File #: 22-1781    Version: 1 Name: 2023 Special Police- Non Resident
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 12/6/2022 In control: Public Safety
On agenda: 7/19/2023 Final action: 7/19/2023
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 Fifteen (15) Special Police Officers-Non Newark Residents. List of Police Officers: (Name/Address) See Appendix A (Attached) Term of Appointment: January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 Additional Information: Fifteen (15) Non-Residents for Appointment as Special Police Officers.
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
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 Fifteen (15) Special Police Officers-Non Newark Residents.
List of Police Officers:
(Name/Address)
See Appendix A (Attached)
Term of Appointment: January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023
Additional Information:
Fifteen (15) Non-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.) the State Legislature has established uniform procedures for the appointment of Special Law Enforcement Officers throughout the State; and

WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:14-146.8, et seq. and the amendments thereto require the Director of Public Safety to ascertain the eligibility and qualifications for all applicants for Newark Special Police Officers and report his determination in writing to the appointing authority, in this instance, the Municipal Council; and

WHEREAS, the Chief of Police has certified to the Director of Public Safety the foregoing facts regarding the Special Police Officers listed in Appendix A (attached); and

WHEREAS, the Director of Public Safety has approved the listed Special Police Officers in Appendix A (attached); and

WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Newark, New Jersey, under the authority granted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-146.8, et seq., has therefore ascertained that the applicants for Newark Special Officer 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 dutie...

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