Title 40A, Title 40A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

40A:14-122.1. Requirement of residency in municipality; prohibition No municipality shall pass any ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order or directive, making residency therein a condition of employment for the purpose of original appointment, continued employment, promot…

40A:14-122.2. Municipalities wherein civil service laws operative; residency requirements In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes is operative, applicants for appointment to the police department and force who are not residents of the municipa…

40A:14-122.4. Promotions; preference to resident In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes is operative, promotions to positions on the police department and force shall be based upon merit as determined by suitable promotion tests for such posi…

40A:14-122.6. Promotions; preference to residents In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes is not in operation but wherein promotions to positions on the police department and force are based upon merit as determined by suitable promotion tests…

40A:14-122.7. Continuance in service; persons appointed under repealed acts; non-observance of residency requirements Any person serving as a member of a police department and force pursuant to the provisions of any act repealed by this act shall continue to serve in such positio…

40A:14-122.8. Residency in state; requirement for employment Every member of a police department and force shall be a resident of the State of New Jersey while serving in such position. Members appointed after the effective date of this act shall be residents of New Jersey at the…

40A:14-123.1. Residence requirements for persons discharged or released from the military service Any person who has served in the armed services of the United States and been discharged or released from such service under conditions other than dishonorable within 6 months prior …

40A:14-123.1a Police departments; priority of eligibility for initial appointment; preference, certain. 2. a. In any municipality of this State, before any person shall be appointed as a member of the police department and force, the appointing authority may classify all the duly…

40A:14-127. Age requirements Except as otherwise herein provided, no person shall be appointed as a member or officer of the police department or force in any municipality who is under 21 or over 35 years of age. In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised…

40A:14-127.1 Reappointment of certain law enforcement officers. 1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, any former State trooper, sheriff's officer or deputy, or county or municipal police officer who has separated from service voluntarily or involu…

40A:14-127.2. Other qualifications 2. No former State trooper, sheriff's officer or deputy, or county or municipal policeman who meets the age requirements for reappointment under the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1979, c.461 (C.40A:14-127.1) shall be exempt from meeting the gen…

40A:14-127.3. Rate of pension contributions 3. The Board of Trustees of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey shall accept as a member of the retirement system any policeman otherwise eligible for membership appointed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1979, c.461 (C…

40A:14-128. Indeterminate term of office Except as otherwise provided by law, in any municipality having permanent members and officers of a police department and force, the employment of said members and officers shall be indeterminate and continuous during good behavior and eff…

40A:14-129. Promotion of members and officers in certain municipalities In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes is not in effect, and except in cities of the first and second class, a promotion of any member or officer of the police department…

40A:14-13. Appointment of temporary members and officers; termination of temporary employment In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes is in operation, whenever a vacancy occurs in the fire department or force by reason of the granting of a lea…

40A:14-130. Promotion of members and officers in certain cases In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes is not in operation, except as otherwise provided by law, a member or officer of the municipal police department or force shall not be promo…

40A:14-131. Minimum salary for policemen in municipalities located in counties other than of the first or second class Except as otherwise provided by law or whenever a higher minimum annual salary has been legally fixed by appropriate action, every municipal policeman in a munic…

40A:14-132. Hours of service for uniformed members and officers; referendum The hours of employment of the uniformed members and officers of the police department and force in any municipality shall not exceed 8 continuous hours in any one day nor more than 40 hours in any one we…

40A:14-133. Days of employment and days off; emergency The days of employment of any member or officer of the police department or force, including any officer having supervision or regulation of traffic upon county roads, parks and parkways shall not exceed 6 days in any one wee…

40A:14-134. Certain emergencies; compensation "Emergency" as used herein shall include any unusual conditions caused by any circumstances or situation including shortages in the personnel of the police department or force caused by vacancies, sickness or injury, or by the taking …

40A:14-135. Appearance as witness; no loss in compensation The governing body of any municipality may, by ordinance, provide that whenever any member of the police department or force shall be required to appear before any grand jury or at any municipal, County, Superior or Supre…

40A:14-136. Leave of absence without pay; retention of pension and retirement benefits Leave of absence without pay may be granted by the authority in charge, to a member or officer of a municipal police department or force, in order that his services may be made available to the…

40A:14-137. Leaves of absence with pay to certain members and officers The governing body of any municipality, by ordinance, may provide for granting leaves of absence with pay not exceeding one year, to members and officers of its police department and force who shall be injured…

40A:14-137.1. Policemen or firemen; accrued vacation pay; payment upon death or retirement The governing body of any municipality having a paid police or fire department shall be authorized, upon the death or retirement in good standing of any permanent member of such municipal p…

40A:14-138. Delay in qualifying because of military service Any person who has been, or shall be, appointed as a member or officer of the municipal police department or force while serving in the armed services of the United States, and who has been, or shall be, delayed in quali…

40A:14-139. Clerks The governing body of any municipality, in their discretion, by ordinance, may provide for the appointment of a clerk for the police department or force and in any such ordinance shall prescribe his powers, functions and duties and fix the amount of his compens…

40A:14-14. Delay in qualifying because of military service Any person who has been, or shall be, appointed as a member or officer of the paid or part-paid fire department or force while serving in the armed services of the United States, and who has been, or shall be, delayed in …

40A:14-140. Drivers and attendants of police vehicles; other personnel The governing body of any municipality, by ordinance, may provide for the appointment of drivers and attendants of police vehicles and for the appointment of electrical equipment servicemen, janitors and matro…

40A:14-141. Chaplains The governing body of any municipality, by ordinance, may provide for the appointment of one or more chaplains to the police department or force. Any person appointed as chaplain shall be an ordained clergyman in good standing in the religious body from whic…

40A:14-142. Municipal prison keepers In any municipality having a municipal prison the governing body, by ordinance, may provide for the appointment of a prison keeper and upon such appointment he shall become a member of the police department or force of said municipality. L.197…

40A:14-143. Decrease of force for reasons of economy The governing body of any municipality, if they shall deem it necessary for reasons of economy, may decrease the number of members and officers of the police department or force or their grades or ranks. In case of demotion fro…

40A:14-144. Temporary appointments When any member or officer of the police department or force of any municipality is granted a leave of absence pursuant to any law authorizing the granting of leaves of absence to persons entering the military service of the United States, or of…

40A:14-145. Appointment of temporary members and officers; general qualifications; termination of employment In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes is in operation, and a vacancy occurs in the police department or force by reason of the grant…

40A:14-146.1. Security officers In any city of the first class, the governing body may create the title of security officers under the classified service of civil service, and may appoint and commission as many security officers as it may deem necessary to patrol the grounds, bui…

40A:14-146.10 Special law enforcement officers. 3. a. Any local unit may, as it deems necessary, appoint special law enforcement officers sufficient to perform the duties and responsibilities permitted by local ordinances authorized by N.J.S.40A:14-118 or ordinance or resolution,…

40A:14-146.11 Training; classifications. 4. a. A person shall not commence the duties of a special law enforcement officer unless the person has successfully completed a training course approved by the commission and a special law enforcement officer shall not be issued a firearm…

40A:14-146.12. Uniforms Every special law enforcement officer prior to the commencement of his duties shall be furnished with a uniform which shall identify the officer's function. The uniform shall include, but not be limited to, a hat and appropriate badges which shall bear an …

40A:14-146.13. Fees a. Except as specified in subsection b. of this section, a local unit may charge a reasonable fee as may be fixed by the governing body for equipment and uniforms supplied pursuant to this act, but may not charge a fee for the costs of training or issuing a ce…

40A:14-146.14 Special law enforcement officers, appointment, terms, regulations. 7. a. Special law enforcement officers may be appointed for terms not to exceed one year, and the appointments may be revoked by the local unit for cause after adequate hearing, unless the appointmen…

40A:14-146.15 Powers. 8. The chief of police, or, in the absence of the chief, other chief law enforcement officer of the local unit wherein the officer is appointed, may authorize special law enforcement officers when on duty to exercise the same powers and authority as permanen…

40A:14-146.16 Limitation on hours. 9. a. Except as provided in subsection c. of this section, a special law enforcement officer shall not be employed for more than 20 hours per week by the local unit except that special law enforcement officers may be employed by the local unit f…

40A:14-146.17 Limitations on number, categories. 10. The local governing body shall by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, establish limitations upon the number and categories of special law enforcement officers which may be employed by the local unit in accordance with the …

40A:14-146.18 Residency requirement. 11. A local unit may provide by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, that certain or all special law enforcement officers shall be residents of the municipality or county in which they are employed. L.1985, c.439, s.11; amended 2013, c.21,…

40A:14-146.19 Establishment of housing authority police force by certain municipalities. 1. The governing body of every city of the first class having a population of more than 270,000 inhabitants, according to the 1990 federal decennial census, may, by ordinance, establish a hou…

40A:14-146.2 Current housing guards, patrolmen Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary relating to the qualification required for appointment to any municipal police force, any person holding position of employment as a housing guard or housing patrolman on the effec…

40A:14-146.20 Requirements for appointment as housing authority police officer. 2. No person may be appointed as a housing authority police officer pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1997, c.210 (C.40A:14-146.19) unless that person: a. Is a resident of this State; b. Is able to read, w…