New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 4A - CIVIL SERVICE
Chapter 3 - CLASSIFICATION, SERVICES, AND COMPENSATION
Subchapter 3 - CLASSIFICATION
Section 4A:3-3.7B - Correctional Police Officer Apprentice title: State service

(a) The appointment of an employee to the title of Correctional Police Officer Apprentice shall be a temporary appointment from a certification of Correctional Police Officer eligibles on an entry-level law enforcement eligible list. The purpose of this temporary appointment is to ensure that individuals so appointed shall receive training appropriate to the duties of a Correctional Police Officer in accordance with the Police Training Act. See N.J.S.A. 52:17B-66 et seq.

(b) Notwithstanding the employee's temporary appointment in State service, the employee shall not accrue seniority for purposes of layoffs (N.J.A.C. 4A:8-2.4) or vacation leave accruals (N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.2) while serving in the title of Correctional Police Officer Apprentice.

(c) The length of the period of temporary appointment to the title of Correctional Police Officer Apprentice shall be established by the Department of Corrections; provided, however, that the length of this period shall be the same for all employees receiving the appointment from the same certification, but in no case longer than six months.

(d) Upon successful completion of the residential training program required by the Police Training Act, and in-service training provided by the Department of Corrections under the authority of the Police Training Commission, the employee serving in the title of Correctional Police Officer Apprentice shall receive a regular appointment to the title of Correctional Police Officer.

(e) An individual who receives a regular appointment to the title of Correctional Police Officer in accordance with (d) above but who had permanent status in another title in State service as of the time of temporary appointment shall be considered to have been on an unpaid leave of absence from his or her original State position during the period of temporary appointment. Such permanent service prior to the leave of absence shall be aggregated to calculate the employee's seniority for layoff purposes, as well as to determine his or her vacation benefit at the time of the employee's regular appointment to the title of Correctional Police Officer.

(f) Notwithstanding any provisions in Title 4A of the New Jersey Administrative Code to the contrary, employees receiving a temporary appointment to the title of Correctional Police Officer Apprentice shall not have any appeal rights to the Civil Service Commission during the period of temporary appointment. Such employees' sole right of appeal shall be to the Police Training Commission. See N.J.A.C. 13:1-11.