In accordance with the provisions of P.L. 1986,
Ch. 2, of the New Jersey statutes, there is hereby created the position
of special law enforcement officers for the Town of West New York,
County of Hudson and State of New Jersey. Each special officer appointed
shall be subject to the requirements of this article and the additional
requirements set forth in P.L. 1986, Ch. 2, adopted March 24, 1986.
The classifications of the special law enforcement
officers shall be based upon the duties to be performed by said officers
and are established as follows:
A.
Class One. Officers of this class are authorized to
perform routine traffic detail, spectator control and similar duties
as may be assigned by the Director of Public Safety or, in the absence
of the Director of Public Safety, another law enforcement officer
in a supervisory capacity designated by the Director of Public Safety
to act in his stead. Said Class One officers are also authorized to
issue summonses for disorderly persons and petty disorderly persons
offenses, violations of municipal ordinances and violations of Title
39 of the Revised Statutes. The use of firearms by said Class One
officers is strictly prohibited and no Class One officer shall be
assigned any duties which may require the carrying or use of a firearm.
B.
Class Two. Officers of this class are herewith authorized
to exercise full powers and duties similar to those of a permanent,
regularly appointed full-time police officer. They shall be assigned
such powers and duties by the Director of Public Safety or, in the
absence of the Director of Public Safety, another law enforcement
officer in a supervisory capacity designated by the Chief to act in
his stead. The use of a firearm by an officer of this class may be
authorized only after the officer has been fully certified as successfully
completing training as prescribed by the Police Training Commission
established within the Department of Law and Public Safety of the
State of New Jersey.
All duly appointed special law enforcement officers
shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing the Police
Department of the Town of West New York as adopted by previous ordinances,
including, by description but not limitation, the Standard Operating
Procedures Police Manual of the Town of West New York.
[Amended 4-15-2009 by Ord. No. 8/09]
Special law enforcement officers shall be appointed
by the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety for a term
not to exceed one year.
Compensation for each class of special law enforcement
officer shall be established annually through the Municipal Salary
and Wage Ordinance.[1]
The number of special law enforcement officers
employed by the Town of West New York shall be limited as follows:
