[Adopted 4-19-1977 by Ord. No. 1099 (Ch. 54, Art. V, of the 1984 Code)]
[Amended 8-9-1994 by Ord. No. 1618; 12-18-2002 by Ord. No. 1864; 7-15-2004 by Ord. No. 1921]
A. 
Before any person shall be appointed as a member of the Police Department, the appointing authority shall classify all the duly qualified applicants for the position or positions to be filled in the Police Department in the following classes:
(1) 
Class I: residents of Bergen and Essex Counties.
(2) 
Class II: other residents of this state.
(3) 
Class III: all other qualified candidates.
B. 
Within each classification, duly qualified applicants who are veterans shall be accorded all such veteran's preferences as are provided by law. Persons discharged from the service within six months prior to making application to the Police Department who fulfill the requirements of N.J.S.A. 40A:14-123.1 and who thereby are entitled to appointment, notwithstanding their failure to meet the New Jersey residency requirement at the time of their initial application, shall be placed in Class III.
In making such appointments, the appointing authority shall first appoint all those in Class I and those in each succeeding class in the order above listed and shall appoint a person or persons in any such class only to a vacancy or vacancies remaining after all qualified applicants in the preceding class or classes have been appointed or have declined an offer of appointment.
The classes of qualified applicants defined in § 54-30 shall be considered as separate and successive lists of eligibles, and the Civil Service Commission shall, when requested to certify eligibles for positions specified in this section, make such certifications from said classes separately and successively and shall certify no persons from any such class until all persons in the preceding class or classes have been appointed or have declined offers of appointment.
This article shall apply only to initial appointments and not to promotional appointments of persons already members of the Police Department.
In making temporary appointments, the appointing authority shall utilize the classifications set forth in § 54-30 and shall classify accordingly all duly qualified applications for the position or positions to be temporarily filled.
[Added 7-15-2004 by Ord. No. 1921]
All applicants for appointment to or for promotion within the Police Department shall be qualified for appointment as required by law, ordinance, or civil service rules and regulations. Residence in the Borough of North Arlington is not a condition of employment or promotion pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-122.1; however, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 14-122.8, every member of the Police Department shall be a resident of the State of New Jersey while serving in such position.