{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-17b-4.8","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 52:17B-4.8","heading":"Appointment of certain State law enforcement department officers.","body":"3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the appointing authority of a State law enforcement department or agency, other than the Division of State Police but including the appointing authority of a State college or university established pursuant to chapter 64 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes or of a public research university, which requires appointees to successfully complete, prior to their appointment, a training course approved by the Police Training Commission may appoint as a member or officer of the agency any person who:\n(1)\twas serving as a law enforcement officer in good standing in any State, county or municipal law enforcement department or agency, or county sheriff's office; and\n(2)\tsatisfactorily completed a working test period in a State law enforcement title or in a law enforcement title in a county or municipality which has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes or satisfactorily completed a comparable, documented probationary period in a law enforcement title in a county or municipality which has not adopted Title 11A, Civil Service; and\n(3)\twas, for reasons of economy, terminated as a law enforcement officer within 60 months prior to the appointment.\nb.\tA department or agency may employ such a person notwithstanding that:\n(1)\tthe appointment is subject to the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes;\n(2)\tthe department or agency has available to it an eligible or regular reemployment list of law enforcement officers eligible for such appointments; and\n(3)\tthe appointed person is not on any eligible list.  The department or agency may not employ such a person if a special reemployment list is in existence for the law enforcement title to be filled.\nc.\tThe seniority, seniority-related privileges and rank a law enforcement officer possessed with the employer who terminated the officer's employment for reasons of economy shall not be transferable to a new position when the officer is appointed to a law enforcement position pursuant to the provisions of this section.\nL.2010, c.103, s.3.","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":"7f3d9bd0d23f26bda9f4f3e73b1aa05644bd684760cb4ac712f4b923fbae619a","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-17b-4.7","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-17b-4.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}