[G.O. No. 1047, § 1]
Whenever the department head of the Police Department, as to
appointments in such department, finds that there is a vacancy which
cannot be filled by a qualified resident and that a non-resident seeking
appointment, or a member of such department moving from the municipality
and seeking retention of employment in such department has resided
in the State for at least one year, and resides at a distance that
would not adversely affect the efficient operation of the department
and is within five miles from the Police Department headquarters,
such department head may waive the residence requirements and appoint
or retain such person.
[G.O. No. 669, § 3; G.O. No. 994, § 3;
G.O. No. 1421, § I; G.O. No. 1890, § I]
There shall be a Police Department, the head of which shall
be the Chief of Police. He shall be appointed by the Town Administrator
with the consent of the Mayor and approval of the Town Council, and
shall receive such annual compensation as provided in the salary ordinance.
The Police Department shall consist of the following:
(a)
A Chief of Police.
(b)
No more than two captains.
(c)
No more than seven lieutenants.
(d)
No more than 10 sergeants.
[Amended 5-7-2013 by G.O. No. 2007]
(e)
No more than eight detectives.
(f)
No more than 34 patrol officers.
(g)
No more than 15 special law enforcement officers.
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The Town Administrator is designated as the appropriate authority
within the meaning of applicable law of the State of New Jersey and
shall be responsible for the overall performance and supervision of
the Police Department. The appropriate authority shall promulgate
and adopt rules and regulations for the governance of the Police Department
and for the discipline of its members.
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[G.O. No. 669, § 4; G.O. No. 994, § 3]
The Police Department shall have all the functions, powers and
duties as prescribed by law for a municipal Police Department generally,
or by any provision of the Charter and ordinances of the Town.
The Police Department shall provide comprehensive police services
24 hours a day. The Town Administrator or department head may require
any officer or employee to be in attendance for work at any time whenever
he determines that an emergency or need requires.
[G.O. No. 669, § 4]
No person shall be appointed to membership in the Police Department
unless he shall comply with the requirements of the statutes in such
case made and provided and with such other requirements as the Town
Council shall from time to time determine.
[G.O. No. 669, § 4]
The Chief of Police may appoint a Clerk of such department.
It shall be the duty of such Clerk to keep the records of the department
and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Chief of
Police.
[G.O. No. 669, § 5]
The hours of employment of uniformed members of the Police Department
shall not exceed eight consecutive hours in any one day, nor 40 hours
in any one week; provided, that in case of an emergency, the Chief
of Police or the Town Administrator shall have full authority to summon
and keep on duty all members of the department during the period of
emergency.
[G.O. No. 1208, § I; G.O. No. 669, § 7;
G.O. No. 1890, § I]
The Chief of Police shall be directly responsible to the appropriate
authority for the efficiency and routine day to day operations of
the Police Department and shall have the authority to assign day-to-day
duties to its members and other personnel of the department and shall
make reports in writing each month to the appropriate authority of
the operations and conduct of the Police Department during the preceding
month.
The Chief of Police shall, among other duties:
(a)
Administer and enforce rules and regulations and special emergency
directives for the disposition and discipline of the force and its
officers and personnel;
(b)
Have, exercise and discharge the functions, powers and duties of
the force;
(c)
Prescribe the duties and assignments of all subordinates and other
personnel; and
(d)
Delegate such authority as he or she may deem necessary for the efficient
operation of the force to be exercised under his or her direction
and supervision.
[G.O. No. 669, § 8; G.O. No. 1890, § I]
Disciplinary actions, including removal, fine, reductions in
rank from or in office, or suspensions with or without pay, before
or after a hearing, shall be taken against members of the Police Department
upon just cause in accordance with applicable New Jersey law and the
rules and regulations of the Police Department. Police officers may
be disciplined for the reasons set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:14-147, including
but not limited to misconduct or disobedience of the rules and regulations.
All disciplinary actions taken following a hearing shall be subject
to the approval of the appropriate authority.
[G.O. No. 1208, § 2; G.O. No. 669, § 9;
G.O. No. 962, § 1]
(a)
Every member of the Police Department is allocated certain hours
for the performance of duty on ordinary occasions. However, they shall
at all times be prepared to act immediately on notice that their services
are required.
(b)
No member of the Police Department shall sell or assign his salary
or any part thereof, nor incur any liability which he is unwilling
to or unable to pay promptly, nor shall be refuse or neglect to honorably
discharge and promptly pay all his indebtedness.
(c)
Unexplained absence for five days of any member of the Police Department
shall be deemed and held to be a resignation by such member and accepted
as such.
(d)
Equipment, such as revolvers, ammunition, batons, shields, badges,
and uniforms, shall be supplied to members of the Police Department
free of cost. All such equipment and uniforms shall be and remain
the property of the Town.
(e)
All members of the Police Department shall at all times be subject
to and obligated to comply with all orders and instructions of the
Chief of Police or, in his absence, of the ranking acting officer
and shall be subject to and obligated to comply with all general rules
and regulations issued or prescribed by the Chief of Police.
[G.O. No. 890, §§ 1, 3, 4; G.O. No. 973, § 2;
G.O. No. 974, §§ 1 to 3; G.O. No. 975, § 1;
G.O. No. 1157, § 1; G.O. No. 1249, §§ 1,
2; G.O. No. 1264, § 1; G.O. No. 1265, § 1; G.O.
No. 1279, §§ 1, 2; G.O. No. 1310, § 1; G.O.
No. 1680, § I; G.O. No. 1823, § I]
The following fees are hereby fixed and established for certain
services extended and materials distributed by the Police Department
of the Town:
(a)
Copies of motor vehicle accident reports based upon the total number
of pages or parts thereof to be purchased without regard to the number
of records being copied. (Fees set by State Statute.)
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First page to tenth page
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$0.75
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Eleventh page to twentieth page
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$0.50
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All pages over 20
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$0.25
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In addition, for any copies of motor vehicle accident reports,
other than those requested in person, there shall be an added charge
to defray the costs of handling and processing for each report requested
as follows:
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3 pages or less
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$5
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For each additional page in excess of 3
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$1 per page
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(b)
Search fees in cases where a review of a record is desired: $15.
(c)
Viewing photographs of accident scenes: $3.
(d)
Copies of photographs: $5 per photo.
(e)
Copies of reports other than motor vehicle accidents.
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3 pages or less
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$5 per page
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For each additional page in excess of 3
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$1 per page
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(f)
Taking fingerprints of canvassers, solicitors, applicants for private
employment, records checks and applicants for gun permits: $20.
[Amended 10-27-2009 by G.O. No. 1951]
(g)
Taking fingerprints and processing applicants for taxi driver licenses:
$20.
[Amended 10-27-2009 by G.O. No. 1951]
(h)
Issuance of permit to purchase a pistol or revolver: $2.
(i)
Taking fingerprints and processing applicants for bartenders license:
$20.
[Amended 10-27-2009 by G.O. No. 1951]
(j)
Notarizing or attesting documents: $1.
(k)
Special escort service: $25.
[Amended 10-27-2009 by G.O. No. 1951]
(1)
REQUESTING AGENCY
SPECIAL ESCORT SERVICE
Definitions.
Any person, firm or corporation, public or private, desiring
to use such special escort service.
The provisions of special police protection for any person,
firm or corporation, public or private, for the purpose of transporting
money or other valuable goods within the boundary of the Town.
(2)
Fees. Effective July 1, 1966, the cost of special escort service
rendered by the Police Department to any person, firm or corporation,
public or private is hereby fixed at $5 per round trip, from a single
source of origin to a single destination.
(3)
Payment of fees. The desk officer shall record all requests
received for escort service and shall file daily reports with the
Chief of Police. The Chief of Police shall cause monthly bills to
be forwarded to each requesting agency detailing the date, destination
and total cost. All bills are payable before the tenth day of the
following month. Failure of the using agency to pay the monthly bill
in accordance with the terms of this Subsection (k) will constitute
grounds for the termination of such special escort service until all
bills are satisfied. Checks in payment shall be made payable to the
Police Department of the Town. A report of receipts and a check representing
total receipts shall be filed with the Town Treasurer on a monthly
basis.
(4)
Exceptions. The Town Council may, by resolution, waive the fees
required under this Subsection (k) for the following:
a.
Religious organizations holding regular services in the Town.
b.
Public schools under the jurisdiction of the Town board of education.
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No search fee shall be charged in the event that a report or
photograph is not on file with the Police Department, nor for any
report for which a formal request is made by any local, county, State
or federal law enforcement agency or by the federal postal authorities.
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(l)
Reserve parking space.
[Amended 5-7-2013 by
G.O. No. 2007]
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Initial fee
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$50
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Each day thereafter
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$25
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(1)
The Police Department is authorized to place a bag over a single
space parking meter or to reserve a pay station space permitting exclusive
use of the single metered parking or pay station space by the applicant
requesting and paying for same so long as the applicant has a bona
fide business purpose including filming, construction, and legitimate
commercial purposes as deemed by the Police Department occupying a
single metered parking space or pay station space for a period of
more than one hour. Such exclusive use shall not be permitted for
more than 21 days except by special permission of the Town Council.
(2)
No fee shall be charged for any bona fide application by the
Town of Westfield or Union County or the State of New Jersey.
(3)
The Police Department shall issue a receipt for all fees and
monies received. All money received shall be turned over to the Town
Treasurer.
(m)
Reserved parking at 131 Elm Street, (Lot 12, Block 201): $18 per
month.
(1)
Reserved parking spaces shall be available at this location
on a temporary basis. The fee or charge for each such space shall
be $18 per month payable to the Town and collected by the Town Clerk.
Payment shall be evidenced by a sticker-permit issued by the Town
Clerk good only during the calendar month or months for which the
same was purchased. Such sticker-permit shall be affixed to the back
of the interior rear mirror in the vehicle so as to be clearly visible
from the front of the vehicle at any and all times during which such
vehicle is parked in the reserved parking space. Such reserved space
shall only be occupied by a vehicle displaying a valid sticker-permit
therefor. Such reservation of space shall continue 24 hours a day,
daily, including Saturdays and Sundays and holidays.
(2)
All fees shall be collected and sticker-permits issued by the
Town Clerk. The Town Clerk shall issue a receipt for all fees collected
and all monies received shall be turned over to the Town Treasurer.
(3)
A vehicle occupying a reserved space without a valid sticker-permit
therefor being displayed as aforesaid shall be towed away at the owner's
expense and the owner of such vehicle or any person causing, suffering
or permitting such reserved space to be occupied by a vehicle without
authority from the Town of Westfield as provided herein shall be subject
to a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $50 upon conviction in
Municipal Court.
(n)
Duplicating DWI video tapes: $75.
Requests from individual citizens for accident location surveys
or computer searches must be requested in writing to the office of
the Chief of Police.
(o)
Duplicating dictaphone transmission or police related call: $50.
Duplication of 9-1-1 recordings must be approved by the Union
County Prosecutor's Office, and with their approval, the charges will
be the same as video and dictaphone fees.
(p)
Approved traffic survey or computer search: $50 per hour or part
thereof.
(q)
All applicants for the position of Police Officer shall pay an application
fee of an amount not to exceed $75 in order to be eligible to take
a written examination for the position of Police Officer.
[Added 10-27-2009 by
G.O. No. 1951]
(r)
Dumpster Permit: $50.
[Added 5-7-2013 by G.O.
No. 2007]
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No request for copies of any document to be forwarded by mail
shall be honored unless accompanied by the proper fee therefor and
a self-addressed return envelope of adequate size with the proper
postage affixed thereto.
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[G.O. No. 890, § 2]
The viewing or reviewing of reports or of photographs of accident
scenes shall be permitted and conducted at police headquarters daily,
Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
[G.O. No. 916, §§ 1, 2; G.O. No. 934, §§ 1,
2; G.O. No. 1310, § II; G.O. No. 1400, § I; G.O.
No. 1527, § I]
Special police officers duly appointed by the Town Council, under the provisions of Section 18-2, shall receive an annual salary of $600. The sergeants of the special police officers duly appointed by the Town Council shall receive an annual salary of $700. The captain of the special police officers duly appointed by the Town Council shall receive an annual salary of $800.
In order to receive such compensation, the special police officers
must respond to a minimum of 80% of duty calls.
