There is hereby established within the City of Perth Amboy an
auxiliary police force to be known as the Perth Amboy Auxiliary Police
Force. This is a volunteer organization whose members shall be unarmed.
In order to qualify for consideration as a member of the Perth
Amboy Auxiliary Police Force, each applicant shall:
A. Be a resident of Middlesex County, with preference to residents of
the City of Perth Amboy and, alternatively, to residents of municipalities
in the vicinity of the City that do not maintain a police auxiliary
force;
B. Be at least eighteen (18) years of age;
C. Have obtained a high school diploma or equivalency diploma (GED);
D. Submit to a thorough background investigation;
E. Not be a member of the regular police force of the City of Perth
Amboy or any other municipality.
The chain of command of the Perth Amboy Auxiliary Police Force
shall be as follows: the Perth Amboy Emergency Management Coordinator
and/or Chief Law Enforcement Officer shall supervise and be responsible
for all such operations. Under the Emergency Management Coordinator
and/or Chief Law Enforcement Officer, there may be the following positions
within the Perth Amboy Auxiliary Police Force (listed in descending
order), each of which shall report to the next highest position: One
(1) Auxiliary Police Chief; one (1) Auxiliary Police Deputy Chief,
Auxiliary Police Captains, Auxiliary Police Lieutenants; Auxiliary
Police Sergeants; and auxiliary police officers. Training officers
may be designated from the membership at the discretion of the Police
Chief.
All recruits/members will begin at the position of probationary
auxiliary police officer. Following the completion of Police Auxiliary
Academy training and completion of a one (1) year probationary period,
all members must serve at least two (2) years of active duty, exclusive
of the aforesaid probationary period, before being eligible for promotion.
Promotions will be made from existing members in good standing.
The Emergency Management Coordinator and/or Chief Law Enforcement
Officer shall be empowered to promulgate rules, regulations, and policies
necessary to effectuate the purposes hereof, including, but not limited
to, all aspects of recruitment, designation of uniforms and equipment,
and operations of the Perth Amboy Auxiliary Police force within the
budgetary constraints of their respective office or department.
Any duly appointed member of the Perth Amboy Police Auxiliary
Force may be attached to the Perth Amboy Police Department for the
purpose of training. As required by the Chief Law Enforcement Officer
and Emergency Management Coordinator, members shall participate in
periods of training over the course of their membership in the Perth
Amboy Auxiliary Police Force to acquire and maintain skills and current
techniques.
All auxiliary police officers are required to successfully complete
a basic training course for auxiliary police prior to taking an oath
of office.
The Perth Amboy Auxiliary Police force, under the direction
and supervision of the Perth Amboy Emergency Management Coordinator
and/or Chief Law Enforcement Officer shall respond to:
A. Any local disaster emergency, as declared by the Emergency Management
Coordinator in accordance with N.J.S.A. App. A:9-30 et seq.
B. Any emergency, as declared by the Governor of the State of New Jersey
in accordance with N.J.S.A. App. A:9-30 et seq.
Auxiliary police personnel are not regular sworn police officers.
N.J.S.A. App. A:9-45 states that auxiliary police shall have the powers
of a regular officer only during a declared emergency, disaster, or
assigned training mission.
A. Regular police officers, regardless of rank or assignment, shall
not relinquish their authority to any member of the police auxiliary.
B. Auxiliary police officers shall obey the instructions of any regular
police officer except as provided in the Perth Amboy Police Department
Rules and Regulations.
C. Powers granted to the auxiliary police can be restricted and controlled
in accordance with applicable laws, statutes, guidelines, and directives
issued by the New Jersey Legislature, New Jersey Office of Emergency
Management, New Jersey Attorney General, Middlesex County Prosecutor,
City Council, or the Chief Law Enforcement Officer.
D. Auxiliary police personnel are covered by state and federal statutes
for compensation insurance in case of death or personal injury only
when on duty during a declared emergency, disaster, or assigned training
mission.
E. Auxiliary police officers are provided with public liability protection
equal to that provided to regular police officers.