[Adopted 2-9-1971 by Ord. No. 3-71 as
Ch. 23, Part 1, of the 1971 Code]
A Police Department be and the same is hereby
established and created in the Borough of Glassboro, in the County
of Gloucester and State of New Jersey.
[Amended 1-23-1973 by Ord. No. 73-2; 12-26-2002 by Ord. No. 02-22; 6-28-2016 by Ord. No. 16-28]
The police force of the Borough of Glassboro may consist of
a Chief of Police, a Deputy Chief, one Captain and as many Lieutenants,
Sergeants, Corporals and patrolmen as are deemed necessary by the
Public Safety Committee and approved by the Mayor and Council by resolution.
The members of the regular police force shall be appointed by the
Mayor and confirmed by Council and shall hold office until removed
for lawful cause; provided, however, that all members of the regular
police force shall not be deemed to be entitled to the benefits of
this Part 1 until after the service of a one-year probationary period,
to which all applicants shall be subject as a condition of such hiring
as a member of said Police Department. Any member of the police force
now serving under a six-month probationary period will be automatically
extended to a one-year probationary period. Said members of the regular
Police Department shall hold their offices during good behavior and
efficiency, and shall not be removed for political reasons or without
just cause.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police
to regulate and command the said Police Department under the supervision
of the Director of Public Safety and Public Safety Committee. All
other members of the Police Department shall be subordinate to and
under the command of the Chief of Police. In the absence of the Chief
of Police, the senior ranking officer on duty shall be in command
and take over the duties of Chief. It shall be the duty of the Chief
or, in his absence, the senior ranking officer on duty, to confer
with the Director of the Public Safety Committee from time to time,
and to make a report monthly to such Director of the Department of
the activities of such Department, or oftener if requested, and to
make such recommendations as he shall deem wise and appropriate.
The salary of members of said Police Department
shall be provided by the Annual Salary Ordinance of the Borough of
Glassboro.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said ordinance is on file in
the offices of the Borough Clerk.
A.
The Mayor
and Council shall, at the organization meeting each year or at any
other time, appoint special officers for a term not exceeding such
calendar year, and may revoke such appointment at any time without
cause or hearing. Such special officers shall not be members of the
Police Department or entitled to any rights or privileges of a member
of the Police Department. Their powers, rights and duties shall immediately
cease at the expiration of the term for which they were appointed,
or upon the revocation of their appointment by Mayor and Council.
The Mayor and Council shall have power, through its Director of the
Public Safety Committee, to call upon said special officers in case
of emergency or for any special duty. The said special officers shall
possess the same qualifications as to citizenship and residence, and
have the same powers, duties and obligations, as a member of the Police
Department during such special or temporary employment, while only
on such employment. All special officers shall be under the direction
of the Chief of Police or senior ranking officer on duty as may be
in charge of the Department. A special officer badge shall be furnished
by Mayor and Council upon the deposit of a sum to be fixed by the
Public Safety Committee, to be refunded upon the return of said badge.
B.
Classes of special officers.
[Added 2-24-2015 by Ord. No. 15-01]
(1)
Class One. An officer of this class shall be authorized to perform
routine traffic detail, spectator control and similar duties. Class
One officers shall have the power to issue summonses for disorderly
persons and petty disorderly person offenses, violations of municipal
ordinances and violations of Title 39 of the New Jersey Revised Statutes.
The use of a firearm by an officer of this class shall be strictly
prohibited, and no Class One officer shall be assigned any duties
which require the carrying or use of a firearm.
(2)
Class Two. Officers of this class shall be authorized to exercise
full powers and duties similar to those of a permanent, regularly
appointed full-time police officer. The use of a firearm by an officer
of this class may be authorized only after the officer has been certified
as successfully completing training as prescribed by the Commission.
(3)
Class Three.
[Added 2-25-2020 by Ord.
No. 20-04]
(a)
Officers of this class shall be authorized to exercise full
powers and duties similar to those of a permanent, regularly appointed
full-time police officer while providing security at a public or nonpublic
school or a county college on the school or 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 or professors. While on
duty in the jurisdiction of employment, an officer may respond to
offenses or emergencies off school or 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 college property.
(b)
The use of a firearm by an officer of this class shall be authorized
pursuant to the provisions of Subsection b of Section 7 of P.L. 1985,
c. 439 (N.J.S.A. 40A:14-146.14). An officer of this class shall not
be authorized to carry a firearm while off duty unless the officer
complies with the requirements set forth in Subsection l of N.J.S.A.
2C:39-6 authorizing a retired law enforcement officer to carry a handgun.
Each member of the Police Department shall have
such qualifications as are required by law. He shall also be required
to submit to a periodic physical examination as required by the Director
of the Public Safety Committee.
Before entering the office of Chief of Police,
Sergeant or patrolman, each shall be required to take the oath of
allegiance to the United States, the State of New Jersey, and to faithfully
discharge the duties of such office so entering.
The headquarters of the Police Department are
hereby established in the building presently used on South Main Street,
south of High Street, in the Borough of Glassboro, or at such other
place or places as said office may be established by the Public Safety
Committee, which said office and/or offices shall be open at all reasonable
hours for the transaction of police business.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The following original sections,
which previously followed this section, were repealed 6-10-1975 by
Ord. No. 75-15: § 23-9, Clothing, equipment and appearance,
amended 9-8-1959 by Ord. No. 278; § 23-10, Hours of duty,
added 9-8-1959 by Ord. No. 278; § 23-11, Disciplinary action,
amended 9-8-1959 by Ord. No. 278; § 23-12, Powers and duties
of Chief of Police, added 9-8-1959 by Ord. No. 278; and § 23-13,
Duties of members of Department.
All applicants as members of the Police Department
shall be required to file a written application for such employment
upon forms to be furnished by the Mayor and Council.
[Amended 6-10-1975 by Ord. No. 75-15]
The Mayor and Council may, by ordinance, adopt
and promulgate such rules and regulations as shall be necessary for
the proper and efficient conduct of the Police Department.[1] The Chief of Police, under the direction and supervision
of the Public Safety Committee, shall retain the power and authority
to issue orders pertaining to the day-to-day administration of the
Department.
