New Jersey S 2855: Requires public school student to carry identification card at school-sponsored, off-campus activities and requires principal to keep list of students on school buses used for school-sponsored activities in case of emergencies.

Bill Text

S2855 

SENATE, No. 2855 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires AG to establish uniform police training 
curriculum.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning a uniform police training curriculum, 
supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes and amending P.L.1961, c.56.

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

���� 1.��� (New section)� a.� In 
consultation with the Police Training Commission established pursuant to 
section 5 of P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-70), the Attorney General shall develop a 
uniform basic course curriculum, which the commission shall implement at each approved 
school in the State. The Attorney General shall review the curriculum annually 
and make updates as appropriate or required, in the Attorney General�s 
discretion.

���� b.��� For the purposes of this 
section, "basic course" and �approved school� shall have the same 
meaning as set forth in section 1 of P.L.2009, c.222 (C.52:17B-71.10).

���� 2.��� Section 6 of P.L.1961, 
c.56 (C.52:17B-71) is amended to read as follows:

���� 6.��� The commission shall 
establish requisite standards for the training of law enforcement officers and 
oversee the implementation of those standards.

���� The commission shall have the 
authority:

���� a.���� To prescribe standards 
for the approval and continuation of approval of schools at which police 
training courses authorized by this act and in-service police training courses 
shall be conducted, including but not limited to currently existing regional, county, 
municipal, and police chief association police training schools or at which 
basic training courses and in-service training courses shall be conducted for 
State and county juvenile and adult correctional police officers and juvenile 
detention officers;

���� b.��� To approve and issue 
certificates of approval to these schools, to inspect the schools from time to 
time, and to revoke any approval or certificate issued to the schools;

���� c.���� To [prescribe] implement 
the curriculum developed and prescribed by the Attorney general pursuant to 
section 1 of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as 
this bill), and prescribe the minimum courses of study, attendance 
requirements, equipment and facilities, and standards of operation for these 
schools and prescribe psychological and psychiatric examinations for police 
recruits;

���� d.��� To prescribe minimum 
qualifications for instructors at these schools and to certify, as qualified, 
instructors for approved police training schools and to issue appropriate 
certificates to the instructors;

���� e.���� To certify law 
enforcement officers who have satisfactorily completed training programs and to 
issue appropriate certificates to the officers;

���� f.���� To advise and consent 
in the appointment of an administrator of police services by the Attorney 
General pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-73);

���� g.��� (Deleted by amendment, 
P.L.1985, c.491)

���� h.��� To make rules and 
regulations as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to accomplish the 
purposes and objectives of this act;

���� i.���� To make a continuous 
study of police training methods and training methods for law enforcement 
officers and to consult and accept the cooperation of any recognized federal or 
State law enforcement agency or educational institution;

���� j.���� To consult and 
cooperate with universities, colleges, and institutes in the State for the 
development of specialized courses of study for law enforcement officers in 
police science and police administration;

���� k.��� To consult and cooperate 
with other departments and agencies of the State concerned with police training 
or the training of law enforcement officers;

���� l.���� To participate in 
unified programs and projects relating to police training and the training of 
law enforcement officers sponsored by any federal, State, or other public or 
private agency;

���� m.�� To perform other acts as 
may be necessary or appropriate to carry out its functions and duties as set 
forth in this act;

���� n.��� To extend the time limit 
for satisfactory completion of police training programs or programs for the 
training of law enforcement officers upon a finding that health, extraordinary 
workload, or other factors have, singly or in combination, effected a delay in 
the satisfactory completion of the training program;

���� o.��� (1) To furnish approved 
schools, for inclusion in their regular police training courses and curriculum, 
with information concerning the advisability of high-speed chases, the risk 
caused by them, and the benefits resulting from them, and to include any other 
relevant police training courses th