[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Eatontown
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Police Department — See Ch. 55.
[Amended 5-25-1955]
All officers of the Police Department of the Borough of Eatontown shall
be dedicated to assist in the prevention and detection of crime and apprehension
of offenders and the protection of persona and property under the laws of
the State of New Jersey, protection of the innocent and enforcement of the
laws of the State of New Jersey and ordinances of the Borough of Eatontown.
Said officers shall maintain discipline and efficiency in the Department
and in the discharge of their duties as such officers, and each and every
member of the Police Department is personally charged with the duty to maintain
such discipline and efficiency.
It is hereby ordained that the rules and regulations to promote efficiency
and discipline in the Police Department as set forth in a resolution passed
by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Eatontown entitled, "Resolution
fixing and determining the rules and regulations for the Police Department
of the Borough of Eatontown in the County of Monmouth," at a meeting held
on February 9, 1955, be and the same is hereby adopted as the standard of
such discipline and efficiency as required in order to carry out the policy
and purposes of the Police Department as herein set forth.
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Editor's Note: Former § A361-4, Regulations, was repealed
5-22-2002 by Ord. No. 07-2002. This ordinance also stated that this section
shall be replaced with reference to the Eatontown Police Department Manual
and Rules and Regulations as adopted and amended by the Mayor and Council.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval,
as provided by law.
[Adopted 3-12-1958]
There shall be a branch of the Department known as the Detective Bureau
which shall be under the supervision, control and direction of the Chief of
Police, but in the immediate charge of the Captain or such other Superior
Officer as may be assigned by the Chief of Police. The Detective Bureau shall
be located at Police Headquarters and shall include detective services at
all times of the day and night, the Bureau of Criminal Identification and
Records and such other bureau, squads or units as may be created. The Bureau
shall consist of a Commanding Officer, who shall be a captain, sergeants and
other officers and employees as may be assigned to the Bureau from time to
time by the order of the Chief of Police.
The Commanding Officer shall have general supervision and personal direction
of the management of the Detective Bureau, subject at all times to the orders
of the Chairman of the Police Committee and the Chief of Police. He shall
devote his best efforts to the investigation and solution of criminal cases
occurring in any part of the Borough. He shall devote his entire time and
energy to the duties of his office and give his best efforts to the prevention
of crime, investigation and solution of all offenders, locating of missing
persons, suppression of gambling and vice in all parts of the Borough, criminal
investigations for other cities, and fugitive requisition proceedings. He
shall see that all members of the Detective Bureau are assiduous and energetic
and perform their respective duties in an intelligent, faithful and capable
manner. He shall be generally responsible for the efficiency and discipline
of the Detective Bureau and the enforcement of the rules and regulations applicable
thereto. He shall always remember to promote and maintain between the said
Bureau and the other branches of the services a spirit of cooperation and
mutual help, to the end that the purposes for which a permanent police force
is established are attained.
The operation of the Detective Bureau will particularly embrace all
investigations of robbery, burglary, arson, rape, murder, manslaughter (excepting
cases involving death by automobile) and all important and serious criminal
cases in any part of the Borough.
Whenever a crime of great magnitude or importance or a matter of serious
Department concern is reported to the Commanding Officer of the Detective
Bureau, he shall immediately advise the Chief of Police of the facts pertaining
thereto.
The Commanding Officer of the Detective Bureau shall, when a crime has
been reported to his Bureau, assign the case to one or more of his men, who
shall make detailed reports to him as frequently as may be required by the
facts developed, withholding neither names nor details which may be essential
to the case.
The Chief of Police shall, whenever practicable, personally visit the
scenes of unusual and important crimes and acquaint himself with the locations
and conditions, so he may better direct investigation in such cases. When
advisable, he shall cause photographs to be taken and charts to be made of
the scene of any crime for possible use in court, and cause fingerprints to
be photographed as evidence in criminal cases whenever obtainable. He shall
cause verbatim statements to be taken of all persons involved or suspected
of being involved (including witnesses) in all major and important crimes.
He shall obtain descriptions, photographs and fingerprints of unknown dead
for the purpose of identification. He shall cause antemortem statements to
be taken promptly, properly and carefully.
The Commanding Officer of the Detective Bureau shall, whenever it becomes
necessary to be absent from his office during his hours of duty, place in
charge a Superior Officer who shall assume control and command of the Bureau.
The Detective Bureau shall function 24 hours daily and the members thereof
shall report at such times as may be ordered by the Chief of Police.
The Commanding Officer of the Detective Bureau shall report to the Chief
of Police, in writing, all complaints against members of the Detective Bureau
made by citizens or members of the Department, and shall take verbatim statements
in all investigations he may make pertaining thereto.
The Commanding Officer of the Detective Bureau shall see that every
case coming within the scope of the duties of the Detective Bureau is promptly
and efficiently handled, and keep or cause to be kept an accurate and complete
record in each case.
The Commanding Officer of the Detective Bureau shall detail such number
of men in his command as he may deem necessary to strictly enforce the laws
and ordinances relating to pawnshops, pawnbrokers, sales stores and secondhand
stores, and to examine pawnbrokers' books with a view to the identification
and recovery of stolen property.
The Commanding Officer of the Detective Bureau shall make annual and
monthly reports to the Chief of Police of the services performed by the Detective
Bureau.
Members of the Detective Bureau having or receiving information that
may assist in bringing persons charged with violation of the law to justice,
or the recovery of stolen property, will report the same to the Commanding
Officer of the Bureau.
Members of the Detective Bureau shall be particularly charged with the
prevention of crime and the investigation of criminal cases in the Borough,
the detention and arrest of criminal offenders, the recovery of lost and stolen
property, the cooperation with other authorities and the responsibility of
giving vigilant scrutiny to, and taking proper cognizance of, all conditions
relating to, or tending towards, time fostering of crime.
Members of the Detective Bureau shall cooperate with one another and
with all other members of the Police Department in the prevention and detection
of crime, the arrest of criminals and the enforcement of all the laws of the
state and ordinances of the Borough of which the Department takes cognizance,
bearing in mind that they are policemen responsible for the performance of
all police duty and required to observe all the rules and regulations applicable
to them as members of the Department.
Members of the Detective Bureau, in the interest thereof, shall have
free access to interview any prisoner or person in the station house, or confined
therein, and shall have access to all criminal records connected with the
Police Department.
Members of the Detective Bureau, through their Commanding Officer, in
the interest of the Bureau, shall make charges against any officer or member
of the Department to the Chief of Police, who causes obstacles to be put in
the way of members of the Detective Bureau or giving information damaging
to the success of the Bureau. Such charges, if sustained, shall be followed
by dismissal.
Members of the Detective Bureau shall at all times cooperate in their
work with the uniform branch of the Department, and endeavor at all times
to see that the utmost harmony prevails between the branch of the service
and the uniform of the Department.
The fact that a member of the Department is assigned for duty to the
Detective Bureau shall not be construed as relieving him of the responsibility
of taking prompt and proper action in the matter of any violation of the laws,
ordinances and regulations coming to his attention.
A record of all complaints calling for the attention of the Detective
Bureau shall be kept in the Detective Office under the supervision of the
Commanding Officer, or, in his absence, the officer designated to perform
his duties; said record to contain the date and nature of complaint, name
of complaint, description and value of property lost or stolen, date of offense,
name of detective to whom case is assigned and name of person charged, if
known. There shall also be kept a record of all arrests, description of property
recovered and final disposition of all cases, sentence, etc.
All reports of detectives of their action in relation to the case assigned
to them shall be filed in connection with the entries of the case in the Detective
Record.
The Superior Officer and members of the Detective Bureau shall be subject
to all the rules and regulations laid down for guidance and government of
other members of the Police Department insofar as they are applicable and
do not conflict with the specific rules prescribing the duties of the Detective
Bureau.
