NJ S1061

County and municipal police departments may request open competitive entry-level law enforcement examinations, which must be held within 10 business days of the request, with passing candidates added to the existing eligible list.

County police departments may establish a three-tiered hiring preference system prioritizing county residents, then other state residents, then all other applicants, with veterans' preferences and secondary preference for children of officers killed in the line of duty maintained within each tier.

Appointees to entry-level law enforcement positions will be removed from all other entry-level law enforcement eligible lists statewide upon appointment.

Training reimbursement requirements are expanded: agencies hiring law enforcement officers who held permanent appointments for two years or less (previously 30 days) must reimburse the former employer 150 percent (previously 100 percent) of certified examination, hiring, and training costs.

The two-tiered reimbursement system (100 percent for under 30 days, 50 percent for 30 days to two years) is replaced with a single 150 percent reimbursement requirement for all hires within two years of permanent appointment.