Bill Text: NJ A4058 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Prohibits law enforcement agencies from considering number of arrests made and citations issued when evaluating police officer's professional performance.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-21 - Substituted by S1322 (1R) [A4058 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-A4058-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman HAROLD "HAL" J. WIRTHS
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Assemblyman ADAM J. TALIAFERRO
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Assemblyman PARKER SPACE
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Vainieri Huttle, Assemblyman Webber and Assemblywoman Chaparro
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits law enforcement agencies from considering number of arrests made and citations issued when evaluating police officer's professional performance.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee on June 2, 2021, with amendments.
An Act concerning quotas for arrests and citations and amending P.L.2000, c.164.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 2 of P.L.2000, c.164 (C.40A:14-181.2) is amended to read as follows:
2. a. A State, county1,1 or municipal police department or force engaged in the enforcement of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes or any local ordinance adopted pursuant to this title shall not establish any quota for arrests or citations. The department or force may, however, collect, analyze1,1 and apply information concerning the number of arrests and citations in order to ensure that a particular officer or group of officers does not violate any applicable legal obligation and for the purpose of forwarding that information to the Superintendent of State Police for inclusion in the Uniform Crime Report.
b. The department or force shall not use the number of arrests or citations issued by a law enforcement officer [as the sole] when evaluating the performance of a law enforcement officer, or as a criterion for promotion, demotion, dismissal, discipline, or the earning of any benefit provided by the department or force. [Any such arrests or citations, and their ultimate dispositions, may be considered in evaluating the overall performance of a law enforcement officer.]
1c. A department or force shall not post data regarding the number of arrests or citations in any area that is common to all law enforcement officers of the department or force, including a police station or barracks, for the purpose of creating competition between officers with respect to arrests and citations.1
(cf: P.L.2000, c.164, s.2)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
