New Jersey § 52:17b-166

§ 52:17b-166.

The Attorney General shall evaluate and rank project grant applications submitted

by eligible municipalities with reference to the municipality's realistic opportunity

to achieve the objectives specified in section 4 of this act. 1 In evaluating the applications, the Attorney General shall give additional weight

to applications which: a. Propose cooperative policing agreements between two or more municipalities pursuant

to P.L.1973, c. 208 ( C.40:8A-1 et al.) or P.L.1952, c. 72 ( C.40:48B-1 et seq. ); b. Provide evidence of a project planning process which has involved residents of

the proposed project areas and institutions and groups active in these areas; c. Provide for the re-employment of police officers who have been laid off by the

municipality for budgetary reasons prior to March 1, 1993; d. Clearly delineate project outcome goals that are both time-lined and measurable; e. Maximize the use of funding and resources other than those provided by the program; f. Provide for the mobilization of residents as volunteer participants; g. Where practicable, provide for the employment of related law enforcement personnel

to perform paperwork and related support services in order to free up police officers

for community policing duties; and h. Provide for maximum program accountability according to procedures promulgated

by the Attorney General pursuant to section 10 of this act. 2 1

N.J.S.A. § 52:17B-162. 2

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