{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40a-9-128.1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-128.1","heading":"County not to issue badge to elected official which may be mistaken for law enforcement badge.","body":"3. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a county shall not issue a law enforcement badge or a badge that may be mistaken as a law enforcement badge to any county elected official who is not elected as a law enforcement officer.\nb.\tAs used in this section, \"law enforcement officer\" means a person who is empowered to act for the detection, apprehension, arrest, conviction, detention, or rehabilitation of persons in violation of the law.\nL.2019, c.221, s.3.","path":["TITLE 40A MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"4d4be9d4664a98423f8f15597728b0b3d662578277c3d2b5bd205e79b3506c96","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40a-9-128","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40a-9-129"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}