New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM
Subchapter 1 - PURPOSE, SCOPE, DEFINITIONS
Section 13:79-1.3 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

"Act" means the Safe and Secure Communities Act, P.L. 1993, c.220 (52:17B-159 et seq.).

"Baseline regular complement of officers and other law enforcement personnel" means the number of police officers and other law enforcement personnel on a municipality's force as of December 31, 1993.

"Eligible municipality" means a municipality that applied for and was awarded an initial grant for a law enforcement project under the Act during the first two program years following August 2, 1993, even if the municipality did not immediately accept its initial grant award.

"Fringe benefits" means payments made by the employer for an employee's retirement, social security, health and dental insurance, workers compensation, and unemployment, disability and survivor's insurance.

"Fund" means the Safe Neighborhoods Services Fund.

"Law enforcement project" or "project" means a project employing police officers for which a grant is awarded pursuant to this program.

"Other law enforcement personnel" means non-police employees who enhance a project's law enforcement capacity by performing paperwork and related support services, thereby allowing police officers to devote more time to direct community policing duties.

"Police officers" or "officers" means the regular, sworn, appointed municipal officers who have the full power to arrest and who regularly exercise police powers regarding the enforcement of the general criminal and motor vehicle laws of this State.

"Program" means the "Safe and Secure Communities Program."