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Bill Text

A3866 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3866 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman CRAIG J. COUGHLIN

District 19 (Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes training curriculum for auxiliary police 
officers; awards auxiliary police officers additional service credits on civil 
service exam for years of service.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning law enforcement and supplementing Title 40A 
of the New Jersey Statutes.� 

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

����� 1.�� a. 
The Police Training Commission established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1961, 
c.56 (C.52:17B-70) shall approve and authorize schools to provide training to 
auxiliary police officers.� Each auxiliary police officer shall successfully complete 
basic training requirements established by the commission pursuant to P.L.1961, 
c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.). 

����� An 
auxiliary police officer appointed prior to the effective date of P.L.��� , 
c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) may continue 
to serve in that capacity provided the officer satisfies the training 
requirements established by the commission within six months following the 
effective date of this act.� 

����� b.�� A 
county or municipality in which Title, Civil Service, of the Revised Statutes 
is operative that schedules an examination to determine appointments to a 
county or municipal law enforcement agency shall award additional rating points 
of not less than three or more than 10 as may be determined by the appointing 
authority to any qualified auxiliary police officer who had served in the 
county or municipal law enforcement agency for at least two years prior to the 
appointment. 

����� The 
service credit only shall be added to the passing score of any auxiliary police 
officer who has successfully completed a basic police training course approved 
by the Police Training Commission at an approved school. 

����� c.�� Nothing 
in this section shall establish a preference over a paid police officer 
temporarily dismissed or on leave of absence for reasons of economy, or the 
appointment of a paid police officer to a superior position at the time of 
promotion in the police department or force.

����� d.�� The 
Civil Service Commission may promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative 
Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and 
regulations and establish administrative processes as are necessary to carry 
out the provisions of this act.

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of 
enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the Police 
Training Commission (PTC) to establish basic training requirements and approve 
and authorize schools to provide training to auxiliary police officers.� In 
addition, the bill awards auxiliary police officers additional service credits of 
three to 10 points on their passing examination score.� Auxiliary police 
officers are volunteers who are trained to assist law enforcement officers and 
perform certain functions, such as crowd and traffic control or uniformed foot 
patrol.� 

���� Under the bill, auxiliary 
police officers are required to receive training to successfully complete basic 
training requirements established by the PTC.�� An auxiliary police officer 
would be entitled to continue to serve in that capacity provided he or she 
satisfies the requirements within six months after the bill takes effect.� 

���� The bill requires civil 
service counties and municipalities to award an additional three to 10 rating 
points to qualified auxiliary police officers who had served in the county or 
municipality at least two years prior to their appointment.