Section 36-8-9-7 - Probationary appointments(a) The board may provide that all appointments to the police department are probationary for a period not to exceed one (1) year.(b) If the board finds, upon the recommendation of the chief of the department during the probationary period, that the conduct or capacity of a member is not satisfactory, the board shall notify the member in writing that the member is being suspended or that the member will not receive a permanent appointment.(c) If a member is notified that the member will not receive a permanent appointment, the member's employment immediately ceases. Otherwise, at the expiration of the probationary period, the member is considered regularly employed.As added by P.L. 98-2000, SEC.28.