File #: 24-0350    Version: 1 Name: 2024 Special Police Appointments- Resident
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 3/5/2024 In control: Public Safety
On agenda: 5/8/2024 Final action: 5/8/2024
Title: Dept./ Agency: Public Safety/Division of Police Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Purpose: Appointment of Special Police Officers Type of Service: Appointment of (81) Special Police Officers - Newark Residents. List of Police Officers: (Name/Address) See Appendix A of the Certification of the Chief of Police (attached) Term of Appointment: January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 Additional Information: Eighty-One (81) Newark residents for Appointment as Special Police Officers.
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
Related files: 24-0361
Title
Dept./ Agency: Public Safety/Division of Police
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Appointment of Special Police Officers
Type of Service: Appointment of (81) Special Police Officers - Newark Residents.
List of Police Officers:
(Name/Address)
See Appendix A of the Certification of the Chief of Police (attached)
Term of Appointment: January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024
Additional Information:
Eighty-One (81) Newark residents for Appointment as Special Police Officers.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the "Special Law Enforcement Officers Act", (N.J.S.A. 40A:14-146.8, et seq., as amended and supplemented) ("SLEOA") the New Jersey State Legislature has established uniform procedures for the appointment of Special Law Enforcement Officers throughout the State; and

WHEREAS, said procedures require the Director of Public Safety to ascertain the eligibility and qualifications for all Newark Special Police Officer-appointees and to report his determination in writing to the Municipal Council as the appointing authority; and

WHEREAS, the Chief of Police has certified to the Director of Public Safety that the Special Police Officers ("SPO") listed in the attached Appendix A of the Certification of the Chief of Police satisfy all the requirements of the SLEOA, including that they are citizens of the United States; residents of New Jersey; are able to read, write and speak the English language well and intelligently and possess a high school diploma or its equivalent; are sound in mind and body and of good health; are of good moral character, have not been convicted of an offense involving dishonesty and/or moral turpitude or which would make him or her unfit to perform the duties of his or her office; have successfully undergone the same psychological testing of all full-time police officers and/or a program approved by the Police Training Commission; a...

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