[Adopted 9-9-1986 by Ord. No. 86-47[1] (Ch. 96, Art. III, of the 1990 Code)]
[1]
Editor's Note: The preamble to this ordinance
provided as follows: "WHEREAS, the Special Law Enforcement Officers
Act, N.J.S.A. 40A:14-146.8, was signed into law in January of 1986
and is to be effective as of October 1, 1986; and WHEREAS, a 'special
law enforcement officer' is defined by the act as any person appointed
as a special police officer to temporarily or intermittently perform
duties similar to those performed regularly by members of a police
force of a local unit to provide assistance to a police force during
unusual or emergency circumstances or at individual times or during
regular seasonal periods in resort municipalities; and WHEREAS, pursuant
to said act, the governing body of a municipality must, by ordinance,
make certain determinations with regard to the appointment of special
police officers in said municipality."
Pursuant to the provisions of the Special Law
Enforcement Officers Act,[1] there shall be two categories of special law enforcement
officers who may be appointed as special officers in the Police Department
of the City of Vineland:
A.Â
The City Council may appoint such Class One officers
as are needed to supplement the Police Department of the City of Vineland,
subject only to budget appropriations available in the municipal budget
to be adopted in each year. Class One officers shall be authorized
and empowered to issue summonses for violations of municipal ordinances
and parking violations under municipal ordinances and under Title
39 of the Statutes Annotated of the State of New Jersey.
B.Â
The City Council may appoint as many Class Two special
officers as is permitted by N.J.S.A. 40A:14-146.17, and shall be entitled
to perform such duties as are permitted by the Special Law Enforcement
Officers Act and by the certification which each such officer receives
from the Police Training Commission.[2]
[Amended 1-24-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-2]
[2]
Editor's Note: For such duties as are permitted
by the Special Law Enforcement Act, see N.J.S.A. 40A:14-118.
C.Â
The City Council may appoint such Class Three special officers as
is permitted by N.J.S.A. 40A:14-146.11 and N.J.S.A. 40A:14-146.17
and shall be entitled to perform such duties as are permitted by the
Special Law Enforcement Officers Act.
[Added 2-23-2021 by Ord.
No. 2021-10]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40A:14-146.8 et
seq.
[Amended 2-23-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-10]
Special law enforcement officers appointed to
the Police Department of the City of Vineland may be employed for
not more than 20 hours weekly, except that they may serve without
hourly limitation during periods of emergency. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, there may be appointed one special law enforcement
officer to whom an hourly limitation, as required herein, does not
apply.
A.Â
An emergency is defined as any sudden, unexpected
or unforeseeable event requiring the immediate use or deployment of
law enforcement personnel.
B.Â
In determining whether an emergency exists to justify
the deployment of special law enforcement officers, the Chief of Police
or, in his absence, the officer in charge of the City of Vineland
Police Department or the Mayor of the City of Vineland or the Director
of Public Safety of the City of Vineland is hereby authorized to designate
the existence of an emergency.
There shall be no fee charged or cost assessed
for equipment and uniforms which are supplied to special officers
appointed to serve in the Police Department of the City of Vineland.
Prior to appointment of any special officer,
the Chief of the Police Department or, in his absence, the officer
in charge of the City of Vineland Police Department shall ascertain
the eligibility and qualifications of any person who is recommended
for appointment as a special officer in the City of Vineland Police
Department and shall report these determinations, in writing, to the
City Council prior to such person being appointed as a special law
enforcement officer.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 123-24.1, Establishment of liaison police officer for Vineland Municipal Court, added 12-26-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-65, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 1-29-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-2. Original Art. IV, Street-Marking and Traffic Sign Unit, adopted 4-10-1990 by Ord. No. 90-22, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 4-27-1993 by Ord. No. 93-37.
[Added 3-10-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-14; amended 2-23-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-10]
The compensation rate for special law enforcement officers shall
be as follows: