§ 2-524. Hearing authorities for suspension or removal of law enforcement officers.

(a)

Pursuant to Wis. Stats. § 62.13(6m), the village may not suspend, reduce, suspend and reduce or remove any police chief or other law enforcement officer who is not probationary unless the village follows the procedure under Wis. Stats. § 62.13. To act under this subsection in place of the village board of police and fire commissioners under Wis. Stats. §§ 62.13(1) through 62.13(6), the village may do either of the following:

(1)

Establish a committee of not less than three members, none of whom may be an elected or appointed official of the village or be employed by the village. The village shall pay each member for the member's cost of serving on the committee; or

(2)

Send a written request for a hearing examiner to the division of hearings and appeals under Wis. Stats. § 15.103(1). The village shall reimburse the state for the state's costs under this subsection.

(b)

The provisions of this section, required by Wis. Stats. § 61.65(1)(am), first applies to law enforcement officers, when such officers are subject to a collective bargaining agreement which is in conflict with the statutory requirements, but which is still in effect on April 9, 1986, only after the expiration date of such agreement.

(Code 1989, § 5-1-7)