New Jersey Statutes 40A:14-127.1. Reappointment of certain law enforcement officers
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:14-127.1
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, any former State trooper, sheriff’s officer or deputy, or county or municipal police officer who has separated from service voluntarily or involuntarily other than by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency, shall be deemed to meet the maximum age requirement for appointment established by N.J.S.40A:14-127, if his actual age, less the number of years of his previous service as a law enforcement officer, would meet the maximum age requirement established by said section, but no person may be appointed who is over the age of 45 as of the date of his reappointment; except that in the case of a State trooper, sheriff’s officer or deputy, or county or municipal police officer whose separation from service was involuntary due to a lay-off or reduction in force, such person shall be deemed to meet the maximum age requirement for appointment by complying with the procedure established hereinbefore without regard to his actual age at the time of reappointment.
b. For the purposes of meeting the maximum age requirement for appointment established by N.J.S. 40A:14-127 and for the purpose of taking any civil service examination for appointment as a municipal police officer, the Civil Service Commission, for good cause shown, may deem an individual a former State trooper, sheriff’s officer or deputy, or county or municipal police officer in accordance with subsection a. of this section, even though that individual’s separation from current service will not occur except upon a new appointment.
L.1979, c.461, s.1; amended 1980, c.41, s.1; 1991, c.492, s.1; 1993, c.319; 2008, c.29, s.99.