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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-71.8 - Training course for safe schools resource officers, liaisons to law enforcement.

52:17B-71.8 Training course for safe schools resource officers, liaisons to law enforcement.
2. a. The Police Training Commission in the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall develop a training course for safe schools resource officers and public school employees assigned by a board of education to serve as a school liaison to law enforcement. The Attorney General, in conjunction with the Police Training Commission, shall ensure that the training course is developed within 180 days of the effective date of this act. The course shall at a minimum provide comprehensive and consistent training in current school resource officer practices and concepts. The course shall include training in the protection of students from harassment, intimidation, and bullying, including incidents which occur through electronic communication. The course shall be made available to:
(1) any law enforcement officer or public school employee referred by the board of education of the public school to which assignment as a safe schools resource officer or school liaison to law enforcement is sought; and
(2) any safe schools resource officer or school liaison to law enforcement assigned to a public school prior to the effective date of P.L.2005, c.276 (C.52:17B-71.8 et al.).
b. The training course developed by the commission pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be offered at each school approved by the commission to provide police training courses pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.). The commission shall ensure that an individual assigned to instruct the course is proficient and experienced in current school resource officer practices and concepts.
c. The commission shall award a certificate to each individual who successfully completes the course.
d. The Police Training Commission, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to implement the provisions of this section.
L.2005, c.276, s.2; amended 2010, c.122, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-71.9 - Adoption of training course by Police Training Commission.

52:17B-71.9 Adoption of training course by Police Training Commission.
4. a. The Police Training Commission in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall adopt a training course regarding the risks associated with autism or an intellectual or other developmental disability and appropriate recognition and response techniques concerning these disabilities based on the curriculum developed by the Departments of Health and Senior Services and Human Services pursuant to subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2008, c.80 (C.26:2-190). The training course shall be administered by the employing agency as part of the in-service training provided to each local police officer in each law enforcement unit operating in this State.
b. Prior to being appointed to permanent status as a local law enforcement officer in a law enforcement unit, an individual shall be required to complete the training course adopted under subsection a. of this section. Every local law enforcement officer appointed prior to the effective date of P.L.2022, c.65 (C.52:17B-71a et al.) shall, within 36 months of the effective date of P.L.2022, c.65 (C.52:17B-71a et al.), satisfactorily complete a training course in recognition and response techniques concerning these disabilities.
c. The Police Training Commission shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L.2008, c.80, s.4; amended 2022, c.65, s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-71.10 - Definitions relative to police training.

52:17B-71.10 Definitions relative to police training.
1. a. As used in this act:
"Approved school" means a school approved and authorized by the Police Training Commission to give police training courses.
"Basic course" means an entry-level police training course designed for trainees.
"Commission" means the Police Training Commission established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-70).
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of any statute, rule or regulation to the contrary, an approved school located in a city of the first class or a city of the second class having a population of not less than 85,000 or more than 150,000 according to the 2000 federal decennial census may continue operations so long as that school conducts a minimum of one basic course annually.
L.2009, c.222, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-71.11 - Pilot program established; increase access to training courses applying the Crisis Intervention model.

52:17B-71.11 Pilot program established; increase access to training courses applying the Crisis Intervention model.
1. a. The Attorney General, in consultation with the Commissioner of Human Services, shall develop a pilot program to promote and encourage law enforcement officers Statewide to complete training that applies the Crisis Intervention Team model, which program may include support for and coordination between the Police Training Commission in the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services to increase the frequency of, number of locations, and geographic accessibility to training courses offered that apply the Crisis Intervention Team model.
b. The Police Training Commission shall develop and implement or incorporate into an existing training course, in consultation with a crisis intervention training center, a curriculum that applies the Crisis Intervention Team model to persons experiencing an economic crisis or struggling with a substance use disorder who come into contact with law enforcement first responders.
c. As used in this section:
"Crisis Intervention Team model" means the best practice jail diversion model originally developed by the Memphis Tennessee Police Department and implemented in New Jersey as a county based collaboration of professionals committed to improving the law enforcement and mental health systems' response to persons experiencing a psychiatric crisis who come into contact with law enforcement first responders.
"Crisis intervention training center" means a program or entity that has operated as a crisis intervention support center in the State for a period of at least five years and that has experience in assisting political subdivisions in New Jersey in developing and implementing the Crisis Intervention Team model.
L.2021, c.455; amended 2023, c.177, s.142.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-72 - Effect of act upon powers and duties of municipalities and counties and civil service

52:17B-72. Effect of act upon powers and duties of municipalities and counties and civil service
7. a. Except as expressly provided in P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.), nothing herein contained shall be deemed to limit the powers, rights, duties or responsibilities of municipal or county governments, nor to affect provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, provided that a determination by the Civil Service Commission that an individual is eligible for appointment as a law enforcement officer shall not be construed to affect or limit the commission's ability to take any action authorized under P.L.2022, c.65 (C.52:17B-71a et al.) with respect to an applicant or licensee.
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of any statute, rule, regulation or collective bargaining agreement to the contrary, the commission shall have the sole authority to establish training standards and certification for approved schools, and the licensure requirements for a law enforcement officer as defined in section 2 of P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-67).
L.1961, c. 56, p. 546, s. 7; amended 2022, c.65, s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-73 - Organization of commission; quorum

52:17B-73. Organization of commission; quorum
Organization of commission; quorum. The Attorney General shall be the chairman of the commission. The Attorney General is empowered to appoint an administrator of police services to the commission after obtaining the advice and consent of the commission and may employ other persons as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act, and to fix their compensation and the compensation of the administrator of police services within the limits of available appropriations. The commission, at its initial organization meeting to be held promptly after the appointment and qualification of its members, and thereafter at each annual organization meeting to be held on the first Monday in February, shall select a vice-chairman from among its members, and shall meet at such other times within the State of New Jersey as it may determine. A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, the performance of any duty, or for the exercise of any of its powers.
L. 1961, c. 56, p. 546, s. 8. Amended by L. 1971, c. 41, s. 2, eff. March 4, 1971; L. 1985, c. 491, s. 4, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-75 - Reimbursement for expenses

52:17B-75. Reimbursement for expenses
10. The members of the commission shall receive no salary but all members except those designated in subsection c. of section 5 of this act shall be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses lawfully incurred in the performance of their official functions. The members of the commission who are employed by the State, a county, a municipality or any State, county, or local governmental entity shall not be subject to loss of pay or accrued time due to attending commission meetings or otherwise performing the official commission functions.
L.1961, c. 56, p. 546, s. 10. Amended by L.1963, c. 81, s. 13; amended 2022, c.65, s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-77.4 - Senior citizens crime prevention program

52:17B-77.4. Senior citizens crime prevention program
1. The Attorney General, in consultation with the Crime Prevention Advisory Committee established under the provisions of P.L.1985, c.1 (C.52:17B-77.1 et seq.), the county prosecutors of this State, and the American Association of Retired Persons, shall develop and establish a senior citizens crime prevention program. The program shall include, but not be limited to:
a. Informational services and educational awareness programs specifically designed to address the needs of senior citizens in the areas of personal safety, home security, and those types of non-violent property crimes to which senior citizens are especially susceptible, such as scams and swindles;
b. Information and training programs relating to the organization and operation of specialized neighborhood watch and crime prevention programs; and
c. Informational services and educational awareness programs for county and municipal law enforcement departments to assist them in meeting the specialized needs of the senior citizens in their communities and which may include an outline of suggested programs and services a county and municipal law enforcement department may initiate to address those special needs, such as the establishment of a senior citizens bureau within the department to provide and coordinate the community's senior citizens crime prevention programs and activities.
L.1997,c.73,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-77.5 - Conduct of senior citizens crime prevention program at county level

52:17B-77.5. Conduct of senior citizens crime prevention program at county level
2. The Attorney General shall transmit a copy of the senior citizens crime prevention program developed pursuant to section 1 of this act to each county and municipal law enforcement department situated within the State. Each county prosecutor may conduct such informational and training seminars for county and municipal law enforcement officers as shall be deemed appropriate and necessary to effectively implement the senior citizens crime prevention program in the county.
L.1997,c.73,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-77.6 - Liability to State law enforcement agency for training; terms defined.

52:17B-77.6 Liability to State law enforcement agency for training; terms defined.
4. a. If a person who was appointed to a State law enforcement agency resigns and is subsequently appointed to a county or municipal law enforcement agency, a police department of an educational institution pursuant to P.L.1970, c.211 (C.18A:6-4.2 et seq.), another State law enforcement agency or the New Jersey Transit Police Department pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1989, c.291 (C.27:25-15.1) within 120 days of resignation, and if that person held a probationary appointment at the time of resignation or held a permanent appointment for 30 days or less prior to resignation, the appointing county or municipal law enforcement agency, educational institution, State law enforcement agency or the New Jersey Transit Corporation shall be liable to the State law enforcement agency for the total certified costs incurred by the corporation in the examination, hiring, and training of the person.
b. If a person who was appointed to a State law enforcement agency resigns and is subsequently appointed to a county or municipal law enforcement agency, a police department of an educational institution pursuant to P.L.1970, c.211 (C.18A:6-4.2 et seq.), another State law enforcement agency or the New Jersey Transit Police Department pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1989, c.291 (C.27:25-15.1) within 120 days of resignation, and if that person held a permanent appointment for more than 30 days but less than two years at the time of resignation, the appointing county or municipal law enforcement agency, educational institution or State law enforcement agency, or the New Jersey Transit Corporation, shall be liable to the State law enforcement agency for one-half of the total certified costs incurred by the agency in the examination, hiring, and training of the person.
c. The appointing county or municipal law enforcement agency, educational institution, State law enforcement agency or the New Jersey Transit Corporation shall notify the former employer immediately upon the appointment of an employee formerly employed by the State law enforcement agency and shall reimburse the agency within 120 days of the receipt of the certified costs.
d. As used in this section:
"County or municipal law enforcement agency" means and includes, but is not limited to, a county or municipal police department or force, a county corrections department and a county sheriff's office.
"Examination costs" means and includes, but is not limited to, the costs of all qualifying examinations and public advertisements for these examinations.
"State law enforcement agency" means and includes, but is not limited to, the police department of a State agency and the State Department of Corrections, but does not include the State Police
"Training costs" means the police training course fees and the base salary received while attending the police training course as required by section 2 of P.L.1989, c.291 (C.27:25-15.1).
L.2000,c.106,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-77.7 - Findings, declarations relative to Alzheimer's disease.

52:17B-77.7 Findings, declarations relative to Alzheimer's disease.
1. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder causing dementia and resulting in such conditions as anxiety, poor judgement, confusion, mood swings and loss of intellectual functioning;
b. Of the four million Americans currently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, 60% of them will become disoriented and wander off at some point during the disease;
c. If a person with Alzheimer's disease wanders off and is not found within the first 24 hours, there is a nearly 50% chance the person will be at risk for serious injury or death;
d. Safe Return is a national identification, support and registration program working in conjunction with local law enforcement agencies to safely return individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, who become lost, to their families and caregivers; and
e. It is in the interest of protecting the health and welfare of our State residents diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders to establish a requirement that all State Police and local law enforcement personnel receive instruction on the utilization of the Safe Return program to facilitate the safe recovery of those who wander off and become lost.
L.2005,c.72,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-77.8 - Training protocols for law enforcement for Safe Return Program.

52:17B-77.8 Training protocols for law enforcement for Safe Return Program.
2. a. The Department of Law and Public Safety shall establish training protocols for the State Police and local law enforcement personnel in the utilization of the Safe Return program to facilitate the safe recovery of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders who wander off and become lost.
b. These training protocols shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:
(1) guidelines for identifying persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders;
(2) guidelines on communicating with persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders;
(3) guidelines for caring for persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders who become lost and disoriented; and
(4) guidelines for instruction on the procedures the Safe Return program uses in locating lost individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
L.2005,c.72,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-77.9 - In-service training.

52:17B-77.9 In-service training.
3. The State Police or a local law enforcement agency may provide in-service training of its personnel according to the training protocols established by the Department of Law and Public Safety pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2005, c.72 (C.52:17B-77.8) on the specialized needs of persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders who become lost.
L.2005,c.72,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-77.10 - Rules, regulations.

52:17B-77.10 Rules, regulations.
4. The Attorney General may, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L.2005,c.72,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-77.11 - Training programs.

52:17B-77.11 Training programs.
6. The appropriate agency head shall approve appropriate training programs for law enforcement officers, parole officers and any other persons charged with the enforcement of P.L.2007, c.219 (C.2C:43-6.6 et al.). Appropriate programs shall include, at a minimum, instruction in conducting investigations in which computers, telecommunications devices and other high technology instruments are utilized in the commission of sex offenses. The programs also may include instruction in techniques of forensic recovery, evidence preservation and analysis of data in computer systems seized because of criminal or unlawful activity.
L.2007,c.219,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-77.12 - Required training concerning bias intimidation crimes for police officers.

52:17B-77.12 Required training concerning bias intimidation crimes for police officers.
6. The Police Training Commission shall require all new police officers to complete two hours of training, which may include interactive training, in identifying, responding to, and reporting bias intimidation crimes. The Police Training Commission shall develop or revise the training course in consultation with the New Jersey Human Relations Council established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1997, c.257 (C.52:9DD-8). The training course shall include the following topics:
a. features that identify or could identify a bias intimidation crime;
b. laws dealing with bias intimidation crimes;
c. law enforcement procedures, reporting, and documentation of bias intimidation crimes; and
d. techniques and methods to handle incidents of bias intimidation crimes, including training on how to deal sensitively with victims and referring victims of bias intimidation crimes to organizations that provide assistance and compensation to victims.
L.2007, c.303, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-77.13 - Development, identification of uniform cultural diversity and implicit bias training course materials.

52:17B-77.13 Development, identification of uniform cultural diversity and implicit bias training course materials.
1. a. The Department of Law and Public Safety shall develop or identify uniform cultural diversity and implicit bias training course materials and an online tutorial that shall include instruction designed to promote positive interaction with, and community outreach to, all residents within a community, including residents of all racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals residing within the community. Components of the training course materials and online tutorial shall include, but not be limited to, instruction on:
(1) the various cultural communities and the effects of diversity on community relations within a community;
(2) appropriate methods by which an officer may interact with people of various cultures and religions in the community, with an emphasis on officer safety skills and conflict resolution techniques;
(3) best practices in law enforcement techniques when analyzing and solving local neighborhood problems, meeting with community groups, and working with citizens on crime prevention programs;
(4) the impact that police diversity skills have on overall law enforcement effectiveness; and
(5) understanding implicit bias and employing strategies to eliminate unconscious biases that shape behavior and produce disparate treatment of individuals based on their race, ethnicity, religious belief, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.
b. The Department of Law and Public Safety shall cause the training course materials and online tutorial developed or identified pursuant to subsection a. of this section to be made available to every State, county, and municipal law enforcement department in the State and to each campus police department at an institution of higher education in the State that appoints police officers pursuant to P.L.1970, c.211 (C.18A:6-4.2 et seq.) for use in providing officer training and information promoting community outreach efforts within the law enforcement department's community.
c. The Department of Law and Public Safety shall periodically assess the training course materials and online tutorial developed or identified pursuant to subsection a. of this section and update them where the department finds appropriate.
L.2016, c.23, s.1; amended 2020, c.68, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-77.14 - Provision of in-service training.

52:17B-77.14 Provision of in-service training.
2. Every State, county, and municipal law enforcement department in the State and every campus police department at an institution of higher education in the State that appoints police officers pursuant to P.L.1970, c.211 (C.18A:6-4.2 et seq.) shall provide once every five years in-service training of its personnel utilizing the training course materials or online tutorial developed or identified by the Department of Law and Public Safety pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2016, c.23 (C.52:17B-77.13).
L.2016, c.23, s.2; amended 2020, c.68, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-77.15 - Training curriculum to prevent suicide committed by law enforcement officers.

52:17B-77.15 Training curriculum to prevent suicide committed by law enforcement officers.
1. a. The Department of Law and Public Safety, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, shall establish a training curriculum designed to prevent suicide committed by law enforcement officers. The issues addressed in the training curriculum shall include, but not be limited to, the causes, behaviors, warning signs, and risk factors associated with officer suicide. In addition, the training curriculum shall:
1) identify appropriate intervention strategies to be used by law enforcement departments to effectively prevent officer suicide; and
2) provide information concerning programs that offer crisis intervention and counseling services to law enforcement officers.
b. The training curriculum established pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be made available to each State, county, and municipal law enforcement department and each campus police department at an institution of higher education that appoints law enforcement officers pursuant to P.L.1970, c.211 (C.18A:6-4.2 et seq.) to be used as part of in-service training provided to each law enforcement officer in this State. The in-service training shall be administered to each law enforcement officer once every five years following the officer's date of initial appointment.
L.2019, c.368, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-77.16 - Report of incident of completed suicide by a law enforcement officer.

52:17B-77.16 Report of incident of completed suicide by a law enforcement officer.
2. a. The chief law enforcement officer or the chief law enforcement officer's designee of each State, county, and municipal law enforcement agency and campus police department at an institution of higher education that appoints law enforcement officers pursuant to P.L.1970, c.211 (C.18A:6-4.2 et seq.) shall report within a reasonable time to the Office of the Attorney General, in a manner prescribed by the Attorney General, any incident of a completed suicide by a law enforcement officer employed by their respective agency or department. The report shall include:
(1) the month and year during which the law enforcement officer's death occurred;
(2) the law enforcement officer's age, salary, and length of service with the law enforcement agency at the time of the officer's death;
(3) the race and gender of the law enforcement officer;
(4) any known facts pertaining to the cause or method of suicide; and
(5) the veteran status and level of education of the law enforcement officer;
b. The report required pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall not identify the law enforcement officer by name or date of birth.
c. The Attorney General shall aggregate the data provided pursuant to subsection a. of this section, which aggregated data shall be made publicly available for use in suicide prevention and intervention studies.
d. The reporting of a suicide pursuant to this section shall not replace or alter any other requirement of law, professional standard, or obligation that requires the law enforcemnt agency to evaluate a death or report a suicide.
L.2019, c.368, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-77.17 - Adoption of course by Police Training Commission.

52:17B-77.17 Adoption of course by Police Training Commission.
17. a. (1) The Police Training Commission in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall adopt a training course regarding law enforcement interactions with persons under the lawful age to purchase alcoholic beverages or cannabis items based upon the legalization of a personal use cannabis marketplace pursuant to the "New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act," P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-31 et al.), the decriminalization of marijuana and hashish pursuant to P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-31), and the enforcement of violations of applicable statutes associated with the underage possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages, marijuana, hashish, or cannabis items pursuant to those enactments and the companion enactment, P.L.2021, c.25 (C.2C:30-6.1 et al.), and which includes the recognition of and methods to address and avoid racial disparities and implicit bias, and means for interacting with vulnerable juvenile populations. The training course shall be administered by the employing agency as part of the in-service training provided to each local police officer in each law enforcement unit operating in this State.
(2) Prior to being appointed to permanent status as a local police officer in a law enforcement unit, an individual shall be required to complete the training course adopted under paragraph (1) of this subsection. Every local police officer appointed prior to the effective date of this section shall, within 18 months of that effective date, satisfactorily complete a training course on law enforcement interactions as described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(3) The Police Training Commission shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this subsection.
b. Within 45 days of the effective date of P.L.2021, c.25 (C.2C:30-6.1 et al.), the Attorney General shall prepare a notice explaining the provisions of the enactments set forth in paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section pertaining to persons under the lawful age to purchase alcoholic beverages or cannabis items and the violations of applicable statutes associated with the underage possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages, marijuana, hashish, or cannabis items, 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 re-enforced at roll calls and academy service training and continuing education programs so as to ensure that all officers and prosecutors are educated of their responsibilities under the relevant enactments.
L.2021, c.25, s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-77.18 - "Low-income community" defined; Civil Service Commission program creation for preparatory courses, funding, law enforcement examinations.

52:17B-77.18 "Low-income community" defined; Civil Service Commission program creation for preparatory courses, funding, law enforcement examinations.
2. a. For the purposes of this section, "low-income community" means any population census tract in which:
(1) the poverty rate for such tract is at least 20 percent, or
(2) (a) in the case of a tract not located within a metropolitan area, the median family income for such tract does not exceed 80 percent of statewide median family income, or
(b) in the case of a tract located within a metropolitan area, the median family income for such tract does not exceed 80 percent of the greater of statewide median family income or the metropolitan area median family income.
b. The Civil Service Commission shall create a program with a goal of achieving at least one of the following two objectives:
(1) sponsoring free or low-cost preparatory courses for the entry level law enforcement examination for residents of any low-income community or of any municipality in this State with at least one "qualified opportunity zone" as determined under 26 U.S.C. 1400Z-1; or
(2) providing, securing, or identifying scholarships for alternate route programs or preparatory courses for the entry level law enforcement examination for residents of any low-income community or of any municipality in this State with at least one "qualified opportunity zone" as determined under 26 U.S.C. 1400Z-1.
The commission, or a designee thereof, is authorized to receive gifts, grants, or other financial assistance from private sources for the purpose of sponsoring the courses or funding the scholarships offered pursuant to this section, and entering into agreements related thereto with private sources, including but not limited to non-governmental, non-profit, educational, or charitable entities or institutions.
c. The commission may promulgate regulations to effectuate the provisions of this section which shall be effective immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law for a period not to exceed 18 months, and may, thereafter, be amended, adopted or readopted in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.).
L.2021, c.234, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-77.19 - State correctional police officer training, infusion of concept of inmate dignity, fairness, respect.

52:17B-77.19 State correctional police officer training, infusion of concept of inmate dignity, fairness, respect.
1. a. The Police Training Commission shall, pursuant to its statutory authority to certify correctional police officers as set forth in subsection e. of section 6 of P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-70), establish and incorporate throughout the required basic training course for State correctional police officers the concept that the core mission of these officers is to treat every inmate with dignity, fairness, and respect.
b. To implement the core mission established in subsection a. of this section, the commission shall ensure that the basic training course for State correctional police officers includes, at a minimum, comprehensive training and education on the following topics:
(1) de-escalation, including training in interacting with combative or threatening inmates and inmates experiencing mental health crises;
(2) minimization of use of force against inmates;
(3) cultural diversity and implicit bias;
(4) appropriate methods of engaging with inmates of diverse cultures and religions and inmates who are members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) community and gender nonconforming inmates;
(5) the rights of inmates;
(6) lifestyle stressors, self-awareness, and self-regulation;
(7) maintaining officer and inmate safety;
(8) communication skills; and
(9) any other topic deemed necessary by the commission to advance the core mission of treating inmates with dignity, fairness, and respect.
L.2021, c.305, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-88a - Facility where patient died, provision of information relative to next-of-kin to medical examiner.

52:17B-88a Facility where patient died, provision of information relative to next-of-kin to medical examiner.
1. In the case of the death of a resident of a long-term care facility licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), a State psychiatric hospital operated by the Department of Human Services and listed in R.S.30:1-7, a county psychiatric hospital, a facility for persons with developmental disabilities as defined in section 3 of P.L.1977, c.82 (C.30:6D-3), or a facility for persons with traumatic brain injury as defined in 42 U.S.C. s.280b-1c that is operated by or under contract with the Department of Human Services, the psychiatric hospital or facility, as the case may be, shall, in addition to notifying the next-of-kin of the resident's death, so notify the county medical examiner and provide the county medical examiner with contact information for the resident's next-of-kin. The county medical examiner, or a deputy or assistant county medical examiner or investigator on his behalf, shall make every practicable effort to contact the resident's next-of-kin to offer that person the opportunity to provide the medical examiner with information that the person deems relevant to: the circumstances of the resident's death; and whether there is a need to perform a dissection or autopsy of the decedent.
L.2009, c.151, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-95 - Racing Commission transferred

52:17B-95. Racing Commission transferred
The New Jersey Racing Commission, transferred to and constituted as the Division of the New Jersey Racing Commission in the Department of the Treasury by P.L.1948, chapter 92, section 29 (C. 52:18A-29), together with all its functions, powers and duties, is continued and transferred and constituted the Division of the New Jersey Racing Commission in the Department of Law and Public Safety. This act shall not affect the terms of office of the present members of the commission. The commission shall continue to be constituted and the members thereof shall continue to be appointed as provided by existing law.
L.1970, c. 18, s. 1, eff. March 2, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-96 - Repeal of inconsistent acts

52:17B-96. Repeal of inconsistent acts
Section 29 of the "Department of the Treasury Act of 1948" (P.L.1948, c. 92) is repealed and the remaining parts of said act, or of any other act, inconsistent with this act are superseded.
L.1970, c. 18, s. 2, eff. March 2, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-98 - Declarations of policy

52:17B-98. Declarations of policy
The Legislature recognizes that the existence of organized crime presents a serious threat to our political, social and economic institutions and helps bring about a loss of popular confidence in the agencies of government. Accordingly, it is hereby declared to be the public policy of this State to encourage cooperation among law enforcement officers and to provide for the general supervision of criminal justice by the Attorney General as chief law enforcement officer of the State, in order to secure the benefits of a uniform and efficient enforcement of the criminal law and the administration of criminal justice throughout the State. All the provisions of this act shall be liberally construed to achieve these ends and administered and enforced with a view to carrying out the above declaration of policy.
L.1970, c. 74, s. 2, eff. May 21, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-99 - Division of criminal justice

52:17B-99. Division of criminal justice
There is hereby established in the State Department of Law and Public Safety the Division of Criminal Justice. The division shall be under the immediate supervision of a director who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Attorney General and who shall administer the work of the division under the direction and supervision of the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall fix the compensation of the director within the limits of available appropriations.
L.1970, c. 74, s. 3, eff. May 21, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-100 - Organization of division; classification of employees.

52:17B-100 Organization of division; classification of employees.
4. a. The Attorney General shall organize the work of the division in such bureaus and other organizational units as he may determine to be necessary for efficient and effective operation and shall assign to the division such employees in the Department of Law and Public Safety as may be necessary to assist the director in the performance of his duties.
b. All employees of the division, except for secretarial and clerical personnel, shall be in the unclassified service of the civil service of the State. All unclassified employees of the division , except for State investigators appointed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1977, c.275 (C.52:17B-100.1), shall be deemed confidential employees for the purposes of the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act", P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.).
L.1970, c.74, s.4; amended 1981, c.187, s.1; 2009, c.314, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-100.1 - State investigators; appointment; term of office; duties, powers and rights

52:17B-100.1. State investigators; appointment; term of office; duties, powers and rights
There is hereby created in the Division of Criminal Justice, the office or position of State Investigator which shall be in the unclassified service of the civil service. The Attorney General may appoint such number of suitable persons to serve as State investigators, to serve at his pleasure and subject to removal by him, as are necessary to assist in the detection, apprehension, arrest and conviction of offenders against the law. Persons so appointed shall possess all the powers and rights and be subject to all the obligations of police officers, constables and special deputy sheriffs, in criminal matters.
L.1977, c. 275, s. 1, eff. Oct. 30, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-101 - Functions, powers and duties of attorney general; enforcement of criminal business

52:17B-101. Functions, powers and duties of attorney general; enforcement of criminal business
All the functions, powers and duties of the Attorney General relating or pertaining to the enforcement and prosecution of the criminal business of the State and of any county of the State shall be exercised by the Attorney General through the Division of Criminal Justice established hereunder.
L.1970, c. 74, s. 5, eff. May 21, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-102 - Remaining powers and duties of attorney general

52:17B-102. Remaining powers and duties of attorney general
The powers and duties of the Attorney General with respect to the enforcement of the criminal laws of the State shall be the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred upon or required of the Attorney General, either by the Constitution or by the common or statutory law of the State, and as specifically but not exclusively detailed in this act.
L.1970, c. 74, s. 6, eff. May 21, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-103 - Consultation with and supervision over county prosecutors; uniform enforcement of criminal laws

52:17B-103. Consultation with and supervision over county prosecutors; uniform enforcement of criminal laws
The Attorney General shall consult with and advise the several county prosecutors in matters relating to the duties of their office and shall maintain a general supervision over said county prosecutors with a view to obtaining effective and uniform enforcement of the criminal laws throughout the State. He may conduct periodic evaluations of each county prosecutor's office including audits of funds received and disbursed in the office of each county prosecutor.
L.1970, c. 74, s. 7, eff. May 21, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-104 - County without county prosecutor; duties of attorney general

52:17B-104. County without county prosecutor; duties of attorney general
The Attorney General shall prosecute the criminal business of the State in any county having no county prosecutor.
L.1970, c. 74, s. 8, eff. May 21, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-105 - Assistance of attorney general; request; action

52:17B-105. Assistance of attorney general; request; action
Any county prosecutor may request in writing the assistance of the Attorney General in the conduct of any criminal investigation or proceeding. The Attorney General may thereafter take whatever action he deems necessary to assist the county prosecutor in the discharge of his duties. Whenever the Attorney General shall take any such action, he shall be authorized to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties which by law are conferred upon or required of the county prosecutor making such request.
L.1970, c. 74, s. 9, eff. May 21, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:17B-106 - Supersedure of county prosecutor

52:17B-106. Supersedure of county prosecutor
Whenever requested in writing by the Governor, the Attorney General shall, and whenever requested in writing by a grand jury or the board of chosen freeholders of a county or the assignment judge of the superior court for the county, the Attorney General may supersede the county prosecutor for the purpose of prosecuting all of the criminal business of the State in said county, intervene in any investigation, criminal action, or proceeding instituted by the county prosecutor, and appear for the State in any court or tribunal for the purpose of conducting such investigations, criminal actions or proceedings as shall be necessary for the protection of the rights and interests of the State.
Whenever the Attorney General shall have superseded a county prosecutor as aforesaid, the county prosecutor, the assistant county prosecutors and other members of the staff of the county prosecutor shall exercise only such powers and perform such duties as are required of them by the Attorney General.
L.1970, c. 74, s. 10, eff. May 21, 1970.