STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator BENJIE E. WIMBERLY
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Senator ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Timberlake
SYNOPSIS
Requires Superintendent of State Police to implement policy to diversify State Police Academy civilian instructors and contractors.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning the State Police and supplementing Title 53 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Within six month of the effective date of this act, the Superintendent of State Police shall create and implement a policy that seeks to recruit and prioritize the selection of women and minorities to serve as civilian instructors and contractors at the State Police Academy in order to diversify the instruction received by State Police recruits. The superintendent shall review the policy annually, and update it as necessary, to effectuate the purposes of this act.
b. The superintendent shall submit a report annually to the Attorney General and the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), which includes, but is not limited to:
(1) the age, gender, race, and ethnicity of each civilian instructor or contractor employed or otherwise compensated by the Division of State Police to provide recruit instruction at the State Police Academy; and
(2) a summary of the annual review of the policy conducted pursuant to subsection a. of this section which details any updates to the policy.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Division of State Police to develop a policy to diversify civilian instructor employment at the State Police Academy.
Under the provisions of the bill, the Superintendent of State Police is required to create and implement a policy that seeks to recruit and prioritize the selection of women and minorities to serve as civilian instructors and contractors at the State Police Academy in order to diversify the instruction received by State Police recruits. The superintendent is required to review the policy annually, and update it as necessary, to effectuate the purposes of the bill.
The bill requires the superintendent to submit an annual report to the Attorney General and the Legislature which is required to include:
(1) the age, gender, race, and ethnicity of each civilian instructor or contractor employed or otherwise compensated by the Division of State Police to provide recruit instruction at the State Police Academy; and
(2) a summary of the annual review of the policy conducted pursuant to the bill which details any updates to the policy.