A 900 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires civil service examination for police and correctional police officers to include questions to identify implicit racial bias.

This bill requires New Jersey's Civil Service Commission to add questions to the civil service exam for new police and correctional officers that identify unconscious racial biases. It applies to all entry-level applicants for municipal police, county police, correctional officers, sheriff's officers, and similar law enforcement roles. The exam questions are designed to assess whether candidates have unconscious biases that could affect their judgment during policing. The requirement would take effect four months after the bill is enacted.
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
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Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
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