The Department of Public Affairs and Safety shall consist of
such officers, patrolman/patrolwoman and civilian personnel, including
police cadets and interns, as organized according to a table of organization
described by the Police Director subject to the approval of the Director
of Public Affairs and Safety and the Mayor within the limits of the
budget established by the Council as follows:
(a) Captains: No greater than eight (8);
(b) Lieutenants: No greater than twenty-four (24);
(c) Sergeants: No greater than fifty (50);
(d) Patrolman/patrolwoman: No greater than two hundred fifty (250), including
probationary patrolman/patrolwoman.
(e) Probationary patrolman/patrolwoman;
(f) Such other non-sworn Police Division personnel as deemed appropriate,
all of which shall be administered as provided by the provisions of
this Code, the amendments and supplements thereto.
The Department of Public Affairs and Safety, under the supervision
and direction of the Police Director, shall:
(a) Preserve the public peace, prevent crime, detect and arrest offenders
against the penal laws and ordinances effective within the City;
(b) Administer and enforce laws and ordinances to regulate, direct and
control, and restrict the movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic
and the use of the streets by vehicles and persons generally:
(c) Remove all nuisances in the public streets, parks and other public
places;
(e) Repair, maintain and control vehicles and equipment used by the Division,
except as the Business Administrator may otherwise direct;
(g) Establish and administer a Traffic and Parking Section within the
Uniform Bureau, which, in coordination with the Traffic Engineer in
the Engineering Division of the Department of Public Works, shall
maintain traffic accident records, perform traffic studies, carry
out safety programs including school patrols and regulate school traffic
officers and crossing guards.
Within the Division of Police there shall be established a Crime
Prevention Advisory Committee.
There is hereby established the position of Police Chaplain
in the Police Division, the number of which such positions shall not
exceed one (1), and the person so designated shall be appointed for
a period not exceeding three (3) years, by resolution of the City
Council. Any person appointed as Chaplain shall be an ordained clergy
person in good standing in the religious body for which s/he is selected.
Such Chaplain shall become a member of the Police Department, with
a rank of Captain. The Chaplain shall not be entitled to any salary
or compensation
Within the Division of Police, there shall be a Bureau of Parking.
Under the direction and supervision of the division head, and in coordination
with the Division of Planning, the Bureau shall supervise, regulate
and operate publicly owned lands being utilized for public parking
facilities as provided for pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:60-25.1 et seq.