[Added 3-22-1993 by Ord. No. 1993-5]
[Amended 3-10-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-03]
Any and all extra duty assignments for police personnel shall be determined and approved by the Chief of Police and/or Director of Public Safety or his or her designee. No police officer shall perform special duty assignments for private parties for compensation other than through the procedure set forth in this Article. The Chief of Police and/or Director of Public Safety shall obtain such information as he or she determines necessary and is authorized to approve such special duty police work in accordance with this Article. The Chief of Police and/or Director of Public Safety may assign a patrol vehicle for use in performing extra duty if and in the event it is determined that the use of a patrol vehicle is necessary to perform the contracted duty. The Chief of Police and/or Director of Public Safety may deny the assignment or use of police officers or vehicles and/or impose any condition or requirement as in his or her sole discretion and determination is in the best interest of the borough and/or the police officers' or public safety. The Chief of Police and/or the Director of Public Safety shall be guided by the nature of the assignment and should avoid those with conflicts of interest and/or high risk of injury.
[Amended 3-10-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-03]
The work to be performed shall be considered "special assignment from independent contractors" and will not be considered a direct assignment. The taking of any and all extra duty assignments shall be on a voluntary basis in accordance with a fair and reasonable system established and administered by the Chief of Police and/or the Director of Public Safety.
[Amended 8-22-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-10; 4-27-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-03]
A. 
Officers engaged in special duty assignments shall be deemed on duty and shall conform to all Police Department rules, regulations and procedures. All such agreements for special duty assignments shall be in writing as evidenced by a form agreement available from the Police Department and kept on record. No work shall be performed in the Borough of Neptune City unless such a form agreement shall have first been signed by the contractor and the Police Department. All payments due under such agreement shall add a monthly administrative charge of $50 on any amount billed for which payment has not been made within 30 days for such billing. Delinquent parties shall be further liable for all costs, fees, and attorney's fees associated with the collection of any amounts due.
B. 
The Borough may utilize a secondary service to perform the administrative duties related to the special service assignment process described in this article, including but not limited to communicating and scheduling special duty assignments with third parties, scheduling officers for special duty assignments, invoicing, receiving escrow fees and in a manner set forth by the secondary service provider and collecting amounts due for special duty assignments. The secondary service provider may charge an additional fee for services provided to the Borough of Neptune City in addition to the fee structure set forth in this article.
C. 
The secondary service provider shall remit funds received for special service assignments to the Borough of Neptune City in a timely manner and coinciding with payroll periods for the special service assignments that officers performed or were scheduled for in accordance with the Code of the Borough of Neptune City.
[Amended 3-10-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-03]
All special duty assignments shall be within the municipality, unless specific written approval is given by the Chief of Police and/or Director of Public Safety to the officer to work outside of the municipality, and the Chief of Police and/or Director of Public Safety may contact adjoining municipal police departments to see if they are willing to perform such special assignments.
[Amended 3-10-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-03]
All payments for special duty assignments shall be made through a special trust fund established by the Municipal Treasurer from which payment shall be made to the individual police officers performing such service. All payments from the special trust fund shall be made to the police officers subject to required deductions and an administrative fee to be retained by the Borough of Neptune City. The charges for such services shall be set forth annually in a resolution adopted by the governing body. Any dispute between the contractor and the police officer on assignment as to services required or compensation due shall be determined by the Chief of Police and/or Director of Public Safety. His or her decision shall be final and binding.
[Amended 8-22-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-10; Ord. No. 2010-12; 12-11-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-16]
In the event cancellation is necessary (due to weather, etc.) with less than four hours' advance notice, the contractor shall pay the Borough a sum equal to four hours per scheduled number of officers multiplied by the rate set forth for such officers in the agreement for special duty assignment.
[Amended 3-10-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-03]
The Chief of Police and/or Director of Public Safety has the authority to order any police officer to vacate or terminate any special duty assignment in response to emergency situations or whenever the assignment creates an unacceptable risk to health, safety and welfare of the police officer and/or public in the sole determination and discretion of the Chief of Police and/or Director of Public Safety. The contractor shall not be responsible for any compensation for the time that the police officer is away from the special duty assignments and shall have no claim for any costs or damages against the Borough of Neptune City, the Chief of Police, Director of Public Safety or the police officer arising from the termination of special duty assignment other than the prorated return of any costs prepaid to the Borough of Neptune City.
The Borough of Neptune City shall be responsible to provide all necessary insurance coverage as required by law, including but not limited to workers' compensation, public liability, and claims for damage, for personal injury including death or damage to property which may arise as a result of performance under the contract.