Bill > A844

Introduced Session

This bill expands upon a reciprocity arrangement among county and municipal law enforcement agencies, institutions of higher education, which include county colleges, State law enforcement agencies, and the New Jersey Transit Corporation for the reimbursement of the hiring and training costs incurred when one entity hires a law enforcement officer who resigned from one of the other entities within the first three years of a permanent appointment, and the officer is hired within 120 days of the date of resignation. Under current law, in those cases where the officer has held a probationary appointment at the time of resignation or held a permanent appointment for 30 days or less, the new employer is required to reimburse the officer's former employer for all costs associated with the officer's hiring and training. In those cases where the officer has held a permanent appointment for more than 30 days, but less than two years, the new employer is required to reimburse the officer's former employer for one-half of the costs associated with the officer's hiring and training. This bill extends the reciprocity arrangement to require a hiring entity to reimburse the officer's former employer for 100 percent of the cost of the officer's hiring and training if the officer held a probationary appointment at the time of resignation or held a permanent appointment for less than two years prior to resignation. The bill further requires the hiring entity to reimburse the former employer for one-half of the cost of the hiring and training if the officer held a permanent appointment for a period of between two and three years prior to resignation.

Committee Categories

Linda Carter (D)*,  Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)*,  Bill Spearman (D)*,  Anthony Verrelli (D)*,  Sterley Stanley (D), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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