New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM
Subchapter 3 - PROGRAM GRANTS
Section 13:79-3.1 - Project grants

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:79-3.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) An eligible municipality may apply to the Division of Criminal Justice for a grant from the fund to be used exclusively to pay the salaries of police officers and other law enforcement personnel deployed in a law enforcement project, which is designed to meet the objectives of the program, but in no event shall the amount of a successive grant exceed a municipality's initial grant award amount.

(b) A municipality which receives a grant for a law enforcement project shall be responsible for paying the fringe benefits of all police officers or other law enforcement personnel hired, which shall be deemed the local cash match. Requests for overtime funds will not be considered.

(c) A municipality shall agree, as a condition of a grant awarded pursuant to this Act, not to reduce its baseline regular complement of police officers and other law enforcement personnel, and any officers and any other law enforcement personnel funded by a Safe and Secure Communities grant.

(d) A municipality which receives a grant for a law enforcement project shall be responsible for paying all costs in excess of the grant award.

(e) A grant funded project shall operate for at least a one-year period.

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