2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers
Section 52:17B-4.10 - Establishment of minority recruitment and selection program.

52:17B-4.10 Establishment of minority recruitment and selection program.

2. a. Each law enforcement agency in this State shall establish a minority recruitment and selection program in accordance with guidelines established by the Attorney General pursuant to section 4 of this act. The program shall seek to remedy past discrimination in furtherance of the goal of the agency being comprised of law enforcement officers who reflect the diversity of the population of the community the agency is charged with protecting. In implementing the program, the law enforcement agency shall make a good faith effort to meet specific goals for recruiting and hiring minorities and females within established time frames. The program shall include methods of evaluating whether these goals are met and provide for additional contingent measures to be taken if the program fails to meet its specific goals.

b. The minority recruitment and selection program established pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be posted on the official Internet website of each law enforcement agency.

c. The county prosecutor shall monitor the results of the minority recruitment and selection programs established by county and municipal law enforcement agencies within the jurisdiction of the prosecutor as required in subsection a. of this section. The county prosecutor shall annually report this information to the Attorney General.

d. The Attorney General shall monitor the results of the minority recruitment and selection program established by the Division of State Police and, in consultation with the respective commissioner of any other State department that maintains a law enforcement agency, the programs established by other State law enforcement agencies as required in subsection a. of this section.

e. The Attorney General shall annually report to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly a summary of the results obtained pursuant to subsection d. of this section and the results reported by the county prosecutors pursuant to subsection c. of this section. The Attorney General also shall post this summary on the official Internet website of the Department of Law and Public Safety.

L.2020, c.107, s.2.