ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

ASSEMBLY, No. 972

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

 

ADOPTED MARCH 25, 1996

 

 

Sponsored by Assemblymen ASSELTA and GIBSON

 

 

An Act concerning law enforcement officers and supplementing chapter 12 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

      Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

      1. a. A person who knowingly takes or attempts to exercise unlawful control over a firearm or other weapon in the possession of a law enforcement or corrections officer when that officer is acting in the performance of his duties, and either is in uniform or exhibits evidence of his authority, is guilty of a crime of the second degree.

      b. A person violating the provisions of subsection a. of this section shall be guilty of a crime of the first degree if:

      (1) The person fires or discharges the firearm;

      (2) The person uses or threatens to use the firearm or weapon against the officer or any other person; or

      (3) The officer or another person suffers serious bodily injury.

 

      2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

                             

Creates offense of disarming a law enforcement officer.