New Jersey Statutes 52:17B-68. Authority to require training of police officers prior to permanent appointment; exception
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- 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
3. a. Every State, county, and municipal agency, with the exception of the New Jersey State Police, that employs law enforcement officers as defined in section 2 of P.L.1961, c.56 (C. 52:17B-67), as applicable, shall authorize attendance at an approved school by persons holding a probationary appointment as a law enforcement officer, and every agency shall require that no person shall hereafter be given or accept a permanent appointment as a law enforcement officer unless such person has successfully completed a police training course at an approved school; provided, however, that the commission may, in its discretion, except from the requirements of this section any person who demonstrates to the commission’s satisfaction that the person has successfully completed a police training course conducted by any Federal, State or other public or private agency, the requirements of which are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this act.
b. A law enforcement officer who is terminated from an agency for reasons of economy or efficiency shall be granted an exemption or waiver from retaking the basic training course if, within three years from the date of termination, the law enforcement officer is appointed to a similar law enforcement position in another agency or is reemployed by the agency from which the officer was terminated.
L.1961, c.56, s.3; amended 1965, c.8, s.2; 1967, c.252, s.1; 1971, c.321, s.2; 2011, c.158; amended 2022, c.65, s.3.