Title 2A, Title 2A: ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

2A:157-10.3 Suspension pending hearing. 4. If any county investigator shall be suspended pending a hearing as a result of charges made against him, such hearing, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be commenced within 30 days from the date of the service of the copy of the…

2A:157-10.4 Charges, suspension, with or without pay. 5. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, whenever a county investigator is charged with an offense, under the laws of this State, another state, or the United States, the investigator may be suspended from performing …

2A:157-10.5 Reinstatement, recovery of pay. 6. If a suspended county investigator is found not guilty at trial, the charges are dismissed or the prosecution is terminated, the investigator shall be reinstated to his position and shall be entitled to recover all pay withheld durin…

2A:157-10.6 Recovery of salary for unlawful suspension. 7. Whenever any county investigator shall be suspended or dismissed from his office, employment or position and that suspension or dismissal shall be judicially determined to be illegal, the investigator shall be entitled to…

2A:157-10.7 Review by Superior Court. 8. Any county investigator who has been tried and convicted of any charge or charges, and is employed by a prosecutor in a county where Title 11A (Civil Service) of the New Jersey Statutes is not in operation, may obtain a review thereof by t…

2A:157-10.8 Provision of means for defense, reimbursement. 9. Whenever a county investigator is a defendant in any action or legal proceeding arising out of and directly related to the lawful exercise of police powers in the furtherance of his official duties, the prosecutor shal…

2A:157-11. County investigators in first-class counties In counties of the first class there may be appointed not in excess of 30 county investigators, who shall be paid annual salaries of not less than $6,500.00. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1959, c. 161, s.7, p. 637, L.…

2A:157-12. County investigators in second-class counties In counties of the second class there may be appointed not in excess of 9 county investigators, who shall be paid annual salaries of not less than $6,500.00. Not more than 6 county investigators in counties of the second cl…

2A:157-13. County investigators in third-class counties In counties of the third class there may be appointed not in excess of 2 county investigators who shall be paid annual salaries of not less than $5,500.00. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1959, c. 161, p. 637, s. 9.

2A:157-15. County investigators in counties of fifth class; compensation In counties of the fifth class there may be appointed not in excess of 12 county investigators, who shall be paid annual salaries of not less than $5,500.00. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1959, c. 161…

2A:157-16. County investigators in sixth-class counties In counties of the sixth class there may be appointed not in excess of six county investigators, who shall be paid annual salaries of not less than $5,000.00. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1959, c. 161, p. 638, s. 12;…

2A:157-17. Service of process; fees County detectives and county investigators may serve or execute for the sheriff any process or writ in any criminal proceeding and make return thereof. For every process or writ so served or executed by a county detective or county investigator…

2A:157-18. Payment of salaries; fixing salaries over minimum Annual salaries of county detectives and county investigators shall be paid by the county treasurer upon the certification of the prosecutor out of funds of the county, in the same manner as other salaries are paid, and…

2A:157-19. Power of prosecutor to incur expenses Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the power of any prosecutor, duly conferred upon him by law, to incur expenses in the detection, arrest, indictment and conviction of offenders against the criminal laws of this s…

2A:157-2. County detectives generally; appointment; salary; duties The prosecutor in each of the several counties of this State may appoint such number of suitable persons, not in excess of the number, and at salaries not less than the minimum amounts, in this chapter provided, t…

2A:157-2.1. Power of arrest for crime committed in presence of officer within territorial limits of state Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, any full-time, permanently appointed county detective, sheriff's officer and investigator sheriff's office sh…

2A:157-20. County detectives and special officers; status L.1951, c. 274, p. 946, section 20 of an act entitled "An Act to revise the law concerning county detectives and county investigators, and repealing sundry acts." (C. 2:181-51) saved from repeal. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:157-21. Saving clause Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, nothing herein shall be construed to require an increase in any salaries heretofore paid or to be paid in any county, unless and until the salary schedules herein provided shall be adopted by resolution…

2A:157-22. Limitation on number In any county in which the total number of county detectives and county investigators authorized by this chapter exceeds the total number of officers employed in the prosecutor's office of such county for the detection, apprehension, arrest, indict…

2A:157-23. Construction; "special officer" discontinued It is the intention that this chapter be so construed as to make consistent throughout the state the law as it applies to the office or position of county detective and county investigator, to provide that county detectives …

2A:157-3. County detectives in first-class counties In counties of the first class there may be appointed not in excess of 50 county detectives, of whom one may be designated chief of county detectives, two deputy chiefs of county detectives, four captains of county detectives, a…

2A:157-4. County detectives in second-class counties; appointment; minimum compensation a. In counties of the second class having a population in excess of 580,000 there may be appointed not in excess of 40 county detectives, of whom one may be designated chief of county detectiv…

2A:157-5. County detectives in third-class counties of over 75,000 population In counties of the third class now or hereafter having a population in excess of 75,000 there may be appointed not in excess of 9 county detectives, of whom 1 may be designated chief of county detective…

2A:157-6. County detectives in third-class counties of less than 75,000 population In counties of the third class now or hereafter having a population of less than 75,000 there may be appointed not in excess of five county detectives, of whom one may be designated chief of county…

2A:157-8. County detectives 2A:157-8. In counties of the fifth class with a population of 400,000 or less there may be appointed not in excess of 12 county detectives, and in counties of the fifth class with a population in excess of 400,000 there may be appointed not in excess o…

2A:157-9. County detectives in sixth-class counties In counties of the sixth class there may be appointed not in excess of six county detectives, of whom one may be designated chief of county detectives and one captain of county detectives; their annual salaries shall be fixed as…