ASSEMBLY HOMELAND SECURITY AND STATE PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 5792

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JUNE 14, 2021

      The Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 5792.

      As reported by the committee, Assembly Bill No. 5792 requires the Department of Law and Public Safety to revise the “Internal Affairs Policy and Procedures” of the Police  Management Manual to require that the internal affairs unit or function of each law enforcement agency in this State to establish an extremist review council.

      Under current law, every law enforcement agency in the State is required to adopt and implement guidelines consistent with those governing the “Internal Affairs Policy and Procedures” of the Police Management Manual promulgated by the Police Bureau of the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety.

      Under the bill, these guidelines are to be revised to require each law enforcement agency to establish an extremist review council that would investigate official misconduct complaints alleging that a law enforcement officer engaged in misconduct while on or off duty by making public expressions of hate, participating in hate groups activities, or being a member of a hate group.