The days of employment of any member of the
Police Department, including any officer having supervision, shall
not exceed six days in any one week except in cases of emergency.
The officer or Township Committee shall have authority to retain on
duty any member or officer during the period of the emergency, but
in any such case and within 12 months thereafter, such member or officer
shall be given a day off for each extra day so served by him during
the emergency. Alternatively the Township Committee may provide compensation
for some or all of such emergency duty by any such member or officer,
at his prevailing wage or at a rate not in excess of 1Â 1/2 times
his prevailing hourly wage rate, which compensation shall be in lieu
of any compensatory time off otherwise due for the emergency duty
so compensated.
Whenever any member of the Police Department
shall be required to appear before any grand jury or at any municipal,
county, superior or supreme court proceeding, except in a civil action,
the time during which he is so engaged shall be considered a time
of assignment to and performance of duty. When such appearance occurs
during the member's assigned duty hours, he shall suffer no loss in
compensation. When such appearance occurs outside his assigned duty
hours, he shall receive either compensatory time off from his regular
duty hours or additional compensation.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes any unusual conditions caused by any circumstances
or situation, including shortages in the personnel of the Police Department
caused by vacancies, sickness or injury or by the taking of accrued
vacation or sick leave, or both, whereby the safety of the public
is endangered or imperiled as shall be determined within the sole
discretion of the Township Committee.
