[Adopted 4-6-1948 by Ord. No. 92 (Ch.
22, Art. I, of the 1970 Code)]
[Amended 6-26-1951 by Ord. No. 104; 6-24-1991 by Ord. No.
92-10; 3-2-2010 by Ord. No. 10-04; 7-2-2013 by Ord. No. 13-10; 5-5-2015 by Ord. No. 15-11]
A.
In accordance with N.J. S. A. 40A: 14- 118, the Police Department
of the Borough of Runnemede, hereby established, shall consist of
the following members, not to exceed:
[Amended 9-5-2017 by Ord.
No. 17-08; 7-2-2019 by Ord. No. 19-07; 6-2-2020 by Ord. No. 20-06]
B.
Reporting
and review; appropriate authority.
(1)
The
Department shall report through the Business Administrator to the
Mayor and Council, and its activities shall be reviewed by the Public
Safety Committee of said Borough Council.
(2)
The appropriate authority, as defined by N.J.S.A. 40A:14-118, for
the Borough of Runnemede Police Department shall be the Mayor.
[Amended 5-2-2017 by Ord.
No. 17-05]
[Amended 3-2-2010 by Ord. No. 10-04; 11-5-2014 by Ord. No. 14-21]
A.
No person shall be appointed an officer or member of the police force
unless he is a citizen of the United States; is sound in body, of
good health sufficient to satisfy the Board of Trustees of the Police
and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey that such person is
eligible to membership in the retirement system; is able to read,
write and speak the English language well and intelligently; and is
of good moral character. No person shall be so appointed who has been
convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude which, in the judgment
of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Runnemede, would be prejudicial
to the morale of the police force.
B.
Before any person shall be appointed as a member of the Police Department,
the Borough shall classify all the duly qualified applicants for the
position or positions to be filled in the following classes:
C.
Within each such classification, duly qualified applicants who are
veterans shall be accorded all such veterans' preferences as are provided
by law. Persons discharged from the service within six months prior
to making application to the Borough, who fulfill the requirements
of N.J.S.A. 40A:14-123.1 and who thereby are entitled to appointment
notwithstanding their failure to meet the New Jersey residency requirement
at the time of their initial application, shall be placed in Class
III.
D.
In making such appointments, the Borough shall first appoint all
those in Class I and then those in each succeeding class in the order
above listed and shall appoint a person or persons in any such class
only to a vacancy or vacancies remaining after all qualified applicants
in the preceding class or classes have been appointed or have declined
an offer of appointment.
[Amended 3-17-1970 by Ord. No. 238; 6-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-10]
The age limit shall be subject to the requirements
of N.J.S.A. 40A:14-127, 40A:14-127.1, 40A:14-127.2 and 40A:14-127.3.
The Mayor and Council shall have the power and
authority to appoint, without pay or compensation for their services,
such special policemen as said Mayor and Council may deem advisable,
which special policemen shall be paid only when they are actually
engaged in performing their duties as such special policemen.
[Amended 6-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-10; 2-6-2007 by Ord. No. 07-04; 6-3-2009 by Ord. No. 09-12]
A.
The Borough
Council shall, by ordinance, from time to time in its judgment as
may seem necessary, adopt and amend the rules and regulations for
the government and discipline of the Police Department and members
thereof. The rules and regulations may fix and provide for the enforcement
penalties for the violation of such rules and regulations, and all
members of the Police Department shall be subject to such rules and
regulations.
B.
There is
hereby adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Runnemede,
for the purposes of establishing rules and regulations for the operation
and government of the Runnemede Police Department a manual entitled
"Borough of Runnemede Police Department Rules and Regulations." The
aforesaid manual is incorporated by reference in this article, and
three copies of the manual are on file in the office of the Clerk.[1]
