The Township's Chief of Police, or his/her designee from
the Police Department, is authorized to request a criminal history
background check of any person for an official governmental purpose
including, without limitation, employment, licensing, and the procurement
of services.
The records which the Chief of Police, or his/her designee from the Police Department, is authorized to request and receive from an employee or volunteer shall be the criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Identification Section, and the State Police Bureau of Identification; provided, however, that in the case of youth program volunteers and employees, neither the entity coordinating the program, nor the Township shall receive a copy of the detailed criminal record but will, instead receive from the State Police notification that the background check revealed information which would serve to disqualify the person who may then file an appeal pursuant to §
63-14, described below.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 15A:3A-3, a person may
be disqualified from serving as an employee or volunteer of a youth-serving
organization if that person's criminal history record background
check reveals a conviction of any of the following crimes and offenses:
A. In New Jersey, any crime or disorderly persons offense:
(1) Involving danger to the person, meaning those crimes and disorderly
persons offenses set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:11-1 et seq., 2C:12-1 et
seq., 2C:13-1 et seq., 2C:14-1 et seq. or 2C:15-1 et seq.;
(2) Against the family, children or incompetents, meaning those crimes
and disorderly persons offenses set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:24-1 et seq.;
(3) Involving theft as set forth in Chapter 20 of Title 2C of the New
Jersey Statutes;
(4) Involving any controlled dangerous substance analog as set forth in Chapter
35 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes except Paragraph (4) of Subsection a of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10.
B. In any other state or jurisdiction, conduct which, if committed in New Jersey, would constitute any of the crimes or disorderly persons offenses described in Subsection
A of this section.
Any person who has undergone a background check that meets the
same standards as those conducted by the State Police, through its
authorized vendor, who can provide proof of the background check and
results, is exempt from the requirements contained herein, until three
years have elapsed since the most current background check, so long
as the most current background check is within six months from the
date of his or her application in a comparable background check program,
and further provided that it meets the threshold standards of the
program utilized by the Township of Mount Olive.
Each person who is required to submit to a background check
in accordance with this chapter must submit to a new criminal background
record check every three years if the person wishes to continue as
a volunteer or employee with the youth program within the Township.
This provision also affects any volunteer or employee associated with
any organization, association or league not based in Mount Olive Township.
Background record checks subsequent to the initial one may not involve
fingerprinting.