[Added 6-24-2020 by Ord.
No. 6PSF-D, 06-24-2020]
The following definitions shall apply to this article:
CITY
The City of Newark and all City-Related Agencies.
CITY-RELATED AGENCIES
All authorities and quasi-public corporations which either:
receive appropriations from the City; have entered into continuing
contractual or cooperative relationships with the City, including
any agreement whereby the City funds an agency's debt service; or
operate under legal authority granted to them by City ordinance.
HATE GROUP
A social group that advocates and practices hatred, hostility,
or violence towards members of a race, ethnicity, nation, religion,
gender, gender identity or sexual orientation.
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
Any discrimination against individuals on the basis of their
skin color, or racial or ethnic origin.
RACISM
A belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits
and capacities and those racial differences produce inherent superiority
of a particular race.
VIOLENCE
The use of physical force or power, threatened or actual,
against oneself, another person, or against a group or community,
which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury,
death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation.
[Added 6-24-2020 by Ord.
No. 6PSF-D, 06-24-2020]
There shall be within the Department of Administration, an Office
of Violence Prevention, the head of which shall be the Violence Prevention
Coordinator.
The Mayor shall appoint the Violence Prevention Coordinator.
[Added 6-24-2020 by Ord.
No. 6PSF-D, 06-24-2020]
The Violence Prevention Coordinator, under the direction of
the Business Administrator, shall:
a. Manage policy initiatives and programs that advance the City's anti-violence
initiatives;
b. Use data and research to inform the City's investments in violence
prevention to assure a targeted approach to violence prevention in
City government and the community at large;
c. To support the development of comprehensive community-based anti-violence
initiatives within all City Departments;
d. Develop sources of funding to maintain the office and expand its
activities.
[Added 6-24-2020 by Ord.
No. 6PSF-D, 06-24-2020]
The funding for the Office of Violence Prevention shall be provided
for in the budget of the Department of Public Safety and shall be
5% of the Department of Public Safety's Budget.
The Department of Public Safety shall assign an officer to the
Office of Violence Prevention to serve as a liaison in order to coordinate
and facilitate efforts to combat violence.
[Added 6-24-2020 by Ord.
No. 6PSF-D, 06-24-2020]
a. All employees of the City of Newark have a duty to immediately intervene
and report the following acts to the Violence Prevention Coordinator:
1. When they are a witness to wrongful conduct by fellow employees;
2. When they are a witness to blatant civil rights violations being
committed by other employees.
b. All acts of racism or racial discrimination by City of Newark employees
will not be tolerated, and will result in automatic termination; said
employee shall be prohibited from working for the City of Newark in
any capacity.
c. All employees who fail to take action in paragraph a above will result
in automatic termination and said employee shall be prohibited from
working for the City of Newark in any capacity.
[Added 6-24-2020 by Ord.
No. 6PSF-D, 06-24-2020]
The Office of Violence Prevention shall establish a database
(registry) of hate groups now existing within the United States. This
list shall be amended as new groups are identified.
[Added 6-24-2020 by Ord.
No. 6PSF-D, 06-24-2020]
All actions by hate groups including groups characterized as
White Supremacists, Nazi Groups, Aryan Nations the KKK and other such
groups are unlawful in the City of Newark and are hereby banned because
they have a history of violence targeting individuals' race, religion
and national origin. Their history of said violence, tied to their
message, will incite panic and fear within the City of Newark.
[Added 6-24-2020 by Ord.
No. 6PSF-D, 06-24-2020]
The 1st Precinct of the City of Newark Police Division located
in the Central Ward at 10 17th Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07103, shall
be closed by December 31,2021.
On or before December 31,2021 the 1st precinct shall be transitioned
into the following:
a. A museum detailing with the history of the Newark Public Safety/Police
Department and Division including the positive progress it has made
with community relations;
b. The building shall house the following:
1. The Office of Workforce Development;
2. The Headquarters for the Anti-Violence Initiative;
3. A Trauma Center focused on recovery and healing from acts of violence.