Grants law enforcement officer benefits to certain campus police officers enrolled in PERS.

Bill A 761 expands eligibility for enhanced retirement benefits under New Jersey’s Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) to include campus police officers who cannot enroll in the separate Police and Firemen’s Retirement System (PFRS) due to age or medical requirements. Currently, these campus officers are enrolled in PERS but miss out on the special law enforcement officer (LEO) benefits available to other PERS members. The bill amends the definition of "law enforcement officer" to explicitly include qualified campus police officers, automatically enrolling them in the LEO retirement category unless they waive it. This change provides these officers access to higher retirement benefits they previously could not receive under PERS.