[Amended 2-10-2004 by Ord. No. 04-03]
Said Police Department shall consist of one
Chief of Police, one Captain, one Lieutenant, two Detectives or Detective
Sergeants, four Patrol Sergeants, one School Resource Officer, and
11 patrol officers, and such civilian employees as may be deemed necessary
and appropriate by the Borough Administrator in his discretion and
judgment with the approval of the Mayor and Council. The Borough Administrator
and/or Mayor and Council may, from time to time, leave one or more
of the above positions vacant, as they see fit. The express purpose
for renaming these offices is to establish a statutory line of authority
from all police employees to a higher elected authority. Whenever
any such office is intentionally left vacant, it will be deemed not
to exist and will be passed in the chain of command. The Chief of
Police, with the approval of the Mayor and Council, may therefore
re-create or resurrect an office that has been so abolished by naming
a person to fill said office. No personnel may be appointed to the
Borough of Hillsdale Police Department until they have satisfied all
statutory requirements and have complied with the selection process
and standards established by the Rules and Regulations adopted by
the appropriate authority to govern said Police Department.
The Chief of Police, as the executive head of
the Police Department, shall be charged with the duties of supervising
and directing the Police Department and shall be directly responsible
to the Borough Administrator for the efficiency and operation of the
Police Department.
The Chief of Police of the Borough of Hillsdale
shall:
A. Administer and enforce the Rules and Regulations of
the Police Department and any special emergency directive for the
disposition and discipline of the Department and its officers and
members.
B. Have, exercise and discharge the functions, powers
and duties of the chief executive officer of the Police Department.
C. Prescribe the duties and assignments of all members
and officers.
D. Delegate such authority as may be deemed necessary
for the efficient operation of the Police Department to be exercised
under the direction and control of the Borough Administrator.
The Chief of Police shall submit monthly reports
to the Borough Administrator concerning the operation of the Police
Department during the preceding month in such form as shall be prescribed
by the Borough Administrator. The Chief of Police shall make such
other reports as may be requested by the Mayor and Council.
[Amended 7-12-2017 by Ord. No. 17-10; 9-5-2017 by Ord. No.
17-17; 8-6-2019 by Ord. No. 19-14; 2-4-2020 by Ord. No. 20-03; 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 20-14; 10-11-2022 by Ord. No. 22-16]
A. Pursuant to the authority granted by N.J.S.A. 40A:14-118, the Borough
of Hillsdale hereby establishes a Police Department in and for the
Borough of Hillsdale, New Jersey, to consist of the following positions,
and the maximum number of individuals assigned to each respective
rank, as follows:
(6) Class I Special Law Enforcement Officers (SLEO I), who are special
law enforcement officers authorized to perform routine traffic details,
spectator control and other similar duties. Class I officers shall
be empowered to issue summonses for disorderly persons and petty disorderly
person's offenses, violations of municipal ordinances and violations
of Title 39. Class I officers are not authorized to carry a firearm
and shall not be assigned to any duty which may require the carrying
of a firearm. Such officers are subject to the qualifications and
provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:14-146.10 et seq., including terms of office.
(7) Class II Special Law Enforcement Officers (SLEO II), who are special
law enforcement officers authorized to exercise full police powers
and duties similar to those of a permanent, regularly appointed full-time
police officer. Class II officers may only carry a firearm while engaged
in the actual performance of the officer's official duties and
when specifically authorized by the Chief of Police. Such officers
are subject to the qualifications and provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:14-146.10
et seq., including terms of office.
(8) Class III Special Law Enforcement Officers (SLEO III), who are retired
regular police officers and who may from time to time be appointed
and shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body for a term not
to exceed one year, which officers shall not be members of the regular
police force but shall nevertheless be under the control and supervision
of the Chief of Police for use solely as school security officers
as detailed in N.J.S.A. 40A:14-146.10 et seq., as necessary.
B. This section shall not be construed as establishing any right on
the part of any member or members of the Police Department to appointment
to any position within the Department, nor shall it be construed as
terminating or interrupting any period of service or tenure of any
member of the Hillsdale Police Department. The existence and continuance
of any of the above-specified offices and the number of appointees
to each such office shall be determined by the governing body as it
may, from time to time, in its sole discretion, deem reasonably necessary
for the efficient and effective operation of the Department.
C. The Borough Administrator of the Borough of Hillsdale shall be deemed
to be the "appropriate authority" for purposes of the Borough Code
and N.J.S.A. 40A:14-118.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-118, the Chief of
Police shall issue any operations orders, general orders or standard
operating procedures or policies as the Borough Administrator deems
necessary for the efficiency and operation of the Police Department.
Nothing contained herein shall infringe upon
or limit the duty and authority of the Chief of Police to act to provide
for the health, safety and welfare of the municipality in an emergency
through special emergency directives pursuant to the provisions of
N.J.S.A. 40A:14-118 and 40A:14-146.9.
The Borough Administrator shall with the approval
and consent of the Mayor and Council appoint civilian members to the
Police Department to serve in the capacity of dispatcher. Said civilian
employees will provide dispatch services, clerical duties and logistical
services in support of the Police Department and shall perform other
duties as specified by the Chief of Police.