New Jersey Statutes 52:4B-54.2. In-service training course on how to handle, investigate, and respond to reports of sexual assault
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:4B-54.2
- 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
b. The training course and curriculum shall include a component emphasizing the value of restorative justice in sexual assault cases.
c. The division shall make the training course and curriculum available to all county prosecutor’s offices in the State.
d. The division shall review the training course and curriculum every five years, in consultation with nationally recognized trainers with expertise in trauma informed care and the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault, and make any necessary modifications.
e. The division may make the training course and curriculum available in an online format, but prosecutors shall complete the course and curriculum in person every six years.
f. The Attorney General shall be responsible for ensuring that all county prosecutors and appropriate assistant county prosecutors triennially complete the in-service training on handling sexual assault matters required by this section.
g. A county prosecutor or assistant county prosecutor appointed after the effective date of P.L.2021, c.66 (C. 52:4B-54.2 et al.) shall complete the training course and curriculum within 60 days of the prosecutor’s initial appointment. The division shall determine whether training in the handling of sexual assault cases completed by a prosecutor appointed prior to the effective date of P.L.2021, c.66 (C. 52:4B-54.2 et al.) complies with the requirements of this section. If the training does not comply with these requirements, the prosecutor shall complete the training course and curriculum required by this section within 60 days of the effective date of P.L.2021, c.66 (C. 52:4B-54.2 et al.).
h. The division shall develop an open process pursuant to which the division will accept bids by organizations to assist in developing and providing the training required by this section.
L.2021, c.66, s.1.