Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOHN J. BURZICHELLI
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes requirements for certain police vehicles.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning police vehicles and supplementing chapter 4 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Every vehicle used for road patrol by a State, county, or municipal police department or force, which is purchased, leased, or otherwise acquired on or after the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), shall be predominantly white and clearly identifiable as a police vehicle through the use of insignia and markings of a color that contrasts with the background color of the vehicle. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the purchase or lease of police vehicles used exclusively for undercover or tactical operations.
b. The Attorney General shall adopt all guidelines necessary to carry out the purposes of this act, including defining undercover and tactical operations.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires every vehicle used for road patrol by a State, county, or municipal police department or force which is purchased, leased, or otherwise acquired on or after the effective date to be predominantly white. In addition, the vehicle is to be clearly identifiable as a police vehicle through the use of insignia and marking of a color that contrasts with the background color of the vehicle.
The provisions of this bill would not apply to the purchase or lease of police vehicles used exclusively for undercover or tactical operations.