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

52:17B-21. Powers and duties of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles transferred to Division of Motor Vehicles The functions, powers and duties of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles are continued, but such functions, powers and duties are hereby transferred to and vested in the directo…

52:17B-210 Pamphlet for students relative to pedophile crimes. 1. The Attorney General, in consultation with the New Jersey School Boards Association, the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault, the New Jersey Education Association, and the Division on Women, shall prepare a…

52:17B-211 Uniform enforcement relative to death, serious bodily injury resulting from motor vehicle accident. 2. In order to promote uniform enforcement in matters when death or serious bodily injury arises out of a motor vehicle incident, any guidelines developed by the Attorne…

52:17B-212 Definitions relative to missing persons. 1. As used in this act: "High risk missing person" means a person whose whereabouts are not currently known and the circumstances of the person's disappearance suggest that the person may be at imminent or likely risk of injury …

52:17B-213 Acceptance of report of missing person without delay. 2. a. A law enforcement agency shall accept without delay any report of a missing person. No law enforcement agency may refuse to accept a missing person report on the basis that: (1) The missing person is an adult;…

52:17B-214 Information about the missing person for record. 3. At the time a missing person report is filed, the law enforcement agency shall seek to ascertain and record the following information about the missing person: a. The name of the missing person, including any aliases;…

52:17B-215 Information provided to person making report or family member. 4. a. The law enforcement agency shall notify the person making the report, a family member, or any other person in a position to assist the law enforcement agency in its efforts to locate the missing perso…

52:17B-216 Determination of designation as high-risk missing person. 5. a. (1) Upon the initial receipt of a missing person report, a law enforcement agency shall seek to determine whether the person reported missing is to be designated a high-risk missing person. (2) If a law en…

52:17B-217 Actions relative to high risk missing person or child. 6. a. Upon a determination that a missing person investigation involves a high risk missing person or a missing child, the lead law enforcement agency shall take such actions as are specified in the uniform investi…

52:17B-218 Practices, protocol for death scene investigations. 7. a. The Attorney General shall provide information to local law enforcement agencies about best practices and protocols for handling death scene investigations. b. The Attorney General shall identify any publication…

52:17B-219 Custody of human remains, notification if remains unidentified. 8. a. After performing any death scene investigation, as deemed appropriate under the circumstances, the official with custody of the human remains shall ensure that the human remains are delivered to the …

52:17B-22. Organization of existing Department of Motor Vehicles continued Except as otherwise provided herein or as may be changed pursuant to authorization contained herein or in any other law, the organization of the existing Department of Motor Vehicles is continued as the or…

52:17B-220 Responsibilities of county, intercounty medical examiner. 9. a. If the official with custody of the human remains is not a medical examiner, the official shall promptly transfer the unidentified remains to the appropriate county or intercounty medical examiner. b. The …

52:17B-221 Development, dissemination of best practices protocol to law enforcement. 10. In implementing the provisions of this act and prior to the effective date, the Superintendent of State Police shall develop and disseminate to all law enforcement agencies in the State a bes…

52:17B-222 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Law Enforcement Professional Standards Act of 2009." L.2009, c.121, s.1.

52:17B-223 Findings, declarations relative to law enforcement professional standards. 2. The Legislature finds and declares: a. The citizens of the State of New Jersey are entitled to be protected and served by law enforcement professionals who conduct themselves in accordance wi…

52:17B-224 Definitions relative to law enforcement professional standards. 3. As used in this act: "Consent decree" means the consent decree the State of New Jersey entered into with the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, in December 1999. "Director" mean…

52:17B-225 Office of Law Enforcement Professional Standards. 4. a. There is created in the Department of Law and Public Safety an Office of Law Enforcement Professional Standards which shall perform such administrative, investigative, policy and training oversight, and monitoring…

52:17B-226 Appointment of director. 5. The Attorney General shall appoint an individual qualified by education, experience, or professional background in the fields of law, investigation, criminal practice, and administration to serve as Director of the Office of Law Enforcement …

52:17B-227 Organization of office. 6. Subject to the provisions of P.L.2009, c.121 (C.52:17B-222 et seq.), the director may, with the approval of the Attorney General, organize the work of the office into such bureaus and other organizational units as may be necessary for its eff…

52:17B-228 Duties, functions of office. 7. a. The office shall be authorized to perform the duties and functions previously performed under the consent decree by the independent monitors and the Office of State Police Affairs, which general and specific duties and functions are c…

52:17B-229 Preparation of reports by office. 8. On the first day of the sixth month after the issuance of the final report by the independent monitoring team appointed by the United States District Court pursuant to the consent decree, the office shall prepare a report that evalu…

52:17B-23. Department of weights and measures constituted Division of Weights and Measures The department of weights and measures, together with all of its functions, powers and duties, is continued, but such department is hereby transferred to and constituted the Division of Wei…

52:17B-230 Specific authority of office relative to certain best practices. 9. The office shall have specific authority to provide advice and technical assistance to county and municipal law enforcement agencies concerning best practices for: the use of mobile video recording sys…

52:17B-231 Promoting, ensuring compliance with general policy. 10. The office shall take appropriate steps to promote and ensure compliance with the general policy that all law enforcement officers not rely to any degree on the race or national or ethnic origin of motorists in se…

52:17B-232 Personnel performance information system. 11. The Division of State Police shall maintain a personnel performance information system that meets or exceeds the specifications of the system in place upon termination of the consent decree. Funding for the purposes of main…

52:17B-233 Participants in, material offered in training course, program. 12. The Superintendent of State Police shall ensure that no member of the State Police attends or participates in any training course or program relating to any applicable non-discrimination policy establis…

52:17B-234 Certification of compliance. 13. a. The superintendent shall, on a semi-annual basis, certify to the Attorney General that the Division of State Police has complied with the requirements of P.L.2009, c.121 (C.52:17B-222 et seq.). Each troop commander shall, on a semi-a…

52:17B-235 Semi-annual public reports. 14. a. The office shall prepare semi-annual public reports that include aggregate statistics on State Police traffic enforcement activities and procedures, segregated by State Police station and providing aggregate data on the race and ethni…

52:17B-236 Risk-based audits, performance reviews conducted by State Comptroller. 15. a. The State Comptroller, established pursuant to P.L.2007, c.52 (C.52:15C-1 et seq.), shall conduct risk-based audits and performance reviews of the Division of State Police and the office to e…

52:17B-236.1 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Seabrooks-Washington Community-Led Crisis Response Act." L.2023, c.259, s.1.

52:17B-236.10 Law enforcement officer defined, Law Enforcement Officer Protection Act. 2. As used in this act, “law enforcement officer” means a member of any federal, State, county, or municipal law enforcement agency, department, or division of those governments who is statutor…

52:17B-236.11 Law Enforcement Officer Protection Act, use of mask, disguise. 3. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, a law enforcement officer shall not wear a mask or disguise when interacting with the public while in the performance of the officer’s official …

52:17B-236.12 Law enforcement officers to provide sufficient identification prior to detention, arrest. 4. a. Every law enforcement officer shall provide sufficient identification prior to detaining or arresting an individual. A law enforcement officer shall be deemed to have pro…

52:17B-236.13 Guidelines issued by Attorney General, officers wearing masks, disguise and providing identification. 5. The Attorney General shall issue guidelines or a directive necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act. L.2026, c.3, s.5.

52:17B-236.14 Findings, declarations. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. There is a difference between State, county, and municipal law enforcement authorities, who enforce the criminal laws of this State, and federal immigration authorities, who enforce federal civil…

52:17B-236.15 Definitions. 2. As used in this act: “Judicial warrant” means a warrant based on probable cause and issued by a federal Article III judge or magistrate, or the State equivalent, that authorizes federal immigration authorities to search a location or apprehend a pers…

52:17B-236.16 Prohibition on racially influenced policing. 3. a. A law enforcement officer shall not engage in conduct constituting racially influenced policing. A law enforcement officer shall not consider a person’s race or ethnicity as a factor in drawing an inference or concl…

52:17B-236.17 Processing T visa, U visa certification requests, procedures. 4. a. Every State, county, and municipal law enforcement agency shall establish procedures for processing requests for T visa certifications and U visa certifications from potential victims of crime or hu…

52:17B-236.18 Notification on certain requests made by federal civil immigration authorities; report on assistance. 6. a. Every State, county, and municipal law enforcement agency and official shall promptly notify a detained individual, in writing and in a language the individua…

52:17B-236.2 Findings, declarations. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. New Jersey's system of policing and incarceration has staggering racial disparities. b. Since 2015, fatal police encounters in New Jersey have resulted in the deaths at least 86 members of the pub…

52:17B-236.3 Definitions. 3. As used in this act: "Behavioral health" means mental health, substance abuse, or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse diagnoses, and the continuum of mental health, substance abuse, or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse treatmen…

52:17B-236.4 "Community Crisis Response Advisory Council" established, Department of Law and Public Safety. 4. a. There is established in the Department of Law and Public Safety the Community Crisis Response Advisory Council to provide the department with best practices and recom…

52:17B-236.5 Community Crisis Response Advisory Council pilot program, select counties; Attorney General, proposal requests. 5. a. The Attorney General shall establish a pilot program in Camden, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, and Passaic Counties to permit eligible municipalit…

52:17B-236.6 Community Crisis Response Advisory Council, grant eligibility. 6. a. To be eligible to receive a grant pursuant to the pilot program established in section 5 of P.L.2023, c.259 (C.52:17B-236.5): (1) a municipality shall be a municipality of the first class in Essex, …

52:17B-236.8 Regulations. 9. The department may adopt any regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act on an expedited basis, which regulations shall be effective immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law for a period not to exceed 18 months, a…