All members, officers and employees of said Police Department, whether
full-time, part-time, temporary or special, shall receive only such salary,
wage or compensation as the Borough Council may fix and determine.
Every officer and member of the Police Department shall devote his or
her whole time and attention to the business of the Department, and he or
she is expressly prohibited from following any other calling or being employed
in any other business during the hours in which he or she is on duty. He or
she may, however, accept any respectable employment, except at a place where
alcoholic beverages are sold, at any time that he or she is not on duty, provided
that such employment shall not allow his or her efficiency as a police officer
nor reflect adversely upon his or her character or that of the Department.
Police officers regularly employed by the Borough of Tuckerton at the
time of the passage of this chapter shall continue as and be deemed to be
members of the Police Department of the Borough of Tuckerton.
Whenever any words and phrases are used in this article, the meanings
respectively ascribed to them in N.J.S.A. 40A:14-146.9 shall be deemed to
apply to such words and phrases used herein.
There is hereby established the position of special police officer in
and for the Borough of Tuckerton.
Before any special law enforcement officer is appointed, the Director
of Police/Chief of Police or, in the absence of the Director/Chief, other
chief law enforcement official of the Borough, shall ascertain the eligibility
and qualifications of the applicant and report these determinations, in writing,
to the Mayor and Council.
There are hereby established two classifications of special law enforcement
officers.
A. Class One. Officers of this class shall be authorized
to perform routine traffic detail, spectator control and similar duties. Class
One officers shall have the power to issue summonses for disorderly persons
and petty disorderly persons offenses, violations of municipal ordinances
and violations of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes. The use of a firearm by
an officer of this class shall be strictly prohibited, and no Class One officer
shall be assigned any duties which may require the carrying or use of a firearm.
B. Class Two. Officers of this class shall be authorized
to exercise full powers and duties similar to those of a permanent, regularly
appointed full-time police officer. The use of a firearm by an officer of
this class may be authorized only after the officer has been fully certified
as successfully completing training as prescribed by the Police Training Commission.
Every special law enforcement officer prior to the commencement of his
or her duties shall be furnished with a uniform which shall identify the officer's
function. The uniform shall include but not be limited to a hat and appropriate
badges which shall bear an identification number or name tag and the name
of the Borough of Tuckerton. The uniform shall also include an insignia issued
by the Police Training Commission which clearly indicates the officer's
status as a special law enforcement officer and the type of certification
issued by the Commission. All special law enforcement officers prior to the
commencement of duties shall be in uniform properly displaying the appropriate
insignia.
Whenever a special law enforcement officer's appointment is revoked
or a special law enforcement officer is not reappointed upon the expiration
of the term, the special law enforcement officer shall return to the officer
in charge of the station house all Borough of Tuckerton issued uniforms, badges
and equipment within 15 days of the revocation or expiration of term.
The special law enforcement officers shall carry and return firearms
pursuant to the guidelines established in N.J.S.A. 40A:14-146.14b.
Special law enforcement officers shall comply with the rules and regulations
applicable to the conduct and decorum of the permanent, regularly appointed
police officers of the Borough, as well as any rules and regulations applicable
to the conduct and decorum of special law enforcement officers.
Special law enforcement officers may be employed only to assist the
Borough law enforcement unit but may not be employed to replace or substitute
for full-time regular police officers or in any way diminish the number of
full-time officers employed by the Borough.