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NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-4.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-4.10 - Establishment of minority recruitment and selection program.

52:17B-4.10 Establishment of minority recruitment and selection program.  2. a. Each law enforcement agency in this State shall establish a minority recruitment and selection program in accordance with guidelines established by the Attorney General pursuant to section 4 of this act. The program shall seek to remedy past discrimination in furtherance of the goal of the agency being comprised of law enforcement officers who reflect the diversity of the population of the community the agency is charged with protecting. In implementing the program, the law enforcement agency shall make a good faith effort to meet specific goals for recruiting and hiring minorities and females within established time frames. The program shall include methods of evaluating whether these goals are met and provide for additional contingent measures to be taken if the program fails to meet its specific goals. b. The minority recruitment and selection program established pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be posted on the official Internet website of each law enforcement agency.  c. The county prosecutor shall monitor the results of the minority recruitment and selection programs established by county and municipal law enforcement agencies within the jurisdiction of the prosecutor as required in subsection a. of this section. The county prosecutor shall annually report this information to the Attorney General. d. The Attorney General shall monitor the results of the minority recruitment and selection program established by the Division of State Police and, in consultation with the respective commissioner of any other State department that maintains a law enforcement agency, the programs established by other State law enforcement agencies as required in subsection a. of this section. e. The Attorney General shall annually report to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly a summary of the results obtained pursuant to subsection d. of this section and the results reported by the county prosecutors pursuant to subsection c. of this section. The Attorney General also shall post this summary on the official Internet website of the Department of Law and Public Safety.  L.2020, c.107, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-4.11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-4.11 - Annual reports.

52:17B-4.11 Annual reports.  3. a. Each State law enforcement agency, including the Division of State Police, shall annually report to the Attorney General and each municipal and county law enforcement agency in this State shall annually report to the county prosecutor with jurisdiction over the agency a report containing: (1) the age, gender, race, and ethnicity of the law enforcement officers currently appointed to the law enforcement agency;  (2) the age, gender, race, and ethnicity of applicants for a law enforcement officer position in the preceding calendar year;  (3) the age, gender, race, and ethnicity of applicants appointed to the agency in the preceding calendar year;  (4) the reasons for denying applicants an appointment to the law enforcement agency; and  (5) the age, gender, race, and ethnicity of each law enforcement officer promoted within the agency in the preceding calendar year, including the position to which the officer was promoted. b. Each municipal law enforcement agency shall publish in the agency's annual report the information required by subsection a. of this section. c. Each county prosecutor shall publish in the county prosecutor's annual report the information required by subsection a. of this section for each county law enforcement agency within the jurisdiction of the county prosecutor. d. Each State law enforcement agency shall publish in the agency's annual report the information required by subsection a. of this section. e. The county prosecutor shall forward the information required in subsection a. of this section to the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall collect, gather, assemble, and collate the information required in subsection a. of this section into an annual report to be issued to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C:52:14-19.1), to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly. f. The Attorney General shall post on the official Internet web site of the Department of Law and Public Safety each annual report required by subsection e. of this section. L.2020, c.107, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-4.12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-4.12 - Guidelines, directives.

52:17B-4.12 Guidelines, directives.  4. The Attorney General shall develop for dissemination to law enforcement agencies and county prosecutors throughout this State those guidelines or directives deemed necessary or appropriate to ensure the uniform application of this act. L.2020, c.107, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-5 - Division of Law headed by Attorney General; transfer of powers and duties to Division

52:17B-5. Division of Law headed by Attorney General; transfer of powers and duties to Division  The Division of Law shall be headed by the Attorney General and shall be administered by him and his deputy attorneys-general and deputy assistant attorneys-general as provided herein and as may be provided by other law. The Department of Law, together with all of its functions, powers and duties, is continued, but such department is hereby transferred to and constituted the Division of Law in the Department of Law and Public Safety established hereunder. The functions, powers and duties conferred upon, or required to be exercised or performed by the Attorney-General are continued but such functions, powers and duties are hereby transferred to and vested in the Division of Law established hereunder, and shall be exercised and performed by the Attorney General as the head of such division. L.1948, c. 439, p. 1709, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-5.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-5.1 - Uniform crime reporting system; establishment

52:17B-5.1. Uniform crime reporting system; establishment  A uniform crime reporting system shall be established under the direction, control and supervision of the Attorney General in the Department of Law and Public Safety. The Attorney General shall have the power and duty, by such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary, to collect and gather such information from such local and county police authorities as may be and is hereinafter prescribed in this act. L.1966, c. 37, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-5.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-5.2 - Collection of information by Division of State Police

52:17B-5.2. Collection of information by Division of State Police  The Attorney General may designate the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety to be the agency which shall collect, gather, assemble and collate such information as is prescribed by this act. L.1966, c. 37, s. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-5.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-5.3 - Submission of reports relative to certain offenses, information.

52:17B-5.3 Submission of reports relative to certain offenses, information.  3. a. All local and county police authorities shall submit a quarterly report to the Attorney General, on forms prescribed by the Attorney General, which report shall contain the number and nature of offenses committed within their respective jurisdictions, the disposition of such matters, information relating to criminal street gang activities within their respective jurisdictions, information relating to any offense directed against a person or group, or their property, by reason of their race, color, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, or ethnicity and such other information as the Attorney General may require, respecting information relating to the cause and prevention of crime, recidivism, the rehabilitation of criminals and the proper administration of criminal justice. b. A law enforcement officer who responds to an offense involving criminal street gang activity shall complete a gang related incident offense report on a form prescribed by the Superintendent of State Police. All information contained in the gang related incident offense report shall be forwarded to the Superintendent of State Police for inclusion in the Uniform Crime Report. c. A law enforcement officer who seizes or recovers a firearm that was unlawfully possessed, used for an unlawful purpose, recovered from a crime scene or is reasonably believed to have been used in or associated with the commission of a crime, or is otherwise acquired as an abandoned or discarded firearm shall complete, within 24 hours of the entering of the required information relating to that firearm into the New Jersey Trace System and such other State and federal database systems as prescribed by the superintendent, a seized or recovered firearms incident report on a form prescribed by the superintendent. The incident report shall be filed with the State Police in a manner and time prescribed by the superintendent. L.1966, c.37, s.3; amended 2005, c.332, s.1; 2007, c.303, s.4; 2010, c.110; 2013, c.162, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-5.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-5.4 - Compilation, analysis, classification of crime statistics.

52:17B-5.4 Compilation, analysis, classification of crime statistics.  4. a. Upon receipt of such information the Attorney General shall have such data collated and formulated and shall compile such statistics as he may deem necessary in order to present a proper classification and analysis of the volume and nature of crime and the administration of criminal justice within this State. b. The classification and analysis presented in accordance with subsection a. shall include a section on the per capita crime statistics for a resort municipality as defined in section 3 of P.L.1998, c.50 (C.34:1-5.2). That section shall contain data based on both the population of the resort municipality and the annual mean population of that municipality as estimated by the Department of Labor pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1998, c.50 (C.34:1-5.1). L.1966,c.37,s.4; amended 1998, c.50, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-5.4a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-5.4a - Collection, analysis of information, central repository.

52:17B-5.4a Collection, analysis of information, central repository.  5. The Attorney General shall maintain a central repository for the collection and analysis of information collected pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1966, c.37 (C.52:17B-5.3). Information in the repository shall be made available to the public. The Attorney General may designate the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety to be the agency to maintain the repository and provide information from the repository to the public.  L.2007, c.303, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-5.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-5.5 - Annual report by Attorney General

52:17B-5.5. Annual report by Attorney General  The Attorney General shall render an annual report of the results of the information gathered and collated to the Governor and the Legislature. L.1966, c. 37, s. 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-5.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-5.6 - Office of Consumer Protection; establishment

52:17B-5.6. Office of Consumer Protection; establishment  There is hereby established in the Division of Law of the Department of Law and Public Safety a bureau which shall be known as the Office of Consumer Protection. L.1967, c. 23, s. 1, eff. March 30, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-5.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-5.7 - Functions, powers and duties of the Attorney General

52:17B-5.7. Functions, powers and duties of the Attorney General  All of the functions, powers and duties of the Attorney General deriving from chapter 39 of the laws of 1960 as supplemented shall be exercised by him through the Office of Consumer Protection established hereunder. L.1967, c. 23, s. 2, eff. March 30, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-5.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-5.8 - Executive-director; appointment; compensation; assistance

52:17B-5.8. Executive-director; appointment; compensation; assistance  The office shall be administered by an executive-director who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall fix the compensation of the executive-director within the limits of available appropriations and shall assign to the office such employees in the Department of Law and Public Safety as may be necessary to assist the executive-director in the performance of his duties and for the efficient operation of the work of the office. L.1967, c. 23, s. 3, eff. March 30, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-5.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-5.9 - Powers and duties

52:17B-5.9. Powers and duties  The office shall, in addition to other powers and duties, vested in it by this act, or any other law: (a) Receive and forward to appropriate agencies of the State for final processing and determination complaints from any citizen relating to consumer affairs. It shall be the further responsibility of this office to maintain records indicating the final disposition of any matter so referred; (b) Advise the Governor and the Attorney General as to all matters affecting the interests of the public as consumers; (c) Review State policies and programs of primary importance to consumers or the unmet consumer needs which can appropriately be met through State action; (d) Consider the aspects of State policies, programs and operations wherein the view of consumers should be made available to State officials and the manner in which such views can be communicated to appropriate departments and agencies; (e) Recommend the enactment of such legislation as it deems necessary to protect and promote the interests of the public as consumers; (f) Appear before governmental departments, agencies and commissions to represent and be heard on behalf of consumer interests; (g) Cooperate with and establish necessary liaison with consumer organizations; (h) Assist in the coordination of Federal, State and municipal activities relating to consumer affairs; and (i) Do such other acts as may be incidental to the exercise of the powers and functions conferred by this act. L.1967, c. 23, s. 4, eff. March 30, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-5.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-5.10 - Cooperation of other departments and agencies

52:17B-5.10. Cooperation of other departments and agencies  All departments, agencies, officers and employees of the State shall cooperate with the office in carrying out its functions under this act. L.1967, c. 23, s. 5, eff. March 30, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-5.13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-5.13 - Action for recovery of moneys; officers of public entities convicted of diversion of public moneys

52:17B-5.13. Action for recovery of moneys; officers of public entities convicted of diversion of public moneys  Whenever it appears that any person holding public office, position or employment in municipal, county or State Government, or any board, body, agency, authority or commission thereof, including elected and appointed persons has taken public moneys and converted them to his own use, or has used his office, position or employment to obtain moneys for himself which should have been used for the benefit of the taxpayers and citizens of this State, and has been convicted of a crime in connection therewith, the Attorney General may start proceedings, in the State or Federal court that he deems proper, for recovery of the moneys. L.1973, c. 36, s. 1, eff. Feb. 21, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-5.14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-5.14 - Return to public entity of money recovered in action

52:17B-5.14. Return to public entity of money recovered in action  Any moneys recovered by the Attorney General pursuant to section 1 of this act shall be returned to the municipality, county or State Government from which it was taken or diverted, less the actual costs of recovery. L.1973, c. 36, s. 2, eff. Feb. 21, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-6 - Department of State Police transferred

52:17B-6. Department of State Police transferred  The Department of State Police, together with all of its functions, powers and duties is continued, but such department is hereby transferred to and constituted the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety established hereunder. L.1948, c. 439, p. 1709, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-7 - Division of State Police headed by Superintendent of State Police; appointment; term; salary; removal

52:17B-7. Division of State Police headed by Superintendent of State Police; appointment; term; salary; removal  The executive and administrative head of the Division of State Police shall be the Superintendent of State Police, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to direct the work of such division. The Superintendent of State Police shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall serve during the term of office of the Governor appointing him and until the superintendent's successor is appointed and has qualified; provided, however, that the person in office as Superintendent of State Police on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, shall hold the office of Superintendent of State Police in the Division of State Police established hereunder for the unexpired period of the term for which he was appointed, and until his successor is appointed and qualifies. The Superintendent of State Police shall receive such salary as shall be provided by law and shall devote his entire time and attention to the duties of his office. He may be removed from office by the Governor, for cause, upon notice and opportunity to be heard. L.1948, c. 439, p. 1709, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-8 - Transfer of powers and duties of Superintendent

52:17B-8. Transfer of powers and duties of Superintendent  The functions, powers and duties of the Superintendent of State Police in the existing Department of State Police are continued, but such functions, powers and duties are hereby transferred to and vested in the Superintendent of State Police designated as the executive and administrative head of the Division of State Police established hereunder, and shall be exercised and performed by him through such division. L.1948, c. 439, p. 1710, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-9 - Department of State Police continued as Division of State Police

52:17B-9. Department of State Police continued as Division of State Police  Except as otherwise provided herein or as may be changed pursuant to authorization contained herein or in any other law, the organization of the existing Department of State Police is continued as the organization of the Division of State Police established hereunder. L.1948, c. 439, p. 1710, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-9.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-9.1 - State capitol police force; reconstitution in department of law and public safety; members; powers; oath

52:17B-9.1. State capitol police force; reconstitution in department of law and public safety; members; powers; oath  The State Capitol Police Force created pursuant to R.S. 52:20-25 is hereby reconstituted in the Department of Law and Public Safety under the direction and supervision of the Superintendent of State Police. The State Capitol Police Force, as reconstituted, shall consist of the present members of said force with such officers of rank and grade as the Superintendent, with the approval of the Attorney General, shall designate. The officers of the force shall possess all police powers as other police officers, subject to the rules of the Division of State Police. Each member of the State Capitol Police Force shall take an oath that he will well and truly serve the State of New Jersey as an officer of the State Capitol Police Force, which oath shall be filed with the Secretary of State. L.1977, c. 135, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-9.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-9.2 - Jurisdiction; duties and responsibilities

52:17B-9.2. Jurisdiction; duties and responsibilities  a. The jurisdiction of the State Capitol Police Force shall cover all State Capitol grounds, adjoining parks, court rooms, jury rooms and assembly areas, and may be extended by the Governor to such other buildings and grounds owned, leased or used by the State and the adjacent and surrounding grounds and areas to and between such grounds as he may deem necessary to perform the duties set forth herein. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the assignment, from time to time, of other personnel to perform specific police duties as the Governor may deem necessary to maintain law, order and decorum on said State buildings and grounds. b. The duties and responsibilities of the State Capitol Police Force shall include: (1) Maintenance of law, order and decorum on all State grounds as enumerated above; (2) The protection and policing of all areas used by the members of the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary, and the rendering and performing of services necessary to the proper, convenient and efficient performance of said members' duties at, around, and between State grounds as set forth herein, and the offices used by members of the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary; and (3) Attaining such standards of training and competence as may be set by the Superintendent of State Police with the approval of the Attorney General. L.1977, c. 135, s. 2, eff. July 1, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:17B-9.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:17B-9.3 - Equipment

52:17B-9.3. Equipment  Such equipment as is assigned to the members of the State Capitol Police Force as of the date of enactment of this act shall remain with the force. The Division of State Police shall supply such equipment as is deemed necessary by the Superintendent. L.1977, c. 135, s. 3, eff. July 1, 1977.