 1.
Application. This section applies to any city, county, town or other political
subdivision which has adopted a formal merit system under any provision of law or home rule
charter.
Subd. 2.
Officers discharged after hearing. No newly appointed peace officer, after
satisfactory completion of the basic peace officer training course pursuant to sections
626.843 to
626.852 and after a period of no longer than 12 months continuous employment thereafter, shall
be removed or discharged except for cause upon written charges after opportunity to be heard
in defense of the charges.
History: 1971 c 839 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1980 c 509 s 160; 1986 c 444