Authority: IC 10-11-2-10

Affected: IC 10-11-1; IC 10-11-2

Sec. 3. (a) Entry level vacancies can be filled without advertising.

(b) Appointments to entry level positions will be approved by the superintendent or the superintendent's designee.

(c) Whenever there is urgent need of an employee for a temporary period, a temporary appointment may be authorized for a period not to exceed ninety (90) working days. Successive temporary appointments of the same person shall not be made. However, an employee may be reappointed at a later date if his or her total employment in a temporary position does not exceed ninety (90) working days in a twelve (12) month period.

(d) An appointment to a temporary position will be approved by the superintendent or the superintendent's designee.

(e) Any employee appointed to fill the position of an employee granted maternity, military, or special sick leave shall be terminated when the incumbent returns.

(f) All appointments of newly hired state police employees and appointments of permanent employees to different classifications shall be subject to a probationary period. The length of such probationary period shall be as follows:

1. (1) For an employee who works on a full-time basis, the probationary period shall be six (6) months except an employee assigned to a technical position who shall serve a probationary period of one (1) year.
2. (2) For an employee working less than full time, but more than half time, the probationary period shall be for one (1) year.
3. (3) For an employee working less than half time, the probationary period shall be eighteen (18) months.
4. (4) Upon written request of the commander of the probationary employee, with accompanying job related reasons, the superintendent, with approval of the state police board, may extend the probationary period by an additional period not to exceed the original probationary period.
5. (5) A newly hired employee who is on probation shall be subject, without recourse, to termination at any time during the probationary period by the superintendent.

6. (6) For the purpose of this subsection, a technical position shall be any of the following:

   1. (A) Chemist.
   2. (B) Information specialist.
   3. (C) Computer programmer.
   4. (D) Software specialist.
   5. (E) Document examiner.

(State Police Department; 240 IAC 1-5-3; filed Jan 6, 1983, 8:23 a.m.: 6 IR 329; filed Aug 8, 1995, 12:00 p.m.: 18 IR 3377; readopted filed Oct 17, 2001, 10:05 a.m.: 25 IR 935; readopted filed Jul 2, 2007, 3:01 p.m.: 20070711-IR-240070255RFA; readopted filed Dec 2, 2013, 10:29 a.m.: 20140101-IR-240130458RFA; readopted filed Nov 30, 2020, 2:49 p.m.: 20201230-IR-240200497RFA)