Requires county prosecutor to initiate municipal, county, and higher education law enforcement internal affairs investigations.
This bill requires county prosecutors - not police departments - to initiate internal investigations into officer misconduct complaints for all municipal, county, and higher education law enforcement agencies (like campus police). When any complaint of misconduct is filed, the agency must immediately transfer it to the county prosecutor, who then decides whether to investigate or refer the case to court. It applies to all such agencies, including those at colleges and universities under New Jersey law. The bill shifts responsibility for handling these investigations from local agencies to elected prosecutors, streamlining the process.
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Introduced Oct 28, 2024
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee
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Brian Stack
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