Town of Dover, NJ
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2023-02-21
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Part I, Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 57 Police Department
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Article I Organization and Membership
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administration of Government
- Ch 4 Affirmative Action
- Ch 8 Community Action Mediation Program Organization
- Ch 10 Contracts
- Ch 14 (Reserved)
- Ch 16 Employee Awards Program
- Ch 20 Fire Department, Volunteer
- Ch 25 Health, Board of
- Ch 29 Housing Authority
- Ch 40 Meetings, Attendance at
- Ch 44 Municipal Public Property
- Ch 49 Officers and Employees
- Ch 52 Open Government Transparency and Participation
- Ch 57 Police Department
- Ch 57 Art I Organization and Membership
- § 57-1 Department established.
- § 57-2 Designation of appropriate authority.
- § 57-3 Qualifications for appointment.
- § 57-4 Responsibilities of Police Department and Chief of Police.
- § 57-5 Discipline of members of the Police Department.
- § 57-6 (Reserved)
- Ch 61 Purchasing, Joint
- Ch 67 (Reserved)
- Ch 68 Recreation, Arts and Cultural Affairs, Department of
- Ch 69 Redevelopment
- Ch 72 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 80 Sewerage Authority
- Ch 84 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 90 Ward and Election Districts
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 99 Affordable Housing
- Ch 101 Alarm Systems
- Ch 105 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 109 Amusement Devices
- Ch 113 Animals
- Ch 118 Auctions
- Ch 123 Bicycles and Similar Vehicles
- Ch 133 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 138 Businesses, Registration of
- Ch 141 Cannabis
- Ch 144 Clubs, Social and Athletic
- Ch 146 Community Gardens
- Ch 148 Community Project Labor Agreements
- Ch 150 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 152 Courier Drop Boxes
- Ch 154 Curfew
- Ch 158 Dancing and Dance Halls
- Ch 162 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 167 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 171 Electrical Standards
- Ch 176 Excavation Safeguards
- Ch 179 False Fire and Burglar Alarms
- Ch 183 Fees
- Ch 189 Fire Prevention
- Ch 193 Fires, Conduct at
- Ch 196 (Reserved)
- Ch 199 Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 202 Garage Sales
- Ch 204 Graffiti
- Ch 207 Handbills
- Ch 211 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 221 Hunting and Fishing
- Ch 225 Insurance
- Ch 229 Junk Dealers
- Ch 236 Land Use and Development
- Ch 238 Lead-Based Paint Inspections
- Ch 239 Motorized Scooters
- Ch 242 Littering
- Ch 246 Massage, Bodywork and Somatic Therapy Establishments
- Ch 249 New Americans Integration
- Ch 250 Newspaper Vending Machines
- Ch 254 Noise
- Ch 259 Obscene Materials
- Ch 265 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 269 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 273 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 277 Plumbers
- Ch 281 Poolrooms and Bowling Alleys
- Ch 285 Property Maintenance
- Ch 286 Property, Vacant and Foreclosed
- Ch 291 Recycling
- Ch 293 Relocation Assistance
- Ch 295 Rental Property
- Ch 301 Sales, Special
- Ch 305 Sandblasting
- Ch 311 Sewers
- Ch 313 Sex Offenders
- Ch 315 Shopping Carts
- Ch 319 Signs
- Ch 322 Small Wireless Facilities
- Ch 324 Smoke Detectors
- Ch 328 Smoking
- Ch 333 Solid Waste Disposal
- Ch 337 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 338 Storm Sewers
- Ch 341 (Reserved)
- Ch 345 Taxation
- Ch 349 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 353 Telephones, Outdoor Public
- Ch 357 Theaters, Shows and Other Exhibitions
- Ch 361 Towing
- Ch 366 Trees
- Ch 371 Vehicles, Unregistered or Junked
- Ch 373 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 380 Wage Theft Prevention
- Ch 383 Water
- Part III, Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 393 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 395 Animals
- Ch 401 Fees
- Ch 403 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 407 Food-Handling
- Ch 411 (Reserved)
- Ch 423 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 427 Public Recreational Bathing
- Ch 434 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 441 Weed Control
- Appendix
- Ch A446 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A447 Telephone Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 1-28-2020 by Ord. No. 05-2020; amended 7-13-2021 by Ord. No. 13-2021; 8-23-2022 by Ord. No. 26-2022]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Art. I, Organization and Membership,
adopted 7-27-1970 as Art. 31 of the 1969 Revised Ordinances, as amended,
was repealed and replaced 7-25-2017 by Ord. No. 18-2017 and subsequently
repealed 12-12-2017 by Ord. No. 29-2017. A document entitled “Exhibit
A,” which sets forth the basic structure, powers and duties
of the Dover Police Department, is on file in the Town Clerk’s
office.
There is herby created in and for the Town of Dover a Police
Department which shall consist of such employees and officers as shall
be deemed necessary by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and may include
a Police Chief in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:14-118. The Mayor and
Board of Aldermen shall, from time to time, determine the number of
employees and officers of the Police Department, together with their
compensation.
The Town Administrator, or in the Town Administrator's
absence, the Deputy Town Administrator, shall be designated as the
"appropriate authority" as provided in the New Jersey Statutes. He/she
shall be responsible for the overall performance of the Police Department.
He/she shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the government
of the Police Department and for the discipline of its members.
No person shall be appointed to the Police Department who is
not qualified as provided in the New Jersey Statutes. The Mayor and
Board of Aldermen may also require that an applicant for appointment
to the Police Department shall successfully complete a physical and
psychological examination. All applicants for appointment shall be
residents of the Town of Dover and must maintain continuous residency
within the Town of Dover from the announced closing date of the Department
of Personnel examination up to and including the date of appointment.
A.
Police Department.
(1)
The Police Department shall preserve the public peace; protect life
and property; detect, arrest, and prosecute offenders of the laws
of New Jersey and the ordinances of the Town of Dover; direct and
control traffic; provide attendance and protection during emergencies;
provide appearances in court; cooperate with all other law enforcement
agencies; and provide training for efficiency of its members and officers.
No member or officer of the Police Department shall be suspended,
removed, fined or reduced in rank for any cause other than for incapacity,
misconduct or disobedience as provided in the New Jersey Statutes
and the Police Department's rules and regulations, as may be
amended from time to time.
