The Township Committee may, as they deem necessary, appoint
special law enforcement officers sufficient to perform the duties
and responsibilities permitted by this article as authorized by N.J.S.A.
40A:14-118 and within the conditions and limitations as may be established
pursuant to the Special Law Enforcement Officers' Act.
Special law enforcement officers may be appointed for terms
not to exceed one year.
A. Special law enforcement officers so appointed shall not be permanently
appointed members of the police force of the Township.
B. Their powers and duties, as determined pursuant to the Special Law
Enforcement Officers' Act, shall cease at the expiration of their
appointed term.
There shall be three classifications for special law enforcement
officers.
A. Class One — SLEO I.
(1) Officers of this class shall be authorized to perform routine traffic
detail, spectator control, similar duties, issue summonses for disorderly
persons and petty disorderly persons offenses, violations of municipal
ordinances, and violations to Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.
(2) Use of a firearm by an officer of this class shall be strictly prohibited,
and no SLEO I officer shall be assigned any duties which may require
the carrying or use of a firearm.
(3) The total complement of Class One special law enforcement officers
shall not exceed 20% of the total number of permanently appointed
officers.
B. Class Two — SLEO II.
(1) Officers of this class shall be authorized to exercise full powers
and duties similar to those of a permanently appointed law enforcement
officer. The use of firearms by an officer of this class may be authorized
only after the officer has been fully certified as completing training
as prescribed by the Commission.
(2) The total complement of Class Two special law enforcement officers
shall not exceed 25% of the total number of permanent officers.
C. Class Three — SLEO III.
(1) Officers of this class shall be authorized to exercise full powers
and duties similar to those of a permanently appointed law enforcement
officer while providing security at a public or nonpublic school or
a county college, on the school or county college premises during
hours when the public or nonpublic school or county college is normally
in session or when it is occupied by public or nonpublic school or
county college students or their teachers/professors. While on duty
in the jurisdiction of employment, an officer may respond to offenses
or emergencies off school or county college grounds if they occur
in the officer's presence while traveling to a school facility
or county college, but an officer shall not otherwise be dispatched
or dedicated to any assignment off school or county college property.
(2) There shall be no limit to the number of Class Three special law
enforcement officers.
Special law enforcement officers shall only accept law enforcement-related
employment with the prior approval of the Chief of Police. The Chief
of Police shall have the sole discretion to approve the law enforcement-related
employment of any special law enforcement officer.
Any organization or contractor that desires to hire special
law enforcement officers shall submit the request, in writing, to
the Chief of Police on a form prescribed by the Chief of Police. The
organization or contractor shall hold the Township harmless from any
and all claims that may arise as a result of the assignment of the
special law enforcement officer to the organization or contractor.
In addition, the organization or contractor shall submit with its
application a certificate of insurance showing evidence of at least
$1,000,000 in both personal and comprehensive general liability insurance
and $300,000 in property damage coverage. A nonprofit, religious,
or charitable organization may submit a certificate of insurance in
coverage amounts less than those set forth herein upon the organization's
representation contained in its request that obtaining the required
coverage would impose an undue hardship on the organization.
The organization or contractor that hires a special law enforcement officer shall pay a fee to the Township as established in Chapter
113, Fees.