Whenever an officer, employee or official of the Township of
Winslow is made a defendant in any action or legal proceeding arising
out of or incidental to the performance of his duties, the Township
Committee of the Township of Winslow shall provide the officer, employee
or official with the necessary defense or, at its option, the means
for the defense of such action or proceeding and shall hold said officer,
employee or official harmless from any payment, settlement or judgment
resulting from the proceeding, except in the following situations:
A. Where the action has been brought by the township itself against
said officer, employee or official; or
B. Where the officer, employee or official has been specifically found,
by the trier of fact in proceedings, civil or criminal, to have acted
with actual fraud, actual malice or willful misconduct.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon adoption and
shall apply to all legal proceedings instituted after January 1, 1987,
regardless of when the subject matter of the legal proceeding arose.
[Added 7-22-87 by Ord. No. 0-23-87]
Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to impair, invalidate
or diminish any rights, privileges or immunities which any officer,
employee or official of the Township of Winslow shall enjoy as a result
of any other law, regulation, ordinance, State statute or State or
federal constitutional provision.
[Amended 2-28-95 by Ord. No. 0-5-95]