Township of Mount Olive, NJ Article III Extra-Duty Employment

§ 68-24 Contracting for police services.

A. Purpose. For the convenience of those persons and entities which utilize the services of off-duty law enforcement officers of the Mount Olive Police Department and to authorize the outside employment of police while off duty, the Township hereby establishes a policy regarding the use of said officers.

(1) Any request for police attendance at private events, work sites, businesses or any other activity not ordinarily provided shall be made to the Chief of Police.

(2) The Chief of Police, at his discretion, may assign members of the Police Department not on regular duty to provide police services at those events, work sites or activities. While on said duty, the members of the Department so assigned shall be under the supervision and control of the Chief of Police and superior officers of the Department and shall be subject to the provisions of this article.

(3) For this service, the persons sponsoring or responsible for such events shall directly compensate, at the rate established by the Township, the Township for the services of the members of the Department who are assigned to the activity.

B. Fees established.

[Amended 10-28-2014 by Ord. No. 23-2014]

(1) The rates to be charged for police services, established for the various ranks of police officers when performing off-duty services, are determined annually as established in the Salary Ordinance[1] and by the determined administrative fee assigned by the Township.

[1] Editor's Note: The currently effective Salary Ordinance is on file in the Township offices.

(2) Included in the fee shall be the officers' Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) compensation based upon the current contractual agreement.

(3) The Department will, as often as is required, conduct a selection process for new and replacement officer candidates. The Department is authorized to charge a fee to cover the cost of and expenses involved in conducting such a process. The fee for processing an application to the Mount Olive Police Department is established as no more than $100 and is to be submitted with the application.

(4) The Department will, as often as is required, conduct a selection process for new and replacement communications officer or administrative clerk candidates. The Department is authorized to charge a fee to cover the cost of and expenses involved in conducting such a process. The fee for processing an application to the Mount Olive Police Department is established as no more than $40 and shall be submitted with the application.

[Amended 3-13-2018 by Ord. No. 9-2018]

C. Requests for services.

(1) Extra-duty services will be requested through the Police Department on a form prescribed by the Chief of Police, and payment is to be made at the time of the application. No work will be scheduled until sufficient funds are posted in an established escrow account.

(2) Work started by any contractor, business or individual which had not posted funds to such an escrow account, and where the work encroaches into any public right-of-way or where it affects the health and safety of the citizens and visitors to this community shall be stopped until adequate safety measures have been taken.

(3) Provided that the contractor, business or individual has established a history of satisfactory work within the Township and complete compliance with the Township's requirements and financial policies, the Chief of Police may schedule the work and permit the work to begin without first having received said funds in advance. The Chief shall only permit this exemption so long as the officers' union agrees to permit payment to the officer upon receipt of the contractors' payment. Should the employee union remove or withdraw such agreement, then all work will be scheduled as established above.