A Police Department is hereby established in the Borough of
Palmyra, in the County of Burlington, State of New Jersey. The Council
shall establish a Public Safety Committee and the Chairman of this
Committee shall be known as the "Director of Public Safety." The members
of the Police Department shall receive salaries as may be fixed by
the Salary Ordinance of the Borough.
Rules and regulations governing the Borough of Palmyra Police
Department and dealing with the discipline, training, efficiency,
use and care of equipment, personnel policies, ethics, conduct of
police officers on duty, public activities, judicial and investigative
actions and related matters shall, in the first instance, be prepared
by the Chief of Police and reviewed by the Public Safety Committee
of Council and then submitted for final approval to the governing
body, which final approval shall be by resolution of the governing
body. Said rules and regulations may be revoked, modified or amended
by resolution of the governing body upon its own initiative without
such recommendation. Nothing set forth herein shall be construed to
limit the authority of the Chief of Police without approval by the
governing body to issue, adopt, revoke and amend orders and procedures
for the administration of the Police Department which do not constitute
general rules and regulations.
The Police Department shall be under the overall supervision
and control of the governing body, which constitute the appropriate
authority under the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:14-118. The Chief of
Police shall be the executive head of the Police Department and shall
be responsible for its efficiency and its routine day-to-day operations
as set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:14-118.
The officers and members of the Police Department shall consist
of the following, to be appointed as set forth below by the governing
body. Each position of the superior officers need not be filed continuously,
and the governing body may decide, at its discretion, to leave vacant
certain offices. The rank, from highest of the members of the force,
is as follows:
The Chief of Police of the Borough of Palmyra shall be a full-time
employee of the Borough. All other officers and members of the Police
Department shall be full-time employees as shall be determined by
resolution of the governing body. At the discretion of the Public
Safety Committee and the governing body there may be special or part-time
officers as necessary.
No person shall serve as a full-time or part-time special officer
or permanent member of the Police Department unless he has been psychologically
evaluated to determine his fitness as a police officer, said psychological
evaluation to be performed by personnel approved by the Chief of Police.
The Department members shall receive such salaries and benefits
as may from time to time be provided by ordinance.
The governing body may also appoint special policemen, as set
forth by statute, such numbers to be fixed by the governing body from
time to time.