[Adopted 8-5-1974 by Ord. No. 360]
There is hereby established and fixed a schedule
of fees and charges for services rendered by the Police Department
of the Township of Rochelle Park, as follows:
A.
Copy of any report or record form: $3.
B.
Each individual set of fingerprints consisting of
from one to three cards taken for the benefit of other than law enforcement
or governmental agencies: $10 per set.
[Amended 5-5-1986 by Ord. No. 519]
C.
Letters attesting to length of residence, character,
criminal record check and the like: $15 per copy.
[Amended 5-5-1986 by Ord. No. 519]
D.
Each police photograph: $10 each.
[Amended 5-5-1986 by Ord. No. 519]
E.
Photocopies of police reports.
[Added 12-27-1989 by Ord. No. 582; amended 7-26-2000 by Ord. No. 807-00]
(1)
(2)
The above fee schedule applies to public records only.
This does not create a right of citizens to have investigatory reports.
[Amended 5-5-1986 by Ord. No. 519]
The Chief of Police or his designee shall be
responsible for the collection of the aforesaid fees and shall maintain
an accurate accounting thereof and shall turn these funds over to
the Township Treasurer as prescribed by state requirements. The Township
Treasurer then shall present a monthly accounting report to the Township
Committee.
[Added 2-21-2001 by Ord. No. 823-01; amended 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 897-03]
A.
Police services. Members of the Police Department
shall be available for services as traffic direction or security personnel
for private contractors only at such time as will not interfere with
the efficient performance of regularly scheduled or emergency duty
for the Township, with the approval of the Chief of Police. The applications
for such services shall be made in writing to the Chief of Police.
The application by the private contractor shall set forth pertinent
information concerning the type of work to be engaged in, the name
and address of the prospective private contractors and the estimated
duration of such service. The application for such services shall
be reviewed by the Chief of Police to determine if there is any reasonable
probability that such outside employment will interfere with a member’s
performance or compromise a member’s position with the Township
through a conflict of interest or if there is any reasonable probability
that the particular service requested would reflect unfavorably upon
the policeman involved or upon the Police Department.
B.
Payment.
(1)
Upon receipt of an application for such services and
approval of same by the Chief of Police, the private contractor shall
execute a “private contractor’s agreement for police coverage
in the form provided by the Township which shall provide, inter alia,
for the private contractor to pay to the Treasurer of the Township
a certain amount in cash, check or money order as is set forth herein
or as may be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Township
Committee as compensation for such services.
(2)
The rate of compensation to the Township shall be
determined based upon the hourly rate of pay for the particular officer
assigned to this duty together with an additional 20% surcharge of
the total amount billed to cover administration, insurance, equipment
and other related costs. All traffic and security details that shall
require the use of a police vehicle as determined by the Chief of
Police or his/her designee will also be charged a fee of $20 per hour,
in addition to the fees outlined above.
[Amended 10-17-2007 by Ord. No. 976-07; 4-27-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-010]
C.
Escrow. An escrow for the estimated cost of police
services shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Township in accordance
with the police services anticipated, as identified in the application,
before any work on the proposed project shall begin.
D.
In the event that the compensation for police services
exceeds the escrow mentioned, then the Police Chief shall prepare
and submit an invoice to the Chief Financial Officer, who in turn
shall submit the same to the private contractor, accounting for the
total cost for such off-duty work supplied, which amount shall be
paid in full within 15 days of receipt by the private contractor.
E.
Secondary
service provider.
[Added 11-23-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-021]
(1)
The
Township may choose to utilize a secondary service provider to administrate
and perform the above actions related to the off-duty employment process.
Those actions include, but are not limited to: communicating with
said person or company to schedule off-duty "jobs," scheduling the
officers for the said jobs, invoicing person, or company, and receiving
escrow and or payment from person or company in a matter set forth
by the secondary service provider.
(2)
The
secondary service provider may charge an additional fee for services
that is above and in addition to the fee structure stated and shall
utilize business-type collection rules as set forth in the contract
between the Township and the secondary service provider. The secondary
service provider will reimburse the Township via ACH or other funds
transfer methods, according to the fees set forth above, due to the
Township and officer, in a timely manner, usually coinciding with
payroll periods for "jobs" that the officers have performed or were
scheduled for, in accordance with the above listed rules of employment
between the Township and person(s) or company seeking services.
Notwithstanding the aforementioned provisions
and fees, at no time shall a fee be charged for the above-described
services to any governmental agency.
