An applicant for employment by the Township
shall be the subject of a background investigation by the Rochelle
Park Police Department. This investigation shall be conducted by the
Chief of Police or his designee and shall include a review of all
available public records as well as a review of records of the Division
of Motor Vehicles and those agencies necessary to conduct criminal
background checks.
All persons employed by the Township of Rochelle
Park as of the effective date of this article shall be required to
submit to the background check described in this article upon receipt
of a request to do so from the Township Administrator or Chief of
Police. Upon receipt of a request to submit to such check, the employee
shall contact the Rochelle Park Police Department in order to facilitate
the completion of the same.
The information set forth on Form Nos. 1, 2
and 3 and the results of the background check shall remain confidential
to the extent that such confidentiality is possible. Upon receipt
of the result of the police background check, the same shall be provided
to the Township Administrator, who shall provide a summary of the
report to the members of the Township Committee in a confidential
memorandum.