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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWARK AMENDING CHAPTER 2:24-1.4 RESIDENCY BY ADDING A NEW SECTION AMENDING THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN SPECIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
Sponsor: Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez
Deferred 6F-b 120413
Deferred 6F-c 121813
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WHEREAS, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark, New Jersey has established a requirement that all Special Law Enforcement Officers be a resident of the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, at the time of the establishment of this requirement there was a list of Special Law Enforcement Officers that were not residents of the City of Newark seeking reappointment, which the Council did not feel should have to comply with this new residency requirement; and
WHEREAS, the ordinance establishing the new residency requirement provided an exemption for these Special Law Enforcement Officers; and
WHEREAS, by state statute, Regular Police Officers in a Civil Service jurisdiction, are not required to be a resident of the municipality in which the work; and
WHEREAS, the residency requirement in the City of Newark revised ordinances for Special Law Enforcement Officers will prevent a Police Officer who retires from the City of Newark Police Department and seeks employment as a Special Law Enforcement Officer from being appointed as a Special Law Enforcement Officer; and
WHEREAS, this is an unintended result of the residency requirement with which the Council does not agree.
NOW HEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
Retired City of Newark Police Officers are exempt from the requirement of any ordinance mandating that they be resident of the City of Newark at the time of appointment or re-appointment, to be a Special Law Enforcement Officer.
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This ordinance exempts retired City of Newark Police Officers from the...
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