[Adopted 11-7-1972 by Ord. No. 582]
This article shall be known and cited as the
"Police Educational Incentive Ordinance of the Township of Haddon
in the County of Camden and State of New Jersey."
It is expressly stated by the Township of Haddon,
County of Camden and State of New Jersey, that such Township hereby
encourages members of its Police Department to pursue formal education
in the areas of police science or police administration, or both,
in order to better serve the needs of the citizens of such Township.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
An institution of higher learning accredited by the New Jersey
State Department of Education.
Equivalent to semester hour or semester hours, as the case
may be.
Equivalent to that designation as used by the particular
accredited institution with respect to any credit hour offered by
such institution.
A claim or attempted claim for payment due hereunder based
upon a fact known to be false, and each such claim or attempted claim
shall constitute a separate and distinct "false claim."
Any full-time member of the police force of Haddon Township
without regard to such member's rank or grade.
That grade established by the particular accredited institution
with regard to any credit hour offered by such institution.
A.
Each member of the police force shall receive, in
addition to all other payments and allowances provided by law, the
sum of $1 per credit hour per month for each month during which such
member was enrolled in a law-enforcement college course in the field
of police science or police administration. The payments shall be
made at the end of the semester period for the course or courses as
completed, but payment shall be made only on account of a credit hour
in which a member of the police force has obtained a passing grade,
or if there shall be no passing grade, such payment shall be made
only on account of a credit hour successfully completed.
B.
Any member of the police force who is entitled to
payment as provided above shall make a claim for payment and supply
such information in such claim as may be reasonably required by the
Director of Public Safety of the Township of Haddon and shall produce
proof adequate to the Director of Public Safety of the Township of
Haddon concerning the passing grade in each credit hour or the successful
completion of each credit hour for which payment is claimed.
C.
No payment shall be made to a member of the police
force for a passing grade in any credit hour or any credit hour successfully
completed while not a member of the police force until such member
of the police force shall obtain passing grades in or successfully
complete 64 credit hours or the then-current equivalent of an associate
degree. Upon receiving the then-current equivalent of an associate
degree or obtaining passing grades in or successfully completing 64
credit hours, the member of the police force shall receive all sums
to which such member of the police force is entitled hereunder, together
with all sums which such member of the police force would have been
entitled to had such member of the police force been a member of the
police force at the time the passing grade was obtained in any credit
hour or at the time any credit hour was successfully completed.
A.
It shall be unlawful to make a false claim or assist in making a false claim for payment as provided in any subsection of § 54-21 above.
B.
Any person, persons, unincorporated association or corporation, or otherwise, who shall make a false claim or assist in making a false claim for payment as provided in any subsection § 54-21 above shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days, or both, in the discretion of the Judge before whom such conviction shall be had.
[Amended 4-7-1987 by Ord. No. 819]
This article may be amended as provided by law.
Incentive payments as provided by § 54-21 above shall be made for courses in which a member of the police force has received a passing grade anytime after January 1, 1969, or if there shall be no passing grade, such payments shall be made on account of credit hours successfully completed anytime after January 1, 1969.
