Tours of duty, time of reporting, special assignments,
changes of assignment and all details in connection with the time
and circumstances of duties shall be as directed by the Chief and
as provided in the rules and regulations.
A.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Manager, regular tours
of duty in the Department shall consist of eight hours in a twenty-four-hour
period.
B.
Extra duty.
(1)
Any member of the Department may request extra duty
in addition to his or her regular tours of duty. Whenever the Chief
finds that the needs of the Department are such as to require the
assignment of a member or members of the Department to extra duty,
he or she may, in his or her discretion, assign such extra duty to
such member or members of the Department who have so requested extra
duty; provided, however, that in no case shall the days of employment
of any uniformed member exceed six days in any one week, except in
the case of an emergency.
(2)
Any member of the Department who shall perform extra
duty under this section shall receive compensation therefor at his
or her regular rate of salary, prorated. The performance of such extra
duty shall not entitle any member to credit on account of sick leave
or days off.
C.
The provisions of this section shall not be applicable
to any emergency or to the recall of any member of the Department
during the period of such emergency.
Members of the Department may be assigned to
duty with the Detective Bureau, Record Bureau, traffic squad or other
detail, and they may be reassigned to other duty, as the best interests
of the Department may require.
In the absence of officers in charge of any
command, other officers or senior patrolman shall be designated to
perform their duties.
Members of the Department shall normally be
used in the regular service; provided, however, that the Chief, whenever
in his or her opinion the public welfare requires it, may detail any
member of the Department for any special or particular duty connected
with the police service of the Township.
All members of the Department, while off duty,
shall be subject to recall to duty in times of emergency by direction
of the Chief.
Subject to the authority of the head of each
department of the Township to investigate violations of any ordinance
within his or her jurisdiction and to cause prosecutions thereof,
the Police Department shall cooperate with such department head in
such investigation and prosecution to the fullest extent, to the end
that a fair and complete hearing on the case may be had. The Police
Department and every member thereof shall assist the other Township
departments in all other ways not inconsistent with their police duties.
Members of the Department shall not engage in
any business or occupation which may divert their attention from police
service or handicap or render them unable to perform the duties required
of them.
Members of the Department shall be responsible
for the safekeeping and humane treatment of prisoners in their custody
or under their supervision. Prisoners shall be maintained and regulated
as prescribed in the rules and regulations.
All goods and chattels other than motor vehicles
which shall come into the possession of the Police Department by finding
or by being recovered after theft or robbery and which shall remain
in the possession of the Department for six months, and all motor
vehicles which similarly shall come into and remain in the possession
of the Department for three months, and the owner or owners of which
are unknown and cannot be found or refuse to receive such goods or
chattels or motor vehicles, may, in whole or in part, be exposed for
sale by the Township Council at public auction in a public place after
notice of the sale shall have been published in a newspaper circulating
in the Township. Goods and chattels of a perishable nature so held
may be sold as promptly as may be necessary to avoid loss. All moneys
received from the sale of any goods and chattels shall be paid into
the treasury of the Township. All unclaimed moneys coming into the
possession of the Police Department shall, after six months, be paid
into the treasury.
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Editor's Note: For statutory provisions regarding
the disposition of unclaimed property, see N.J.S.A. 40A:14-157.
