2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS NOT FOR PROFIT
Section 15:4-1 - Pursuers may be appointed by private detective association; constabulary powers

15:4-1. Pursuers may be appointed by private detective association; constabulary powers
Where the certificate of incorporation of a corporation incorporated under chapter 1 of this title (s. 15:1-1 et seq.) or under an act entitled "An act to incorporate associations not for pecuniary profit," approved April twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, provides that the object of the corporation shall be the detection, pursuit, apprehension, arrest or prosecution of thieves, tramps, marauders, or other depredators on persons or property, or the recovery of stolen goods, the trustees of the corporation may appoint or elect, upon the authorization by resolution of the governing body of the municipality in which the principal office of such corporation is located, and the approval by the superintendent of state police, not more than twenty members of the corporation as pursuers, and give to each a badge of office. Such pursuers shall continue in office for one year, and during that time shall have the power and authority of constables, so far as may be necessary to carry out the objects of the corporation, and may execute warrants for that purpose in any part of the state, and shall have all the responsibilities and immunities of constables in the exercise of such power and authority. Such pursuers shall not be required to perform any service except as directed by the by-laws of the corporation.

Any person who shall act as such pursuer whose appointment has not been so made and approved shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.