[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of East Orange 6-25-1990 by Ord. No. 10-1990. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-146.10 et seq.,
there is hereby created within the City of East Orange a Class One
Volunteer Auxiliary Police Unit. The City of East Orange may appoint
auxiliary police for terms not to exceed one year, and the appointments
may be revoked by the City for cause after adequate hearing, unless
the appointment is for four months or less, in which event the appointment
may be revoked without cause or hearing. Auxiliary police shall be
under the control and supervision of the Chief of Police of the City
of East Orange.
A.
No person shall be appointed by the Board of Police
Commissioners, or appropriate authority established by law, as a member
of the auxiliary police unless:
(1)
The appointee is a resident of the state during the
term of appointment.
(2)
The appointee is a resident of the City of East Orange.
(3)
The appointee is able to read, write and speak the
English language well and intelligently and has a high school diploma
or its equivalent.
(5)
The appointee is of good moral character.
(6)
The appointee has not been convicted of any offense
involving dishonesty or which would make him unfit to perform the
duties of his office.
(7)
The appointee has successfully undergone the same
psychological testing that is required of all full-time police officers
in the municipality or has successfully undergone a program of psychological
testing approved by the commission.
B.
The auxiliary police shall not carry or be issued
firearms or other similar weapons.
C.
Every applicant for the position of auxiliary police
who is appointed shall have fingerprints taken, which fingerprints
shall be filed with the Division of State Police and the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
D.
Auxiliary police shall comply with the rules and regulations
applicable to the conduct and decorum of the regular police within
the municipality.
E.
No person shall be appointed to serve as an auxiliary
police officer in more than one local unit at the same time, nor shall
any permanent regularly appointed full-time police officer of East
Orange be appointed as an auxiliary police officer in any local unit.
No public official with responsibility for setting law enforcement
policy or exercising authority over the budget of the municipality
of East Orange or supervision of the Police Department of East Orange
shall be appointed as an auxiliary police officer.
F.
Before any auxiliary police officer is appointed,
the Chief of Police or, in the absence of the Chief, the designee
of the Chief of Police shall ascertain the eligibility and qualifications
for the applicant and report these determinations in writing to the
appointing authority.
G.
Any person who at any time prior to appointment had
served as a duly qualified, fully trained, full-time officer in any
municipality of this state and who was separated from that prior service
in good standing shall be eligible to serve as an auxiliary police
officer.
[Amended 12-27-1999 by Ord. No. 15-1999]
The duties of the auxiliary police shall include,
but not be limited to, service to the City of East Orange with regard
to special events or functions and traffic control. Auxiliary police
shall also have the power to issue summonses for disorderly persons
and petty disorderly persons offenses, violations of municipal ordinances
and violations of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes. In addition, duly
appointed regular auxiliary police shall have all the powers of on-duty
regular police officers at the following times only:
A.
During any emergency, as defined in N.J.S.A. App.
A:9-33 et seq., as amended and supplemented.
B.
During any practice, drill or activity in preparation
for such emergency duly authorized by the State Civilian Defense Director.
C.
While actually engaged in training while attached
to the Police Department.
The auxiliary police are hereby attached to
the East Orange Police Department for the purpose of training. During
the period of time that the auxiliary police are attached to the Police
Department, they shall be under the supervision of the Chief of Police.