Title 40A, Title 40A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

40A:14-146.3. Police powers a. Any officer appointed pursuant to section 1 of P.L. 1975, c. 189 (C. 40A:14-146.2) in any city of the second class with a population of more than 140,000 inhabitants, according to the 1970 federal census, or in any city of the second class with a po…

40A:14-146.4. Retirement system membership Any housing guard or housing patrolman on the effective date of this act appointed as a housing police officer pursuant to the provisions thereof shall be retained in the retirement system of which he is then a member, notwithstanding th…

40A:14-146.6. Identification card, badge or other identifying insignia; special law enforcement officers; differentiation from regular police Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the identification card, badge or other identifying insignia of any person who serves as a …

40A:14-146.7. Violations; penalty Any person who violates the provisions of this act shall be a disorderly person. L.1977, c. 131, s. 2.

40A:14-146.8. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Special Law Enforcement Officers' Act." L. 1985, c. 439, s. 1, eff. Jan. 13, 1986.

40A:14-146.9 Definitions. 2. As used in this act: a. "Commission" means the Police Training Commission established in the Department of Law and Public Safety pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-70); b. "Emergency" means any sudden, unexpected or unforeseeable event …

40A:14-147. Removal, suspension of police officer 40A:14-147. Except as otherwise provided by law, no permanent member or officer of the police department or force shall be removed from his office, employment or position for political reasons or for any cause other than incapacit…

40A:14-148. Hearings Except as otherwise provided by law, the officer, board or authority empowered to hear and determine the charge or charges made against a member or officer of the police department or force, shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and documentary evidence.…

40A:14-149. Suspension pending hearing; commencement of hearing If any member or officer of the police department or force 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…

40A:14-149.1. Suspension of officer charged with offense Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, whenever any municipal police officer is charged under the law of this State, another state, or the United States, with an offense, said police officer may be suspended from pe…

40A:14-149.2. Reinstatement and recovery of withheld pay If a suspended police officer is found not guilty at trial, the charges are dismissed or the prosecution is terminated, said officer shall be reinstated to his position and shall be entitled to recover all pay withheld duri…

40A:14-149.3. Reimbursement of municipality of salary received during suspension by police officer if found guilty If any municipal police officer is suspended with pay and is found guilty of the charges brought against him said police officer shall reimburse the municipality for…

40A:14-15. Temporary vacancy due to military service When any member or officer of the fire 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 Unit…

40A:14-150 Review of disciplinary conviction, arbitration in non-civil service municipality by member, officer of police department. 40A:14-150. Any member or officer of a police department or force in a municipality wherein Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes is not in operatio…

40A:14-151. Judicially determined illegal suspension or dismissal; member or officer entitled to recover salary; proviso Whenever any member or officer of a municipal police department or force shall be suspended or dismissed from his office, employment or position and said suspe…

40A:14-152. Members and officers shall have powers of peace officers. 1. The members and officers of a police department and force, within the territorial limits of the municipality, shall have all the powers of peace officers and upon view may apprehend and arrest any disorderly…

40A:14-152.1. Municipal police officer; power of arrest for crime committed in his presence anywhere within state Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S. 40A:14-152 or any other law to the contrary, any full-time, permanently appointed municipal police officer shall have full po…

40A:14-152.2. Immunity from tort liability; provision of benefits for police, law enforcement officer exercising Statewide police powers; exemptions; terms defined 1. Whenever any municipal police officer or other law enforcement officer has been conferred with Statewide police p…

40A:14-153. Records and badges of awards to members and officers 40A:14-153. Whenever an award shall be made to a member or officer of the police department or force for heroic or meritorious service by a national or Statewide police service organization or a governmental or volu…

40A:14-154. Special compensation for permanently disabled members or officers; conditions If a member or officer of the municipal police department or force is permanently disabled from injuries received while in the performance of his duties, and the chief or authority in charge…

40A:14-155. Legal expenses of police officers Whenever a member or officer of a municipal police department or force 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 dut…

40A:14-156. Police assistance in other municipality; payment; rights in event of casualty or death In the event of an emergency the chief or other head of any municipal police department and force or any park police department or system, municipal fire department and force, volun…

40A:14-156.1 Mutual police, fire aid in emergency, agreements between municipalities; interstate authority 1. The governing bodies of two or more municipalities may by reciprocal ordinances enter into agreements with each other for mutual police or fire aid in case of emergency. …

40A:14-156.2 Members of police, fire department, volunteer fire company; powers, authority, immunity 2. Members of a police force or fire department and force or volunteer fire company in any municipality entering into any agreement hereunder, while on duty rendering assistance t…

40A:14-156.3. Injury or death benefits If any member of a police force or fire department and force or volunteer fire company summoned pursuant to an agreement to render assistance suffers injury or death in the performance of his duties, he or his designee or legal representativ…

40A:14-156.4. Suspension of acts to provide emergency assistance; declaration of civilian defense and disaster control emergency The county emergency management coordinator for the county in which emergency assistance is rendered pursuant to this act or N.J.S.40A:14-26 or N.J.S.4…

40A:14-157. Public auction of property a. Where tangible personal property comes into the possession of the police department or force of a municipality, by finding and recovery, by a member of the police force acting in the line of duty, and if the owner or his whereabouts is un…

40A:14-158. Special joint municipal police force Any 2 or more municipalities abutting upon the ocean or coastal waters may create by reciprocal ordinances a special joint municipal police force to control the said waters abutting such municipalities, to secure the enforcement of…

40A:14-159. Chapter 151 of the laws of 1958 saved from repeal Chapter 151 of the laws of 1958 (C. 40:11-22 to C. 40:11-25 both inclusive) is saved from repeal. [The act saved from repeal by this section provides for the granting of noncontributory pensions by municipalities and c…

40A:14-159.1. Chapter 303 of the laws of 1969 saved from repeal Chapter 303 of the laws of 1969 (C. 40:47-11.1 and C. 40:47-11.2) is saved from repeal. [The act saved from repeal by this section provides for the reappointment of certain members of the police department and force …

40A:14-16. 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 paid or part-paid fire department and force who s…

40A:14-16.1 Policy addressing job-related issues of pregnant members of paid or part-time fire departments. 1. Not later than 180 days after the effective date of P.L.2025, c.192 (C.40A:14-16), a paid or part-paid fire department or force shall adopt, review, and update, if neede…

40A:14-160. Section 40:47-12 of the Revised Statutes saved from repeal Section 40:47-12 of the Revised Statutes is saved from repeal. [The act saved from repeal by said section, which section is now saved from repeal, provided for the tenure of office and compensation for certain…

40A:14-161. Chapter 188 of the laws of 1959 saved from repeal Chapter 188 of the laws of 1959 (C. 40:47-20.9) is saved from repeal. [The act saved from repeal by this section provided for the validation of certain appointments of members or officers of the municipal police depart…

40A:14-162. Chapter 56 of the laws of 1962 saved from repeal Chapter 56 of the laws of 1962 (C. 40:47-20.10 and C. 40:47-20.11) is saved from repeal. [The act saved from repeal by this section provided for the validation of certain appointments of members or officers of the munic…

40A:14-163. Chapter 187 of the laws of 1964 saved from repeal Chapter 187 of the laws of 1964 (C. 40:47-20.12), as amended by P.L.1969, c. 267, s. 6, is saved from repeal. [The act saved from repeal by this section provides that in any municipality where no police department or f…

40A:14-164. Chapter 288 of the laws of 1966 saved from repeal Chapter 288 of the laws of 1966 (C. 40:149-3.2 and C. 40:149-3.3) is saved from repeal. [The act saved from repeal by this section provides for the validating of appointments of certain members and officers of a police…

40A:14-17. Indeterminate terms of office Except as otherwise provided by law, in any municipality having permanent members and officers of a paid or part-paid fire department and force, the employment of said members and officers shall be for an indeterminate term and continuous …

40A:14-172. Section 40:174-148 of the Revised Statutes saved from repeal Section 40:174-148 of the Revised Statutes is saved from repeal. [The compiled act (P.L.1920, c. 163) saved from repeal by this section provides that in cities of the first class, a member of the police depa…

40A:14-176. Statutes repealed The following sections, acts and parts of acts, together with all amendments and supplements thereto, are hereby repealed. Revised Statutes Sections. 40:11-9 to 40:11-11 both inclusive; 40:11-12 amended 1942, c. 52; 40:11-13 amended 1938, c. 80; 1942…

40A:14-177 Attendance at State, national convention of certain organizations. 1. The heads of the county offices of the several counties and the head of every department, bureau and office in the government of the various municipalities shall give a leave of absence with pay to p…

40A:14-178 Liability for training costs; terms defined. 1. a. Whenever a person who resigned as a member of a county or municipal law enforcement agency is appointed to another county or municipal law enforcement agency, the police department of an educational institution pursuan…

40A:14-178.1 Liability for certain costs for training certain law enforcement personnel; definitions. 1. a. If a person appointed as a Class Two special resigns or refuses reappointment after serving less than 30 days with the municipality that incurred the costs of examining, tr…

40A:14-179. Base salaries of police chief, deputy chief 1. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary whenever there is a police department organized in any political subdivision of this State and a chief of police appointed to be the executive head of such department, the sta…

40A:14-18. Minimum salary for firemen 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 fireman in a municipali…

40A:14-180 Appointment of certain county, municipal, sheriff's law enforcement officers. 1. a. The provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the appointing authority of a county or municipality which, pursuant to N.J.S.40A:14-106, in the case of a county, or N.…