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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-4 - Powers and duties of Attorney General

52:17B-4. Powers and duties of Attorney General
The Attorney General, in addition to the functions, powers and duties specifically conferred and imposed upon him, shall:
a. Maintain suitable headquarters for the department and such other quarters within the State as he may deem necessary to the department's proper functioning;
b. Have general responsibility for the department's operations under this act;
c. Supervise the organization of the department and changes in the organization thereof, except that the divisions, bureaus, boards, and offices herein specifically provided shall be maintained;
d. Formulate and adopt rules and regulations for the efficient conduct of the work and general administration of the department, its officers and employees;
e. Adopt uniform procedures for all secretarial, recording and clerical duties of each of the divisions, bureaus and other agencies within the department;
f. Perform such other functions and duties as the Governor may prescribe;
g. Be the request officer of the department within the meaning of such term as defined in chapter one hundred twelve of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and forty-four; and
h. Make an annual report to the Governor and to the Legislature of the department's operations, and render such other reports as the Governor or the Legislature shall from time to time request.
L.1948, c. 439, p. 1708, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-4a - "SNAP" reports to be made on quarterly basis.

52:17B-4a "SNAP" reports to be made on quarterly basis.
40. Notwithstanding any rules, regulations or guidelines promulgated by the Attorney General, State narcotics action plan reports, commonly referred to as "SNAP" reports, shall be made on a quarterly basis. The Department of Law and Public Safety shall develop and supply to all participating police departments a standard computer software program, which shall include all of the necessary parameters for reporting, so that the SNAP reports may be generated by computer.
L.2000,c.126,s.40.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-4b - Additional powers, duties of Attorney General concerning certain declarations of death.

52:17B-4b Additional powers, duties of Attorney General concerning certain declarations of death.
3. In addition to the powers and duties conferred upon the Attorney General by the Constitution, the common and statutory law of this State, the Attorney General may initiate or intervene in any proceedings or action brought pursuant to N.J.S.3B:27-6, including a class action law suit, on behalf of citizens of this State to seek a declaration of death of an absentee under subsection b. of N.J.S.3B:27-1. The Attorney General may take all steps necessary or useful in carrying out the powers provided in this act.
L.2001,c.247,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-4.1 - Governmental immunity study; recommendations; technical and clerical assistance

52:17B-4.1. Governmental immunity study; recommendations; technical and clerical assistance
The Attorney General is authorized, during the fiscal years commencing July 1, 1966, to study the present general provisions of the statutes and case law relating to governmental immunity of the State, of counties and municipalities to respond in damages for the negligence of their agents or servants; and to report to the Legislature the results of such study, together with recommendations for amendments and additions to existing statutes intended to modernize procedures relating thereto. For this purpose the Attorney General may employ such technical and clerical assistance as he may find necessary.
L.1967, c. 20, s. 1, eff. March 21, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-4.2 - Advisory committee; members; expenses

52:17B-4.2. Advisory committee; members; expenses
The Attorney General is further authorized to appoint an advisory committee of not more than 9 persons representing the State, municipalities, counties, the General Assembly and Senate Chairmen of the Judiciary Committees of the Legislature, the New Jersey Bar Association, the American Trial Lawyers Association and the Defense Attorneys Association, to consult with him and advise during the progress of such study; the members of such committee to be paid necessary expenses actually incurred in attending such meetings as shall be called by the Attorney General.
L.1967, c. 20, s. 2, eff. March 21, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-4.3 - Bulletproof vests; donations; acceptance

52:17B-4.3. Bulletproof vests; donations; acceptance
Any monetary donation by a private individual made available to the State, which specifies the purchase of bulletproof vests, or any donation of bulletproof vests, which vests meet the requirements of those used as standard equipment by the Division of State Police, shall be accepted by the Attorney General on behalf of the State and distributed or appropriated for law enforcement purposes. Any such monetary donation shall be included in the annual appropriation bill and distributed in the same manner as other appropriations.
L.1982, c. 41, s. 1, eff. June 21, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-4.4a - "Microstamp Fund" established.

52:17B-4.4a "Microstamp Fund" established.
4. a. There is created in the Department of the Treasury a nonlapsing fund entitled the "Microstamp Fund." The fund shall be the depository for any State appropriations or other monies provided for the purchase of microstamping-enabled firearms by law enforcement agencies. The fund shall be administered by the State Treasurer.
b. Funds within the Microstamp Fund may be used to purchase firearms on the microstamp roster for the New Jersey State Police or any municipal police department or force.
c. Any municipality which has a police department or force may apply to the Attorney General or a designee for a grant to purchase firearms on the microstamp roster. Application shall be made in a manner prescribed by the Attorney General and shall include information on the intended use and estimated cost of the firearms request. The Attorney General or a designee shall select grant recipients. Any funds awarded shall be used within one year of receipt or the funds shall be returned.
L.2022, c.57, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-4.5 - Training program for law enforcement officers on substances used to facilitate sexual assaults

52:17B-4.5 Training program for law enforcement officers on substances used to facilitate sexual assaults
7. a. The Department of Law and Public Safety shall establish and maintain a suitable training program for law enforcement officers regarding the use of narcotics, anesthetics, intoxicants, and other substances which could be used to facilitate sexual assault.
b. The Department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) rules and regulations necessary to implement this act.
L.1997,c. 194, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-4.6 - Notice to law enforcement explaining provisions of act on unlawful evictions.

52:17B-4.6 Notice to law enforcement explaining provisions of act on unlawful evictions.
4. Within 30 days of the effective date of P.L.2005, c.319 (C.2C:33-11.1 et al.), the Attorney General shall prepare a notice explaining the provisions of P.L.2005, c.319 (C.2C:33-11.1 et al.), with particular emphasis on the responsibilities of law enforcement officers and other public officials, and transmit the notice to the chief or director of every municipal police department, every municipal prosecutor, every county prosecutor, and the Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police. The notice shall be disseminated to every law enforcement officer and shall be reenforced at roll calls and academy service training and continuing education programs so to ensure that all officers and prosecutors are educated of their responsibilities under P.L.2005, c.319 (C.2C:33-11.1 et al.).
L.2005,c.319,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-4.7 - Gang education seminars for school administrators.

52:17B-4.7 Gang education seminars for school administrators.
1. a. The Attorney General shall develop and maintain, in coordination with the Commissioner of Education, a gang education seminar program to educate public and nonpublic school administrators on how to recognize signs of gang involvement or activity. A seminar shall be offered annually in each county and shall be held in the office of the county superintendent of schools or such other facility as the Attorney General or Commissioner of Education shall designate.
b. A superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal or other administrator employed by a public school district shall attend a gang education seminar offered pursuant to this section within the first year of initial employment as an administrator with a public school district. An administrator employed by a school district prior to the effective date of this act shall attend the first seminar offered in the county subsequent to its enactment. A superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal or other administrator shall be exempt from the requirements of this section if that person has successfully completed a gang education seminar conducted by a public school district which is substantially equivalent to the seminar required pursuant to this section.
c. A gang education seminar offered pursuant to this section shall be open to all public and nonpublic school administrators.
L.2007, c.188, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-4.8 - Appointment of certain State law enforcement department officers.

52:17B-4.8 Appointment of certain State law enforcement department officers.
3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the appointing authority of a State law enforcement department or agency, other than the Division of State Police but including the appointing authority of a State college or university established pursuant to chapter 64 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes or of a public research university, which requires appointees to successfully complete, prior to their appointment, a training course approved by the Police Training Commission may appoint as a member or officer of the agency any person who:
(1) was serving as a law enforcement officer in good standing in any State, county or municipal law enforcement department or agency, or county sheriff's office; and
(2) satisfactorily completed a working test period in a State law enforcement title or in a law enforcement title in a county or municipality which has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes or satisfactorily completed a comparable, documented probationary period in a law enforcement title in a county or municipality which has not adopted Title 11A, Civil Service; and
(3) was, for reasons of economy, terminated as a law enforcement officer within 60 months prior to the appointment.
b. A department or agency may employ such a person notwithstanding that:
(1) the appointment is subject to the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes;
(2) the department or agency has available to it an eligible or regular reemployment list of law enforcement officers eligible for such appointments; and
(3) the appointed person is not on any eligible list. The department or agency may not employ such a person if a special reemployment list is in existence for the law enforcement title to be filled.
c. The seniority, seniority-related privileges and rank a law enforcement officer possessed with the employer who terminated the officer's employment for reasons of economy shall not be transferable to a new position when the officer is appointed to a law enforcement position pursuant to the provisions of this section.
L.2010, c.103, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-4.9 - Definitions.

52:17B-4.9 Definitions.
1. For the purposes of this act:
"Law enforcement agency" means a department, division, bureau, commission, board or other authority of the State or of any political subdivision thereof which has by statute or ordinance the responsibility of detecting and enforcing the general criminal laws of this State.
"Law enforcement officer" means any person who is employed as a permanent full-time member of an enforcement agency, who is statutorily empowered to act for the detection, investigation, arrest, and conviction of persons violating the criminal laws of this State and statutorily required to successfully complete a training course approved, or certified as being substantially equivalent to an approved course, by the Police Training Commission pursuant to P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.).
L.2020, c.107, s.1.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-9.4 - Rules and regulations

52:17B-9.4. Rules and regulations
The Superintendent of State Police shall be responsible for the establishment and promulgation of rules and regulations of the State Capitol Police Force, subject to the approval of the Attorney General.
L.1977, c. 135, s. 4, eff. July 1, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-9.5 - State marine police force; transfer from department of environmental protection to division of state police

52:17B-9.5. State marine police force; transfer from department of environmental protection to division of state police
The supervisory force of marine patrolmen, created pursuant to section 17 of the "New Jersey Boat Act of 1962," P.L.1962, c. 73 (C. 12:7-34.52), hereafter to be known as the State Marine Police Force, with all its powers and duties, is transferred from the Department of Environmental Protection to the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety.
The transfer directed by this section shall be made in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.).
L.1980, c. 96, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-9.6 - Legislative findings

52:17B-9.6. Legislative findings
The Legislature finds that more than 10,000 "missing persons" reports are filed in New Jersey each year and that hundreds of individual reports are turned into local police departments each week, and that the local police departments have neither the resources nor the experience to carry out a thorough missing persons investigation. The Legislature further finds that, without the expertise developed by experienced missing persons investigators, authorities may inadvertently pass over a report in which the missing person has actually been kidnapped or has met foul play. Federal and State law enforcement officials have recommended that missing persons cases in New Jersey could be better handled by a Statewide effort specializing in this matter.
L.1983, c. 467, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-9.7 - Missing Persons Unit; establishment; supervisor and other personnel; appointment; compensation

52:17B-9.7. Missing Persons Unit; establishment; supervisor and other personnel; appointment; compensation
There is established within the Department of Law and Public Safety in the Division of State Police a Missing Persons Unit. The Superintendent of State Police shall appoint a supervisor of the unit with the rank and pay of at least a lieutenant in the New Jersey State Police, any other personnel, with the equivalent rank and pay of their positions in the New Jersey State Police, and any civilian personnel, including local law enforcement personnel, which he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. All persons assigned to the Missing Persons Unit shall devote their full-time duties to carrying out the provisions of this act.
L.1983, c. 467, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-9.8 - Powers, duties of unit.

52:17B-9.8 Powers, duties of unit.
3. In addition to any other powers and duties vested in it by law or by the Attorney General, the unit shall:
a. Coordinate, file and investigate all missing persons cases in this State, and cooperate with local law enforcement officials and federal law enforcement officials in the creation of a centralized office on missing persons in this State;
b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2007, c.39).
c. Collect and maintain data on missing persons and unidentified bodies in this State and throughout the United States;
d. Coordinate efforts with other states and with the federal government in the investigation of cases involving missing persons or unidentified bodies;
e. Provide specialized training to law enforcement officers and medical examiners in this State, in conjunction with the Police Training Commission, which would enable them to more efficiently handle the tracing of missing persons and unidentified bodies on the local level;
f. Employ the services of local law enforcement agencies or other social or governmental agencies;
g. Be authorized to issue administrative subpoenas concerning any case involving a missing person or unidentified body to obtain information necessary to conduct an investigation; and
h. Be authorized to seek or obtain from an appropriate court legal process, including but not limited to, subpoenas, warrants, and court orders, concerning any case involving a high-risk missing person designated pursuant to subsection a. of section 5 of P.L.2007, c.279 (C.52:17B-216).
L.1983, c.467, s.3; amended 2007, c.39, s.6; 2023, c.59, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-9.8a - "Missing child" defined

52:17B-9.8a. "Missing child" defined
1. As used in sections 1 through 3 of this act:
"Missing child" means a person under 18 years of age reported to a law enforcement agency as being abducted, enticed away, taken, missing or a runaway.
L.1995,c.395,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-9.8b - Notification of school district; records

52:17B-9.8b. Notification of school district; records
2. a. Upon the receipt of a report of a missing child, the Missing Persons Unit established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1983, c.467 (C.52:17B-9.7) shall notify the superintendent of the school district where the missing child is currently or was most recently enrolled of the disappearance and provide the superintendent with information concerning the identity of the missing child. The unit shall also promptly notify the superintendent if the child is located.
b. When the superintendent of the school district is notified of the report, he shall mark the child's school record. The record shall be marked in such a way that whenever a copy of or information regarding the record is requested, the school district will be aware that the record is that of a missing child. Once the superintendent has been notified by the Missing Persons Unit that the child has been located, the superintendent or his designee shall remove the mark from the record.
c. If a copy of a marked school record is requested, the superintendent shall supply the record to the requestor without alerting him to the fact that the record has been marked, in accordance with the provisions governing access to pupil records pursuant to N.J.S.18A:36-19. After supplying a copy of or information regarding the marked record to the requestor, the superintendent shall immediately report the inquiry or any knowledge as to the whereabouts of the missing child to the unit.
d. Upon notification of a request for a marked school record or other information concerning a missing child, the unit shall commence an investigation of the circumstances surrounding the request, including a search for any record that may exist showing who has legal custody of the child and for any record that may disclose an allegation of child abuse perpetrated against the child or an allegation of domestic violence perpetrated against a member of the child's family.
e. If a search, pursuant to subsection d. of this section, reveals that a child reported missing is in the custody of his legal guardian or if substantiated allegations of child abuse against the child or any order protecting a family member from domestic violence exists, the unit shall continue the investigation without disclosing the whereabouts of the child or his guardian to the person who reported the child missing.
L.1995,c.395,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-9.8c - Notification of State registrar of vital statistics; records

52:17B-9.8c. Notification of State registrar of vital statistics; records
3. a. Upon receipt of a report of a missing child, the Missing Persons Unit shall notify the State registrar of vital statistics in the Department of Health of the disappearance and provide him with information concerning the identity of the missing child. The unit shall also promptly notify the State registrar if the child has been located.
b. Upon receiving notification from the unit, the State registrar shall mark the child's birth certificate. The birth certificate shall be marked in such a manner that whenever a copy of or information regarding the birth certificate is requested, the State registrar shall be aware that the certificate is that of a missing child. Once the State registrar has been notified by the Missing Persons Unit that the child has been located, the State or local registrar shall remove the mark from the record.
c. If a copy of the child's birth certificate is requested, the State registrar shall supply the birth certificate to the requestor without alerting him to the fact that the birth certificate has been marked. After supplying a copy of or information regarding the marked birth certificate to the requestor, the State registrar shall immediately report the inquiry or any knowledge as to the whereabouts of the missing child to the unit.
d. Upon notification of a report of a missing child, the State registrar shall request that the local registrar of the district where the child was born mark the child's birth certificate. When a copy of the marked birth certificate is requested, the local registrar shall supply the copy to the requestor without alerting him to the fact that the record has been marked and immediately notify the State registrar of the request.
e. Upon notification of a request for a marked birth certificate or other information concerning a missing child, the Missing Persons Unit shall commence an investigation of the circumstances surrounding the request, including a search for any record that may exist showing who has legal custody of the missing child and for any record that may disclose an allegation of child abuse perpetrated against the child or an allegation of domestic violence perpetrated against a member of the child's family.
f. If a search as described pursuant to subsection e. of this section reveals that a child reported missing is in the custody of his legal guardian or if substantiated allegations of child abuse against the child or any order protecting a family member from domestic violence exists, the unit shall continue the investigation without disclosing the whereabouts of the child or his guardian to the person who reported the child missing.
L.1995,c.395,s.3.