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Borough of Ship Bottom, NJ
Ocean County
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[Prior code § 2-10.1A; amended by Ord. 91-3 § 11, 1991]
All special and emergency law enforcement officers shall be appointed as set forth in this section:
A. 
No special law enforcement officers shall be appointed except in conformance with the Special Law Enforcement Officers Act, N.J.S.A. 40A:14-146.8 et seq.
B. 
Any such appointment shall be by resolution of Borough Council.
C. 
Any such appointment shall be limited to five Class one and five Class two special police.
D. 
It is not mandatory that special police be residents of the Borough.
E. 
For purposes of employing emergency police as defined by the Special Law Enforcement Officers Act, the Chief of Police, or in the absence of the Chief, the next highest ranking law enforcement officer, or the Mayor, or in the Mayor's absence, the Chairperson of the Public Safety Committee, shall have the authority to designate an "emergency."
[Prior code § 2-10.2; amended by Ord. 91-3 § 12, 1991]
Borough Council may enter into a contract with a volunteer fire company for the purposes of extinguishing fires upon such terms and conditions as shall be deemed proper and set forth in such contract, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:14-33 et seq., and specifically N.J.S.A. 40A:14-68.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former § 2.52.030, Employment of off-duty police officers, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 6-25-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-15.