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1 IN THE MATTER OF CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR, et al. -- rank: 1000

... 1970), that corrections officers were police officers by virtue of N.J.S.A. 2A:154-4, which empowers them "to detect, apprehend and arrest," PERC pointed ...

docket:	a6631-05
court:	njappellate
decided:	2007-06-18
status:	published
citation:	394 N.J. Super. 15
Document Size:	68056

2 IN THE MATTER OF UNION COUNTY PROSECUTOR, et al. -- rank: 1000

... 1970), that corrections officers were police officers by virtue of N.J.S.A. 2A:154-4, which empowers them "to detect, apprehend and arrest," PERC pointed ...

docket:	A0593-06
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2007-06-18
status:	published
citation:	394 N.J. Super. 15 925 A.2d 63
Document Size:	72988

3 COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 1034 v. NEW JERSEY STATE POLICEMEN\'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 203 -- rank: 971

... policemen" by virtue of the authority granted to them under N.J.S.A. 2A:154-4. Id. at 157-58. That statute provides: All correction officers ... detection, apprehension, arrest and conviction of offenders against the law. [ N.J.S.A. 2A:154-4.] The court in County of Gloucester reasoned that N.J.S.A. 2A:154-4 "is unambiguous and plainly vests in correction[s] officers specific ... they have that general law enforcement authority by virtue of N.J.S.A. 2A:154-4. N.J.S.A. 52:17B-67 (defining "Police officer ...

docket:	a1394-08
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-03-11
status:	published
citation:	412 N.J. Super. 286 989 A.2d 1267
Document Size:	65143

4 JOHN PAFF v. BERGEN COUNTY -- rank: 810

... has defined "law enforcement agency" to include county correctional facilities. N.J.S.A. 2A:154-4 ("All corrections officers of the State of New Jersey . . . shall ...

docket:	a1839-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-03-13
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	52932

5 IN THE MATTER OF TIA SMITH, CAMDEN COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS -- rank: 734

... Correctional police officers, such as Smith, hold full police powers. N.J.S.A. 2A:154-4. A-5250-17T3 5 We do not consider the punishment ...

docket:	a5250-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-10-31
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	11885

6 IN THE MATTER OF MAURICE JACKSON MERCER COUNTY CORRECTIONS CENTER -- rank: 734

... Because corrections officers are 'empowered to exercise full police powers,' N.J.S.A. 2A:154-4, they represent 'law and order to the citizenry and must ...

docket:	a5566-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-01-25
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	22824

7 IN THE MATTER OF DANIEL SKRABONJA, BAYSIDE STATE PRISON, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS -- rank: 691

... statute to be 'peace officers' with 'full police powers,' see N.J.S.A. 2A:154-4, and their 'primary duty is to enforce and uphold the ...

docket:	a2516-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-12-17
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	28769

8 IN THE MATTER OF SEAN TONNER, EAST JERSEY STATE PRISON, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS -- rank: 682

... officer is a law-enforcement officer with full police powers, N.J.S.A. 2A:154-4. A law enforcement officer is held to a higher standard ...

docket:	a2071-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-12-30
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	23401

9 IN THE MATTER OF VENUS YOUNG -- rank: 606

... to a higher standard of conduct than other public employees. N.J.S.A. 2A:154-4; In re Phillips , 117 N.J. 567 , 576 (1990). The ...

docket:	a3497-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-04-04
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	29898

10 Thisopinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R.1:36-3 IN THE MATTER OF GIOVANI CO -- rank: 497

... as a corrections officer with full police power pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:154-4, and as such, he was held to a higher standard ...

docket:	a1726-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-07-14
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	21554