Bill Text: NJ S851 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Gives Statewide police powers to certain county juvenile detention officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-01 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee [S851 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-S851-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator ANTHONY R. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris)
SYNOPSIS
Gives statewide police powers to certain county juvenile detention officers.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning certain county juvenile detention officers and amending N.J.S.2A:154-3.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. N.J.S.2A:154-3 is amended to read as follows:
2A:154-3. a. All court attendants, sheriff's officers, county juvenile detention officers and county correction officers in the competitive class of civil service who have been or who may hereafter be appointed by the sheriff or board of chosen freeholders of any county in this State shall, by virtue of such appointment and in addition to any other power or authority, be empowered to act as officers for the detection, apprehension, arrest and conviction of offenders against the law.
b. In addition to the powers set forth in subsection a. of this section, any county correction officer or county juvenile detention officer who has satisfactorily completed a basic training course approved by the Police Training Commission, as provided by P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.), shall have full power of arrest for any crime committed in his presence anywhere within the territorial limits of the State of New Jersey.
c. A county correction officer or county juvenile detention officer who has full power of arrest pursuant to subsection b. of this section, and is acting under lawful authority beyond the territorial limits of his employing county, shall have all of the immunities from tort liability and shall have all of the pension, relief, disability, workers' compensation, insurance, and other benefits enjoyed while performing duties within the employing county.
(cf: P.L.1996, c.40, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would grant county juvenile detention officers statewide police powers. The bill would also grant these officers all of the immunities from tort liability, all the pension, relief, disability, worker's compensation, insurance and other benefits law enforcement officers statutorily enjoy while performing their duties. Currently, county juvenile detention officers do not have these statutory powers and protections.
