New Jersey Statutes Title 53. State Police 53 § 1-25

The superintendent may make special and short-time employment of such expert services as may become necessary from time to time in the proper fulfillment of the purposes of this Title, and may employ such civilian specialists as may be required to carry out the purposes of this Title, subject to the approval of the State House Commission as to the compensation thereof.

For the purpose of establishing civil service rights for full-time civilian employees, there are hereby established in the Department of State Police,  1 the following titles: Head clerk, principal clerk-bookkeeper, principal clerk-stenographers, principal clerk, senior clerk, senior clerk-stenographers, clerk-stenographers, principal troop clerk, telephone operator, chauffeur and stock clerk, building maintenance repairmen, automobile mechanics.

The present civilian employees of the Department of State Police shall be placed by the Civil Service Commission in the classified service and shall hold and retain their present title, pursuant to the provisions of Title 11, subtitle two, of the Revised Statutes.