City of Camden, NJ
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2023-11-16
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 59 Fire Department
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Article II Arson Investigation Unit
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Administration of Government
- Ch 14 Affirmative Action
- Ch 19 Ambulance Services
- Ch 26 Boards, Committees, Commissions and Councils
- Ch 33 Contracts
- Ch 38 Court, Municipal
- Ch 44 Defense of Officers and Employees
- Ch 52 Empowerment Zone Corporation
- Ch 59 Fire Department
- Ch 59 Art II Arson Investigation Unit
- § 59-10 Creation of unit.
- § 59-11 Membership; training courses.
- § 59-12 Prerequisite programs.
- § 59-13 Powers and duties.
- § 59-14 Coordination among agencies.
- § 59-15 Authority to carry firearms.
- Ch 63 Flag; Coat of Arms; Colors
- Ch 74 Living Wage
- Ch 80 Meetings
- Ch 85 Municipal Insurance Fund
- Ch 89 Municipal Property
- Ch 97 Parking Enforcement Officers
- Ch 103 Personnel Policies
- Ch 110 Police Department
- Ch 118 Project Labor Agreements
- Ch 120 Purchasing Policy
- Ch 122 Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 128 Seal, Official
- Ch 136 Training Requirements
- Ch 141 Urban Enterprise Zones
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 160 Adopt a Park Program
- Ch 164 Adopt-A-Street and -Lot Program
- Ch 169 Advertising Materials
- Ch 177 Alarm Systems
- Ch 181 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 188 Animals
- Ch 193 Arcades and Amusement Devices
- Ch 198 Asbestos Removal
- Ch 204 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 209 Autocabs
- Ch 217 Billiard and Pool Rooms
- Ch 225 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 232 Brush, Grass, Weeds and Debris
- Ch 240 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 246 Cannabis
- Ch 248 Carousels and Merry-Go-Rounds
- Ch 253 Cemeteries
- Ch 264 Circuses and Exhibitions
- Ch 270 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 277 Criminal History Background Check
- Ch 282 Curfew
- Ch 283 Anti-Bullying
- Ch 286 Dances and Dance Halls
- Ch 291 Development Plans
- Ch 303 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 309 Dumpsters
- Ch 314 Elevators
- Ch 320 Emergencies
- Ch 323 Employee Residency Reports
- Ch 325 Entertainers, Models and Dancers
- Ch 329 Entertainment, Places of Public
- Ch 340 Fees and Costs
- Ch 348 Filming
- Ch 352 Firearms
- Ch 357 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 363 Fire Prevention and Protection and Emergency Services Mitigation
- Ch 369 Fireworks
- Ch 374 Flags
- Ch 378 Flea Markets
- Ch 383 Florists
- Ch 390 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 394 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 400 Food Service Entities
- Ch 410 Games of Chance
- Ch 416 Gasoline and Vehicle Repair Stations
- Ch 420 Gasoline Tanks, Abandonment of
- Ch 428 Graffiti
- Ch 434 Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 439 Health Clubs
- Ch 445 Horse-Drawn and Animal-Drawn Vehicles
- Ch 450 Housing Standards
- Ch 456 Ice Dealers and Vending Machines
- Ch 461 Improvement Districts
- Ch 467 Junkyards
- Ch 478 Laundries, Self-Service
- Ch 485 Licenses and Business Regulations
- Ch 492 Map, Drawings and Other Documents, Electronic Submission of
- Ch 496 Massage Parlors
- Ch 500 Mercantile Businesses
- Ch 507 Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 508 Commercial and Other Large Vehicles, Parking of
- Ch 512 Motels and Hotels
- Ch 518 Noise
- Ch 523 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 534 Parades
- Ch 539 (Reserved)
- Ch 545 Parking Lots, Commercial
- Ch 550 Parking Permit Program, Residential
- Ch 556 Parking, Resident Handicapped On-Street
- Ch 562 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 567 Pay Telephones, Outdoor
- Ch 573 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 578 Peddlers and Vending Units
- Ch 582 Pedicabs
- Ch 587 Photographers, Street
- Ch 594 Picketing
- Ch 600 Poles, Wires and Underground Conduits
- Ch 601 Wireless Facilities in Public Rights-Of-Way
- Ch 608 Precious Metals and Gems
- Ch 615 Property, Vacant and Abandoned
- Ch 620 Property Maintenance
- Ch 627 Public Utilities
- Ch 635 Real Estate Transactions
- Ch 644 Rental Property
- Ch 650 Rent Control
- Ch 656 Rooming and Boarding Houses
- Ch 661 Sales, Special
- Ch 667 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 675 Sewers
- Ch 679 (Reserved)
- Ch 684 Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 688 Signs
- Ch 700 Snow, Ice and Debris Removal
- Ch 705 Soft Drinks, Wholesale
- Ch 711 Solid Waste
- Ch 716 Special Events
- Ch 722 Storage Facilities
- Ch 725 Stormwater Control and Management
- Ch 729 Street Closings
- Ch 735 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 739 Sustainability Requirements
- Ch 742 Swimming Pools
- Ch 747 Tattooing and Tattooists
- Ch 753 Taxation
- Ch 758 Taxicabs
- Ch 766 Theaters
- Ch 771 Tires, Used
- Ch 776 Tobacco
- Ch 780 Toilet Facilities, Portable
- Ch 785 Towing Services
- Ch 791 Transient Merchants
- Ch 796 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 803 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 808 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 815 Vehicles, Immobilization and Impoundment of
- Ch 822 Vehicles, Sale of
- Ch 827 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 840 Water
- Ch 847 Weapons-Free Zones
- Ch 852 Weights and Measures
- Ch 870 Zoning and Land Use
- Appendix
- Ch A900 Cable Television and Communications Franchise Agreements
- Ch A910 Historic Districts
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 11-27-1996 by Ord. No. MC-3257 (Ch. 55, Art. II,
of the 1987 Code)]
[Amended 8-6-1997 by Ord. No. MC-3328]
Within the Department of Fire, there shall be an Arson Investigation
Unit composed of that number of individuals or an individual, as determined
by the Chief of the Department of Fire, as he deems necessary and
appropriate. This unit shall be empowered pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-7.1,
the enabling statute and this article which shall set forth the powers,
duties and responsibilities of said unit.
[Amended 8-6-1997 by Ord. No. 3328]
Only paid members of the Department of Fire may be assigned
to an Arson Investigation Unit created pursuant to this article and
the statute. Before any member shall be assigned to an Arson Investigation
Unit, he/she shall have successfully completed a basic training course
for police officers at an appropriate course, as approved by the Police
Training Commission, and an arson investigation training course approved
by the Department of Law and Public Safety of the State of New Jersey.
[Amended 8-6-1997 by Ord. No. 3328]
Any member of the Department of Fire who is assigned to the
Arson Investigation Unit, pursuant to the statutes and this article,
shall attend and successfully complete in-service training programs
as required by the Division of Criminal Justice of the State of New
Jersey.
The Arson Investigation Unit shall be responsible for conducting
investigations of arsons, suspicious fires and explosions within the
municipality to determine the source and origin of the conflagration.
This article does not grant any authority for search and seizure of
property or individuals, without first obtaining permission and authority
from the Office of the Camden County Prosecutor or his/her designee.
The powers and functions of the Arson Investigation Unit are limited
to that investigation of source and origin and are not to be expanded
beyond this grant of authority.
The members of the Arson Investigation Unit shall coordinate
their activities with all other law enforcement agencies, notwithstanding
the grant of powers within this article. The Arson Investigation Unit
shall be responsible to cooperate and report to the Department of
Police of the City of Camden, the Office of the Camden County Fire
Marshal, the Office of the Camden County Prosecutor and the Department
of Law and Public Safety of the State of New Jersey, as determined
by its Director.
[Amended 2-26-1998 by Ord. No. MC-3372]
Any member who is assigned to the Arson Investigation Unit shall
have the same powers and authority as police officers while engaged
in the actual performance of arson investigation duties, including
the right to possess and carry a firearm while so engaged or when
actually on call to perform said duties. Before a weapon is assigned
to any member of the Arson Investigation Unit, such person shall undergo
the same background checks and training required of police officers
and shall be certified as qualified to carry a weapon by the Chief
of Police of the City of Camden.
