Borough of Merchantville, NJ
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2022-09-12
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Municipal Code
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Chapter 59 Police Department
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Article III Discipline and Hearings
- Municipal Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Abandoned Properties
- Ch 3 Affordable Housing
- Ch 4 Alarm Systems
- Ch 5 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 8 Amusement Devices
- Ch 9 Animals
- Ch 12 Bicycles
- Ch 13 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 14 Brush, Weeds and Trees
- Ch 15 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 16 Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation
- Ch 18 Claims Procedure
- Ch 18A Crane Operation and Licensing
- Ch 19 Curfew
- Ch 19A Defined Contribution Retirement Program
- Ch 20 Demolition of Buildings
- Ch 20A Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 21 (Reserved)
- Ch 21A Drug-Free School Zones
- Ch 22 Emergency Water Regulations
- Ch 23 (Reserved)
- Ch 24 Excavations
- Ch 25 Fees
- Ch 27 Filling Stations and Inflammable Liquids
- Ch 28 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 29 Fire Prevention
- Ch 30 Fires
- Ch 31 Firemen
- Ch 32 (Reserved)
- Ch 33 Fire Department
- Ch 33A Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 34 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 37 Gems, Precious Metals, Gold and Jewelry
- Ch 37A Green Team
- Ch 38 Hawking and Peddling
- Ch 38A (Reserved)
- Ch 38B Hazardous Substances
- Ch 39 Health Nuisance Code
- Ch 39A (Reserved)
- Ch 40 Launderettes
- Ch 42 Littering
- Ch 43 Loitering
- Ch 46 Noises
- Ch 48 Numbering of Property
- Ch 50 Officers and Employees
- Ch 51 Oil Burning Equipment
- Ch 53 Parks
- Ch 54 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 55 Permit Parking
- Ch 56 (Reserved)
- Ch 56A (Reserved)
- Ch 57 (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Police Department
- Ch 59 Art III Discipline and Hearings
- § 59-12 Suspension and removal.
- § 59-13 Hearings.
- § 59-14 Review of disciplinary conviction.
- Ch 60 Poolrooms
- Ch 60A Public Defender Services
- Ch 60B Property Maintenance
- Ch 61 Public Garages
- Ch 63 Purchasing
- Ch 65 Raffles and Bingo Licensing
- Ch 66 Rental Properties
- Ch 66A Returned Checks
- Ch 67 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 70 Sewers
- Ch 71 Shoplifting
- Ch 71A Stormwater Management
- Ch 73 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 73A Subdivision of Land
- Ch 74 (Reserved)
- Ch 75 Swimming Pools
- Ch 77 Taxation
- Ch 79 Taxicabs
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 81 Television Cable Franchise
- Ch 83 Unsafe Buildings
- Ch 83A Use of Tobacco, Cannabis and Marijuana Products in Public Areas
- Ch 84 Towing
- Ch 86 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 87 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 89 Water Commission
- Ch 91 (Reserved)
- Ch 93 Yard Sales
- Ch 94 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
Disciplinary actions brought against any uniform officer of
the police force shall be conducted in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:14-147
et seq., which provides that no officer of the Police Department shall
be suspended, removed, fired or reduced in rank for any cause other
than for incapacity, misconduct or disobedience as provided in the
New Jersey statutes and the Police Department's Rules and Regulations.
A.
The Mayor, the Director of Public Safety and one other member of
Borough Council appointed by the Mayor shall constitute the Committee
for Public Safety, which is empowered to hear and decide the charges
made against uniform officers of the police force.
B.
The Committee for Public Safety shall prepare a report containing
findings of fact, conclusions and a final disposition of the charges.
Such decision by the Committee for Public Safety shall be the final
decision of the Borough of Merchantville.
C.
The Committee for Public Safety, in its discretion, may select a
hearing officer to serve in place of the Committee for Public Safety.
Such hearing officer shall conduct a hearing, then submit a report
to the Committee for Public Safety containing findings of fact, conclusions
and a recommended disposition of the charges to be acted upon by the
Committee for Public Safety and the final decision of the Borough
of Merchantville.
The final decision of the Committee for Public Safety may be
reviewed in the Superior Court in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:14-150.
