Columbia Assistant police chief appeal rights ordinance (§ 19-240)

Any assistant police chief shall be given, upon written request, a meeting with the chief of police within fortyeight (48) hours of a dismissal, disciplinary demotion or suspension that results in a reduction or withholding of salary. At any such meeting, the chief shall provide a brief statement, which may be oral, of the reason of the

discharge, disciplinary demotion or suspension and permit the employee the opportunity to respond. The result of this meeting shall be reduced to writing. This subsection shall not apply to an assistant police chief serving in a probationary period.