No officer or employee of the fire or police department, including the chiefs thereof, shall be dismissed, removed, or discharged except for cause. But the commission may suspend any officer or employee pending an investigation of charges against him not to exceed fifteen days at any one time.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-734; 1952 Code Section 47-734; 1942 Code Section 7546; 1939 (41) 160; 1943 (43) 45.