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NJ A5792
NJ A5792Requires law enforcement agencies to establish review council in internal affairs unit to investigate law enforcement officers who participate in hate groups.
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Introduced
06/01/2021
06/01/2021
In Committee
06/14/2021
06/14/2021
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/11/2022
01/11/2022
Introduced Session
2020-2021 Regular Session
Bill Summary
This bill requires the Division 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.
AI Summary
This bill requires the Division of Law and Public Safety to revise the "Internal Affairs Policy and Procedures" of the Police Management Manual to require each law enforcement agency in New Jersey to establish an "extremist review council." This council 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 group activities, or being a member of a hate group. The bill defines a "hate group" as an organization that supports, advocates for, threatens, or practices genocide or violence toward any group of persons based on their race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability, and "public expression of hate" as an explicit expression made in writing or speech by a law enforcement officer while on or off duty in a public forum to advocate for, support, or threaten such genocide or violence.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading (on 06/14/2021)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
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| BillText | https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A9999/5792_I1.HTM |
| Bill | https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A9999/5792_I1.PDF |
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