[Adopted 7-17-1995 by Ord. No. 17-95]
[Amended 10-4-1999 by Ord. No. 20-99; 3-18-2024 by Ord. No. 08-2024; 11-4-2024 by Ord. No. 31-2024]
The Township of Readington through the Chief of Police, or his/her designee, of Readington Township, when requested by an organizer to take place within the Township, shall have the authority to employ or assign sworn police officers from Readington Township.
[Amended 11-4-2024 by Ord. No. 31-2024]
All requests for off-duty police services shall be made to the Chief of Police of Readington Township. Readington Township may choose to utilize a secondary service to administrate and perform actions related to the off-duty employment process. These actions include but are not limited to communicating with an entity or individual to schedule off-duty assignments, scheduling the officers for said jobs, invoicing the entity or individual, and receiving escrow and or payments from the entity or individual in a manner set forth by the secondary service provider. The secondary service provider may charge an additional fee for services that is above and in addition to the fee structure stated below and shall utilize business type collection rules as set forth in the contract between the Township of Readington and the secondary service provider. The secondary service provider will reimburse The Township of Readington via ACH or other funds transfer methods, according to the fees set forth below, due to the Township and officer in a timely manner, usually coinciding with payroll periods for assignments the officers have performed or were scheduled for, in accordance with the above listed rules of employment between the Township and entity or individual seeking services.
[Amended 3-16-2009 by Ord. No. 11-2009[1]; 3-18-2024 by Ord. No. 08-2024; 11-4-2024 by Ord. No. 31-2024; 6-2-2025 by Ord. No. 10-2025]
The organizers and/or vendor of the above-stated events who request off-duty police officers shall pay the Township of Readington in accordance with the following schedule:
A. 
All police officers of the Readington Township Police Department shall be paid at the rate of Sergeant First Class at 1 1/2 times the hourly rate. An additional 8% charge will be assessed to the total amount due to the officer and retained by the Township of Readington to cover payroll expenses.
B. 
There shall be an administrative fee of $20 per officer for each assignment for payroll processing.
C. 
If the special event requires the use of a police vehicle, then notwithstanding the fee set forth in Subsections A and B above, a vehicle usage fee in the amount of $20 per hour per police vehicle shall be imposed and retained by the Township of Readington to cover the wear and tear on the police vehicles.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed the former ordinance entitled "Establishing Fees for Off-Duty Police Officers Requested by Readington Township for Special Duties During Special Events," adopted 7-5-1988.
[Added 11-4-2024 by Ord. No. 31-2024; amended 6-2-2025 by Ord. No. 10-2025]
Should the entity or individual hiring off-duty police officers cancel an assignment for any reason with less than two hours' notice to the Police Department or secondary service before the scheduled start of the assignment, the entity or individual will be assessed a minimum of four hours of compensation per officer. Those scheduled officers shall not be required to be on-site during those paid hours. Additionally, the administrative fee set forth in § 43-110, Subsection A or B, shall apply to cancelled assignments necessitating police officer pay.