[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Hanover 11-8-2007 by Ord. No. 24-07. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
A.
Policy and purpose. Members of the Police Department
shall be permitted to accept employment as safety or security personnel
for private businesses, contractors, other public entities and quasi-public
sector organizations during off-duty hours, and at such times, will
not interfere with the efficient performance of regularly scheduled
or emergency duty for the Township. The Township's needs for said
police officers shall always take priority over scheduled off-duty
work for a private employer.
B.
Authorization to employ off-duty police officers.
Any person or entity wishing to employ off-duty police officers shall
first obtain the approval of the Chief of Police or his designee.
The Chief of Police or his designee shall withhold approval if the
off-duty services to be performed are inconsistent with the efficient
operation and professionalism of the Police Department; and/or unreasonably
endangers or threatens the safety of the officer or officers who perform
the work.
C.
Upon approval of the off-duty services, the person
or entity shall execute a written agreement with the Township, which
agreement is acceptable to the Township Committee. Such agreement
shall be executed prior to the commencement of service by any member
of the Police Department.
A.
Advanced payment of moneys. No member of the Police
Department will perform any off-duty work prior to the payment of
the full amount of compensation to the Township of Hanover by a private
business, contractor, public or other quasi-public entity employer.
Such fee shall include the flat rate administrative service fee adopted
in the Township's current Salary Ordinance,[1] as well as the cost established by the Township for the
use of a police vehicle(s).
[1]
Editor's Note: The Annual Salary Ordinance
is on file in the office of the Township Clerk.
B.
Payment to officers. The Township shall remit to the
member of the Police Department performing such service a portion
of said hourly rate. The balance of moneys received shall be retained
by the Township for administrative expenses, all in accordance with
the Township's current Salary Ordinance.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: The Annual Salary Ordinance
is on file in the office of the Township Clerk.
C.
Escrow accounts.
(1)
Except as described below, any person or private business,
contractor, public entity or quasi-public entity requesting the services
of an off-duty police officer shall estimate the number of hours required
for the performance of off-duty law enforcement services. This estimate
shall be approved in writing by the Chief of Police or his designee.
(2)
Upon approval, the Chief of Police or his designee
shall notify the Finance Department. The Chief Financial Officer will
then establish an escrow account in the name of the private, public
or quasi-public entity requesting off-duty police services. Said entity
shall then be responsible to immediately deposit an amount sufficient
to underwrite the Township's off-duty services rates and administrative
fees as set forth in the Township's current Salary Ordinance.[3]
[3]
Editor's Note: The Annual Salary Ordinance
is on file in the office of the Township Clerk.
(3)
If the amount required to be deposited with the Township pursuant to Subsection C(1) above exceeds $20,000, an escrow deposit of $20,000 shall be required. Said twenty-thousand-dollar deposit shall be maintained until such time as the amount required to be deposited for all remaining services on any given project shall be less than $20,000, and then such lesser amount shall be required to be maintained.
(4)
Prior to posting any request for off-duty services,
the Chief of Police or his designee shall verify that the balance
in the escrow account of the person or entity requesting services
is sufficient to cover the compensation and fees for the number of
hours and vehicles specified in the service request. The Chief of
Police or his designee shall not post a request for services from
any person or entity unless all fees and compensation required in
the manner described above have been deposited with the Chief Financial
Officer. No officer shall provide any such services for more hours
than are specified in the request for services.
(5)
In the event that funds in any escrow account are
depleted, the services of off-duty police officers shall cease. Requests
for further or future services by a private business, contractor,
public or quasi-public entity shall not be performed or posted by
the Police Department until additional funds have been deposited in
the escrow account in the manner prescribed above.
(6)
The person or entity requesting off-duty police officer
services shall be responsible for ensuring that sufficient funds remain
in the escrow account in order to avoid any interruption of services.
All requests to the Township for the services
of off-duty police officers shall be forwarded to the Chief of Police
or his designee for posting as soon as possible before such services
are required. Any police officer, when so employed by the Township,
shall be treated as an employee of the Township; provided, however,
that wages earned for outside employment shall not be applied toward
the pension benefits of police officers so employed, nor shall hours
worked for outside employment be considered in any way compensable
as overtime.
The rate of compensation to be paid by private
businesses, contractors, and public or quasi-public entities contracting
with the Township for the employment of police officers in the performance
of off-duty services is set forth in full in the Township's current
Salary Ordinance.[1] In addition, private business, contractors, and public
or quasi-public entities shall comply with the following:
[1]
Editor's Note: The Annual Salary Ordinance
is on file in the office of the Township Clerk.
