New Jersey Statutes 40A:9-117.6a. Applicability of “45-day” rule for violation of internal rules to sheriff’s officers
Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:9-117.6a
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
2. A person shall not be removed from employment or a position as a sheriff’s officer, or suspended, fined or reduced in rank for a violation of the internal rules and regulations established for the conduct of employees of the sheriff’s department unless a complaint charging a violation of those rules and regulations is filed no later than the 45th day after the date on which the person filing the complaint obtained sufficient information to file the matter upon which the complaint is based. A failure to comply with this section shall require a dismissal of the complaint. The 45-day time limit shall not apply if an investigation of a sheriff’s officer for a violation of the internal rules and regulations of the sheriff’s department is included directly or indirectly within a concurrent investigation of that officer for a violation of the criminal laws of this State; the 45-day limit shall begin on the day after the disposition of the criminal investigation. The 45-day requirement in this section for the filing of a complaint against a sheriff’s officer shall not apply to a filing of a complaint by a private individual.
L.2006, c.54, s.2.