New Jersey Statutes Title 2A. Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice 2A § 157-18

Annual salaries of county detectives and county investigators shall be paid by the county treasurer upon the certification of the prosecutor out of funds of the county, in the same manner as other salaries are paid, and shall be not less than the minimum amounts in this act fixed. The prosecutor may, with the approval of the board of chosen freeholders, fix the salaries of county detectives and county investigators at amounts in excess of the minimum amounts in this chapter provided.