Zavisin v. City of Loveland

The question before this court is the interrelationship between R.C. 124.44,1 which provides the procedure for pro*160motion of police patrolmen, and R.C. 124.37,2 which sets forth the procedure for removals, reappointments and demotions in police and fire departments. Specifically the issue is whether upon a vacancy in a position above the rank of patrolman, must the vacancy be filled pursuant to R.C. 124.44 or may the vacant position be abolished within the sixty-day period?

When a position in a police department has been both established and occupied by appointment, a vacancy in that position…