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TITLE 40A - MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES
40a:14
40A:14-179 - Base salaries of police chief, deputy chief
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 starting base salary of said chief of police and the deputy chief shall be set at a rate that is higher than the highest base salary of the ranking police officer next in command below the chief of police or deputy chief of police as appropriate. Thereafter, whenever new base salary ranges are set by the governing body or appointive authority, unless the chief of police or deputy chief shall consent to a lesser adjustment, the base salary for the chief of police and his deputy chief shall be adjusted to ensure that their base salaries remain higher than the base salaries of other ranking supervisory officers in the department.
L.1991,c.176,s.1; amended 1995,c.259,s.35.
40A:14-180 . Appointments to county or municipal police force of certain 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.J.S.40A:14-118, in the case of a municipality, has established and maintains a police force may appoint as a member or officer of the county or municipal police department any person who:
(1) was serving as a law enforcement officer in good standing in any State, county or municipal law enforcement department or agency; and
(2) satisfactorily completed a working test period in a State law enforcement title or in a law enforcement title in a county or municipality which has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes or satisfactorily completed a comparable, documented probationary period in a law enforcement title in a county or municipality which has not adopted Title 11A, Civil Service; and
(3) was, for reasons of economy, terminated as a law enforcement officer within 60 months prior to the appointment.
b. A county or municipality may employ such a person notwithstanding that:
(1) Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes is operative in that county or municipality;
(2) the county or municipality has available to it an eligible or regular reemployment list of persons eligible for such appointments; and
(3) the appointed person is not on any eligible list. A county or municipality which has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, may not employ such a person if a special reemployment list is in existence for the law enforcement title to be filled.
c. If a county determines to appoint a person pursuant to the provisions of this act, it shall give first priority in making such appointments to residents of the county. A municipality making such an appointment shall give first priority to residents of the municipality and second priority to residents of the county not residing in the municipality.
d. The seniority, seniority-related privileges and rank a law enforcement officer possessed with the employer who terminated the officer's employment for reasons of economy shall not be transferable to a new position when the officer is appointed to a law enforcement position pursuant to the provisions of this section.
L.1991,c.299,s.1; amended 1993, c.187, s.1; 1996,c.13,s.1.
40A:14-181.Adoption of guidelines for internal affairs by law enforcement agency
10. Every law enforcement agency shall adopt and implement guidelines which shall be consistent with the guidelines governing the "Internal Affairs Policy and Procedures" of the Police Management Manual promulgated by the Police Bureau of the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety, and shall be consistent with any tenure or civil service laws, and shall not supersede any existing contractual agreements.
L.1996,c.115,s.10.
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