[Ord. #76-294; Ord. #86-493; Ord. #96-714]
[Ord. No. 2005-1003 § 1]
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
a.
CHIEF OF POLICE – Shall mean the Branchburg Township Chief
of Police or his designee. In the absence of a Chief of Police and
a designee, "Chief of Police" shall mean the highest ranking officer
of the Branchburg Police Department or, if more than one, the officer
with the greatest seniority.
b.
CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD BACKGROUND CHECK – Shall mean a determination
of whether a person has a criminal record by cross-referencing that
person's name and fingerprints with those on file with the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Identification Division and the State Bureau
of Identification in the Division of State Police.
c.
RECREATION DIRECTOR – Shall mean the Branchburg Township Recreation
Director or the person designated by the Township Committee to act
in place of the Recreation Director under this section.
d.
TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR – Shall mean the Branchburg Township
Administrator or the person designated by the Township Committee to
act in place of the Township Administrator under this section.
e.
YOUTH RECREATION WORKER – Shall mean a present employee or
applicant for employment with the Township, over the age of 18 years,
whose employment, as determined by the Recreation Director and the
Township Administrator, will involve any Township recreation program
in which minors will participate.
f.
MINOR – Shall mean a child under the age of 18 years.
[Ord. No. 2005-1003 § 1]
a.
Every youth recreation worker shall submit to a Criminal History
Record Background Check whenever requested to do so by the Recreation
Director and the Township Administrator.
b.
The Township shall conduct a Criminal History Record Background Check
only upon receipt of a written application and written consent from
a youth recreation worker.
c.
Every youth recreation worker shall submit to the Chief of Police,
in the form and manner required by the Recreation Director and the
Township Administrator, the following:
d.
The Chief of Police shall submit information for Criminal History
Record Background Checks through the New Jersey Department of Law
and Public Safety to the State Bureau of Identification in the Division
of State Police. The State Bureau of Identification shall conduct
the Criminal History Record Background Checks and report the results
to the Chief of Police.
e.
The Chief of Police shall inform the Recreation Director and the
Township Administrator whether or not the youth recreation worker's
Criminal History Record Background Check reveals a conviction of any
crime or offense enumerated in N.J.S. 15A:3A-3, as that section may
be amended from time to time.
f.
The Township shall bear the costs associated with conducting the
Criminal History Record Background Checks required by this section.
[Ord. No. 2005-1003 § 1]
Every youth recreation worker who is arrested for or charged
with any crime or offense enumerated in N.J.S. 15A:3A-3, as that section
may be amended from time to time, shall immediately report the details
of such arrest or charge to the Recreation Director and the Township
Administrator.
[Ord. No. 2005-1003 § 1]
a.
No person shall be employed by the Township as or permitted to serve
as a youth recreation worker who has not submitted to a Criminal History
Record Background Check as required by this section.
b.
No person shall be employed by the Township as or permitted to serve
as a youth recreation worker whose Criminal History Record Background
Check reveals a conviction of any crime or offense enumerated in N.J.S.
15A:3A-3, as that section may be amended from time to time. A Criminal
History Record Background Check revealing such a conviction shall
constitute grounds for rejection for employment or immediate termination.
c.
Failure to submit to a required Criminal History Record Background
Check shall constitute grounds for rejection for employment or immediate
termination.
d.
The submission of false, incomplete or misleading information as
part of a required Criminal History Record Background Check shall
constitute grounds for rejection for employment or immediate termination.
