STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Houghtaling
SYNOPSIS
Requires law enforcement agencies to provide internal affairs and personnel files of law enforcement officers to other agencies under certain circumstances.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee with technical review.
An Act concerning law enforcement agencies and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Prior to appointing an applicant who was previously employed by another law enforcement agency in this State, every State, county, and municipal law enforcement agency shall request the files, including but not limited to internal affairs and personnel files, of the applicant from each law enforcement agency that employed the applicant.
b. Every State, county, and municipal law enforcement agency that receives a request pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall provide the applicant’s files to the State, county, or municipal law enforcement agency that requested them.
c. The Attorney General shall issue guidelines or directives necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month after enactment, but the Attorney General may take any administrative action in advance of the effective date as may be necessary.