SENATE STATE GOVERNMENT, WAGERING, TOURISM & HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
SENATE, No. 3220
with committee amendments
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: DECEMBER 14, 2020
The Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Senate Bill No. 3220.
Under current law, a person must pass the civil service law enforcement examination prior to becoming eligible for employment as an entry-level law enforcement officer.
Under this bill, the Civil Service Commission will exempt from the examination any person who demonstrates successful completion of a police training course as approved by the New Jersey Police Training Commission.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
The committee amended the bill to:
(1) specify that the course must be a full Basic Course for Police Officers;
(2) delete language that would have allowed the Civil Service Commission to also exempt a person who has demonstrated to the Police Training Commission, to that commission's satisfaction, that the person has successfully completed a police training course conducted by any Federal, State, or other public or private agency with substantially equivalent requirements; and
(3) allow a municipal or county police department to hire a person, exempt from the requirement to take an examination for an entry-level law enforcement position under the bill, upon adoption of an ordinance or resolution by the governing body authorizing such hiring by the police department and the adoption of a conflict of interest and nepotism policy.