Sec. 7-289. Qualifications of matron; salary; removal.
Sec. 7-289. Qualifications of matron; salary; removal. Each police matron shall
be (1) a female police officer or (2) a woman at least eighteen years of age. The hiring
authority may establish other qualifications for the employment of police matrons and
require evidence of fulfillment of these qualifications. Such matron shall receive such
salary as the common council of the city determines and may be removed by the board
of police commissioners or police committee if, in its judgment, the public interest
requires it. The officer in charge of the station shall, whenever it is necessary, order
policemen to assist the matron upon her request for such assistance.
(1949 Rev., S. 671; P.A. 87-39, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-2; P.A. 91-171, S. 2, 3.)
History: P.A. 87-39 reduced minimum age of matrons from 30 to 18; P.A. 89-2 authorized female police officer to be
qualified as a police matron; P.A. 91-171 eliminated from the qualifications for a matron that a woman at least 18 years
of age be "of good moral character, recommended in writing by at least five men and five women of good standing, who
have been for five years residents of the city", and added provision authorizing the hiring authority to establish other
qualifications and require evidence of fulfillment of these qualifications.