A. 
There is hereby created in and for the Township of Verona, in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, a Police Department.
B. 
The Police Department may consist of a Police Chief, two Police Captains, and a combined total of 27 Police Lieutenants, Police Sergeants and police officers. In addition, the Police Department may employ clerical personnel and other employees to assist its officers in preserving the peace and good order in the Township. Personnel shall be appointed from time to time by the Township Manager, within budgetary appropriations approved by the Council, as deemed necessary in order to maintain administrative efficiency within the Department.
The Police Department shall preserve the public peace; protect life and property; detect, arrest and prosecute offenders of the laws of New Jersey and the ordinances of the Township of Verona; direct and control traffic; provide attendance and protection during emergencies; provide appearances in court; cooperate with all other law enforcement agencies; and provide training for the efficiency of its employees.
A. 
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:14-118, the Township Manager is hereby designated as the Appropriate Authority and is hereby vested with the powers and duties of an Appropriate Authority as delegated by law.
B. 
The Manager shall:
(1) 
Be the Chief Executive Officer of the Police Department.
(2) 
Make, administer and enforce rules and regulations for the control, disposition and discipline of the Department, and of its officers and employees.
(3) 
Establish procedures for the hearing and determination of charges of violation of departmental rules and regulations by any member of the Police Department, provided that a member may be fined, reprimanded, removed, suspended or dismissed from the Department only on written charges made or preferred against him or her, after such charges have been examined, heard as described herein and according to such practice, procedure and manner as may be prescribed by rules and regulations of the Department and Civil Service.
(4) 
Appoint, subject to budgetary restrictions, such civilian employees and/or members to the Police Department as he/she deems necessary and appropriate, in his/her discretion and judgment, to maximize the efficiency of the Police Department. Said civilian employees and/or members shall perform any and all services as prescribed and specified by the Manager.
(5) 
Nothing herein contained in this section shall limit or prevent the Manager from exercising and/or carrying out the rights, powers and duties afforded in accordance with applicable state law, the Attorney General guidelines and directives and any other relevant law(s).
(6) 
Nothing herein contained shall prevent the appointment by the Council of committees or commissions to conduct investigations of the operation of the police force and the delegation to such committees or commissions of such powers of inquiry as the governing body deems necessary or to conduct such hearings or investigations as authorized by law.
(7) 
Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Appropriate Authority, or any executive or administrative officer charged with the general administrative responsibilities within the municipality, from examining at any time the operations of the police force or the performance of any officer or member thereof. In addition, nothing herein contained shall infringe on or limit the power or duty of the Appropriate Authority to act to provide for the health, safety and/or welfare of the municipality in an emergency situation through special emergency directives.