In making such appointments, the Director of Public Safety shall
first appoint all those in Class I and then those in each succeeding
class in the order above listed and shall appoint a person or persons
in any such class only to a vacancy or vacancies remaining after all
qualified applicants in the preceding class or classes have been appointed
or have declined an offer of appointment.
The classes of qualified applicants defined herein shall be
considered as separate and successive lists of eligibles, and the
New Jersey Department of Personnel shall, when requested to certify
eligibles for positions, make such certifications from said classes
separately and successively and shall certify no persons from any
such class until all persons in the preceding class or classes have
been appointed or have declined offers of appointment.
This chapter shall apply only to initial appointments and not
promotional appointments of persons already members of the Police
Department.
In making temporary appointments, the Director of Public Safety
shall utilize the classifications set forth herein and shall classify
accordingly all duly qualified applicants for the position or positions
to be temporarily filled.