Rutgers Law

New Jersey Statutes, Title: 52, STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS

    Chapter 17b: Establishment of department; "the department" defined

      Section: 52:17b-70: Police training commission established; members; terms.

          5. There is hereby established in the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety a Police Training Commission whose membership shall consist of the following persons:

a. Four citizens of this State who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for terms of three years.

b. The president or other representative designated in accordance with the bylaws of each of the following organizations: the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police; the New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association, Inc.; the New Jersey State League of Municipalities; the New Jersey State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police; the State Troopers Fraternal Association of New Jersey; the County Prosecutors' Association of New Jersey; the Sheriffs' Association of New Jersey; the Police Academy Directors Association; the New Jersey County Jail Wardens Association; the New Jersey Juvenile Detention Association; and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.

c. The Attorney General, the Superintendent of State Police, the Commissioner of Education, the Commissioner of Corrections, and the Chairman of the State Parole Board, ex officio, or their designees.

d. The Special Agent in Charge of the State of New Jersey for the Federal Bureau of Investigation or a designated representative.

e. The Police Training Commission shall ensure that all commission members, during their tenure as commissioners, annually complete confidentiality, ethics, and other training as required by the Attorney General's Office. The commission shall also ensure that all newly appointed public members of the commission complete a course designed to familiarize the members with relevant law enforcement training concepts, including but not limited to the use of force policy and internal affairs policy and procedures to help the members carry out their duties under P.L.2022, c.65 (C.52:17B-71a et al.).

L.1961, c.56, s.5; amended 1964, c.94; 1971, c.41, s.1; 1975, c.163, s.1; 1985, c.491, s.2; 1988, c.176, s.3; 1992, c.15; 2005, c.268; 2009, c.30; 2015, c.258; 2022, c.65, s.7.

This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2022-08-12 14:30:57.

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