Sponsored by:
Senator ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes that State police officers assigned to certain positions are not to be excluded from promotion.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the Division of 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. As used in this act:
“Detachment from service position” means a temporary separation of a State law enforcement officer from the officer’s assigned unit for a specific purpose or duty involving assignment to a different location or unit.
“Confidential position” means a position that requires a State law enforcement officer to have access to sensitive information and may include, but not be limited to, involvement in positions that provide protective services to members of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches.
b. A State law enforcement officer shall not be excluded from promotion or otherwise penalized for engaging in a detachment from service position or from being assigned to a confidential position. Any accrued time that a State law enforcement officer earns by assignment to a detachment from service position or a confidential position shall be included in time accrued for promotional purposes.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that a State law enforcement officer is not to be excluded from promotion or otherwise penalized for engaging in detachment from service or from being assigned to a confidential position.
The bill defines “detachment from service” as a temporary separation of a State law enforcement officer from the officer’s assigned unit for a specific purpose or duty involving assignment to a different location or unit. “Confidential position” is defined as a position that requires a State law enforcement officer to have access to sensitive information and may include involvement in positions that provide protective services to members of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches.
Under the bill, detachment from service positions or confidential positions are to be included in the accrued time that a State law enforcement officer earns for promotional purposes.