HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - 21-19 - 04/19/2021 - Police Polygraphs CITY OF MCHENRY
MCHENRY COUNTY
STATE OF ILLINOIS
Ordinance 21-19
Amending Title 6, Public Safety, Chapter 2, Police,Article F: Professional
Examinations and Appointments, Section 6-2F-3: Polygraph Examinations
Passed by the
Mayor and City Council
Of the
City of McHenry
McHenry County
State of Illinois
April 19, 2021
Published in pamphlet form by authority of the Mayor and City Council of the City
of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois this 20th day of April, 2021.
ORDINANCE NO. 21-19
Amending Title 6, Public Safety, Chapter 2, Police, Article F: Professional
Examinations and Appointments, Section 6-2F-3: Polygraph Examinations
WHEREAS, the City of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois, is a home rule
municipality as contemplated under Article VII, Section 6, of the Constitution of the State
of Illinois, and the passage of this Ordinance constitutes an exercise of the City's home rule
powers and functions as granted in the Constitution of the State of Illinois.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of McHenry,
McHenry County, Illinois, as follows:
SECTION 1:Subsection 6-2F-3 Polygraph examinations, shall be amended to read
as follows:
6-2F-3: POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION:
The applicant shall submit himself or herself for a polygraph examination by
a licensed polygraph operator designated and compensated by the City at
such time and place as the Chief of Police may designate. Such test shall be
given without expense to the applicant. The examining professional shall
submit a written report of the results of the examination to the Chief of Police
or designee. Applicants who fail to pass the polygraph examination will not
automatically be disqualified from the process but the results of the
examination may be used as an investigative aid and combined with other
background investigation findings to remove the applicant from further
consideration.
SECTION 2: Ifanysection, paragraph,subdivision, clause,sentence or provision of
this Ordinance shall be adjudged by any Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
judgment shall not effect, impair, invalidate or nullify the remainder thereof, which
remaindershall remain and continue in full force and effect.
SECTION 3: All ordinances, or parts thereof, in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 4:This ordinance shall be published in pamphlet form by and under the
authority of the corporate authorities of the City of McHenry, Illinois.
SECTION 5: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval and publication, as provided by law.
Passed this 19t" day of April, 2021.
Ayes Nays Absent Abstain
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