Bill Text: NJ S2564 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires police departments of certain educational institutions to adopt Attorney General Guidelines on internal affairs policies and procedures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Substituted by A3493 [S2564 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S2564-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 2564

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED DECEMBER 1, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Senator  LORETTA WEINBERG

District 37 (Bergen)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires police departments of certain educational institutions to adopt Attorney General Guidelines on internal affairs policies and procedures.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning certain police departments and amending P.L.1996, c.115.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    Section 10 of P.L.1996, c.115 (C.40A:14-181) is amended to read as follows:

     10.  Every law enforcement agency, including a police department of an institution of higher education established pursuant to P.L.1970, c.211 (C.18A:6-4.2 et seq.), 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.

(cf:  P.L.1996, c.115, s.10)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month after enactment.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires police departments of institutions of higher education to adopt the Attorney General Guidelines on internal affairs policies and procedures.

     Under current law, every law enforcement agency in the State is required to adopt and implement guidelines consistent with those 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.

     Under the provisions of this bill, police departments of institutions of higher education would also be required to adopt and implement these guidelines.