N.J. Stat. § 52:18A-218.1: Definitions relative to funeral payments for public safety personnel.

1. As used in this act:

"Family" means the spouse, parent, children, or other person who pays the funeral expenses of a public safety employee who is killed in the line of duty.

"Public safety employee" means a permanent, full-time member of a State, county, or municipal law enforcement agency or a county sheriff's office who is statutorily empowered to act for the detection, apprehension, arrest, and conviction of offenders against the laws of this State; an active member in good standing of a paid, part-paid, or volunteer fire department or of a duly incorporated first aid, emergency, ambulance or rescue squad; or a State or county correctional police officer.

L.2013, c.177, s.1; amended 2019, c.219, s.10.