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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
a. The provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the appointing authority of a county correctional facility, be that the governing body of the county pursuant to R.S.30:8-19 or the sheriff pursuant to R.S.30:8-17, may appoint as a county correctional police officer any person who:
(1) was serving as a county correctional police officer in good standing in any county correctional facility in this State; and
(2) satisfactorily completed a working test period in a county correctional police officer title or in a county which has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes or satisfactorily completed a comparable, documented probationary period in a county correctional title in a county which has not adopted Title 11A, Civil Service; and
(3) was, for reasons of economy, terminated as a county correctional police officer within 60 months prior to the appointment.
b. The appointing authority of a county correctional facility may employ such a person notwithstanding that:
(1) Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes is operative in that county;
(2) the appointing authority has available to it an eligible or regular reemployment list of correctional police officers eligible for appointments; and
(3) the appointed person is not on any eligible list. If the county appointing authority is subject to the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, it may not employ the person if a special reemployment list is in existence for the county correctional police officer title to be filled.
c. If the county appointing authority determines to appoint a person pursuant to the provisions of this act, it shall give first priority in making the appointments to residents of the county.
d. The seniority, seniority-related privileges, and rank a county correctionalpolice officer possessed with the employer who terminated the officer's employment for reasons of economy shall not be transferable to a new position when the officer is appointed to a county correctional police officer position pursuant to the provisions of this section.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Jersey Statutes Title 40A. Municipalities and Counties 40A § 14-180.2 - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nj/title-40a-municipalities-and-counties/nj-st-sect-40a-14-180-2/
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