Title 52, Title 52: STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS

52:17B-50. Tenure, civil service, pension or retirement rights not affected Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him by Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, Civil Service, or under any pension law or…

52:17B-51. Definitions Whenever the term "Attorney-General" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, the same shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Attorney General designated herein as the head of the Department of Law and Public Safety establi…

52:17B-51.1. Deputy Attorney-General to include assistant Attorney-General Whenever the term "deputy Attorney-General" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any other law heretofore enacted the same shall be deemed to include an "assistant Attorney-General" as well as a "dep…

52:17B-52. Repeal All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act are, to the extent of such inconsistency, hereby repealed. L.1948, c. 439, p. 1724, s. 52.

52:17B-53. Short title This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "Department of Law and Public Safety Act of 1948." L.1948, c. 439, p. 1724, s. 53.

52:17B-54. Effective date This act shall take effect on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, except that any appointment, and any confirmation or approval of any appointment permitted by this act may be made prior to such date. L.1948, c. 439, p. 17…

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 Safet…

52:17B-66 Findings, declarations. 1. The Legislature of New Jersey hereby finds and declares that a serious need for improvement in the administration of local and county law enforcement exists in order to better protect the health, safety and welfare of its citizens; that police…

52:17B-67 Definitions. 2. As used in this act: "Applicant" means an individual who applies to the Police Training Commission to become licensed as a law enforcement officer in accordance with P.L.2022, c.65 (C.52:17B-71a et al.). "Approved school" shall mean a school approved and…

52:17B-67.1 Valid, active license required for law enforcement officer employment. 10. A person shall not be employed as a law enforcement officer, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-67), in this State unless the person holds a valid, active license as a law enfo…

52:17B-68 Authority to require training of policemen prior to permanent appointment; exception. 3. a. Every State, county, and municipal agency, with the exception of the New Jersey State Police, that employs law enforcement officers as defined in section 2 of P.L.1961, c.56 (C.5…

52:17B-68.2 Development of modified basic training program for county corrections officers. 1. a. The Police Training Commission in the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall develop a supplemental course to be known as the modified basic tr…

52:17B-68.3 Basic training program for county correctional police officers, revised. 1. a. The Police Training Commission shall revise the modified basic training program for county correctional police officers established in section 1 of P.L.2019, c.247 (C.52:17B-68.2) to provid…

52:17B-69 Probationary, temporary appointment as police officer. 4. a. A probationary or temporary appointment as a law enforcement officer may be made for a total period not exceeding one year for the purpose of enabling a person seeking permanent appointment to take a police tr…

52:17B-69.1 Enrollment in police training course for persons seeking probationary, temporary appointment. 2. a. A person who does not hold a probationary or temporary appointment as a law enforcement officer, but who is seeking such an appointment may enroll in a police training …

52:17B-69.2 Eligibility for appointment. 3. A person who completes a police training course pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1998, c.146 (C.52:17B-69.1) shall only be eligible for appointment as a permanent full-time member of a law enforcement unit or as a Class Two Special Law Enfo…

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 exper…

52:17B-70 Police training commission established; members; terms. 5. There is hereby established in the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety a Police Training Commission whose membership shall consist of the following persons: a. Four citizens o…

52:17B-71 Powers, responsibilities, duties of commission. 6. The commission shall establish requisite standards for the training of law enforcement officers and oversee the implementation of those standards. The commission shall have the authority: a. To prescribe standards for t…

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 tra…

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…

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 co…

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…

52:17B-71a Licensing process established; powers, responsibilities, duties. 9. The commission shall establish the process by which law enforcement officers shall be licensed and the implementation of that process. The commission is vested with the power, responsibility, and duty:…

52:17B-71b License requirements. 14. a. The applicant for an initial law enforcement license or a probationary license shall have the burden of demonstrating to the satisfaction of the commission that the applicant meets all requirements for the issuance of a law enforcement lice…

52:17B-71c Employing law enforcement unit responsible for collection, verification, maintenance of qualification documents. 15. a. An employing law enforcement unit shall be responsible for the collection, verification, and maintenance of documentation establishing that an applic…

52:17B-71d Law enforcement license renewal, process. 17. a. A law enforcement officer required to renew the officer's license or a person appointed as a permanent law enforcement officer prior to the effective date of P.L.2022, c.65 (C.52:17B-71a et al.) shall submit an applicati…

52:17B-71e Adverse license action, repercussions. 18. a. The commission shall have authority to impose an adverse license action as set forth in subsection b. of this section if the applicant or officer has: (1) failed to demonstrate or adhere to the minimum qualifications under …

52:17B-71f Hearing over denial of initial, renewal license. 19. a. Except under circumstances set forth in subsection h. of section 14 of P.L.2022, c.65 (C.52:17B-71b) or subsection e. of section 18 of P.L.2022, c.65 (C.52:17B-71e), in all situations involving the imposition of a…

52:17B-71g Continuing officer education training requirement. 20. a. The commission shall, by regulation, require all law enforcement officers, as a condition of continued employment or appointment as an officer, to receive periodic commission-approved continuing officer educatio…

52:17B-71h Fees for training, other services provided by commission. 21. a. The commission shall, by rule or regulation, establish, prescribe, or modify fees for training or other services provided by the commission pursuant to the provisions of this act. The fees may include, bu…

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 municip…

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 consen…

52:17B-74. Minutes and other records The commission shall maintain minutes of its meetings and such other records as it deems necessary. L.1961, c. 56, p. 546, s. 9.

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 offici…

52:17B-76. Annual report The commission shall report at least annually to the Governor and the Legislature as to its activities. L.1961, c. 56, p. 546, s. 11.

52:17B-77. Appropriation There is hereby appropriated the sum of $25,000.00 to establish and maintain the commission. L.1961, c. 56, p. 546, s. 12.

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.

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,…

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 …

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 tutoria…

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.…

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 enfo…

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…

52:17B-77.16a Notification of appointment, employment, separation, suspension, certain sustained findings. 16. a. The chief law enforcement officer of an employing law enforcement unit shall notify the commission in writing, on a form prescribed by the commission, of a law enforc…

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 beverag…