Title - A Joint Resolution establishing a task force to study ways to increase diversity and community representation within law enforcement agencies.
Law Number - 2020 NJ A.J.R. 186
TOPICS: study commission
STATE(S):
STATUS: Enacted
Establishes task force to study ways to increase diversity within law enforcement agencies.
Title - An Act concerning retired law enforcement officers and permits to carry and amending N.J.S.2C:39-6.
Law Number - 2020 NJ A.B. 4612
TOPICS: firearms
STATE(S):
STATUS: Pending
Allows fully qualified retired law enforcement officers to carry handguns without a permit.
Title - An Act establishing the “New Jersey Law Enforcement Transparency Act of 2020” and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Law Number - 2020 NJ S.B. 2857
TOPICS: accountability
STATE(S):
STATUS: Failed
Creates the State Law Enforcement Transparency Act.
Title - An Act establishing the “Police Body Camera Implementation Task Force.”
Law Number - 2020 NJ S.B. 2805
TOPICS: study commission
STATE(S):
STATUS: Failed
Establishes Police Body Camera Implementation Task Force to study and make recommendations concerning use of body cameras by law enforcement agencies in this State.
Title - An Act concerning cultural diversity and implicit bias basic training for police officers, supplementing P.L.2016, c.23, and amending P.L.1961, c.56.
Law Number - 2020 NJ A.B. 4532
TOPICS: training
STATE(S):
STATUS: Failed
Requires cultural diversity and implicit bias training be included in police basic training curriculum.
Title - An Act concerning police training and supplementing chapter 17B of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Law Number - 2020 NJ S.B. 2801
TOPICS: mental health, training
STATE(S):
STATUS: Failed
Requires Police Training Commission to contract with crisis intervention training center to provide mental health training to police officers and establish curriculum specific to persons experiencing economic crisis or substance use disorder.
Title - An Act establishing a law enforcement officer use of force data collection and reporting system and supplementing chapter 17B of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Law Number - 2020 NJ A.B. 4515
TOPICS: data collection, use of force
STATE(S):
STATUS: Pending
Requires Attorney General to establish law enforcement officer use of force data collection and reporting system.
Title - An Act establishing the “Police Body Camera Implementation Task Force.”
Law Number - 2020 NJ A.B. 4469
TOPICS: body cameras, oversight
STATE(S):
STATUS: Failed
Establishes Police Body Camera Implementation Task Force to study and make recommendations concerning use of body cameras by law enforcement agencies in this State.
Title - An Act concerning injured law enforcement officers and certain other employees and amending P.L.2017, c.93.
Law Number - 2018 NJ S.B. 2841
TOPICS: personnel management
STATE(S):
STATUS: Failed
Extends from 6 to 12 months compensation program for injured law enforcement officers and other employees,revises type of injury needed to qualify for program.
Title - An Act concerning the establishment of an online portal to report law enforcement officer misconduct and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Law Number - 2020 NJ A.B. 4450
TOPICS: accountability, data collection, oversight
STATE(S):
STATUS: Failed
Requires online portal to report law enforcement officer misconduct,establishes duty to report by law enforcement officers.
Title - An Act establishing an employment application registry in the Division of State Police and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Law Number - 2020 NJ A.B. 4379
TOPICS: data collection, personnel management
STATE(S):
STATUS: Failed
Establishes Employment Application Registry database in Division of State Police.
Title - Requires access to law enforcement disciplinary records as government records,requires such records to be retained for certain period of time.
Law Number - 2020 NJ S.B. 2656 (NS)
TOPICS: disciplinary record disclosure
STATE(S):
STATUS: Failed
make law enforcement records (see notes for details) available for release under the state Open Public Record