{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-17b-166","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 52:17B-166","heading":"Grant application evaluation, ranking","body":"8.   The Attorney General shall evaluate and rank project grant applications submitted by eligible municipalities with reference to the municipality's realistic opportunity to achieve the objectives specified in section 4 of this act.  In evaluating the applications, the Attorney General shall give additional weight to applications which:\na.   Propose cooperative policing agreements between two or more municipalities pursuant to P.L.1973, c.208 (C.40:8A-1 et al.) or P.L.1952, c.72 (C.40:48B-1 et seq.);\nb.   Provide evidence of a project planning process which has involved residents of the proposed project areas and institutions and groups active in these areas;\nc.   Provide for the re-employment of police officers who have been laid off by the municipality for budgetary reasons prior to March 1, 1993;\nd.   Clearly delineate project outcome goals that are both time-lined and measurable;\ne.   Maximize the use of funding and resources other than those provided by the program;\nf.   Provide for the mobilization of residents as volunteer participants;\ng.   Where practicable, provide for the employment of related law enforcement personnel to perform paperwork and related support services in order to free up police officers for community policing duties; and\nh.   Provide for maximum program accountability according to procedures promulgated by the Attorney General pursuant to section 10 of this act.\nL.1993,c.220,s.8.","path":["TITLE 52 STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS"],"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":"646e54766fa6dd5541ab68a01ee26d45e43c338af36bf6584678d56c849f9ae6","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-17b-165","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-17b-167"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}