2022 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 27 - Highways
Section 27:25-5.28 - Duties of corporation.

27:25-5.28 Duties of corporation.

3. a. The corporation shall equip each motorbus, rail vehicle, and light rail vehicle with a radio or other communication system that allows the operator of the motorbus or rail passenger service employee to alert the corporation, or New Jersey Transit police, or any other appropriate law enforcement agencies when the operator or employee is in distress.

b. The corporation shall coordinate with local law enforcement and New Jersey Transit police to allow law enforcement officers or transit police officers to ride along on a motorbus, rail vehicle, or light rail vehicle during high volume periods or on routes where the corporation anticipates the possibility for violence against the operator of a motorbus or employee of a rail passenger service.

c. The corporation shall establish a program including utilizing an employee court advocate to assist and support motorbus service employees and passenger rail service employees that have been a victim of assault. With the goal of developing best practices, the corporation shall make available its assistance and support program plans to other transportation operators in the State.

d. The corporation shall periodically provide de-escalation training, to avoid violence, to motorbus service employees and passenger rail service employees. With the goal of developing best practices, the corporation shall make available its de-escalation training to other transportation operators in the State.

L. 2021, c.352, s.3.