New Jersey § 52:17b-4

§ 52:17b-4.

a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the appointing

authority of a State law enforcement department or agency, other than the Division

of State Police but including the appointing authority of a State college or university

established pursuant to chapter 64 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes or of a

public research university, which requires appointees to successfully complete, prior

to their appointment, a training course approved by the Police Training Commission

may appoint as a member or officer of the agency any person who: (1) was serving as a law enforcement officer in good standing in any State, county

or municipal law enforcement department or agency, or county sheriff's office; and (2) satisfactorily completed a working test period in a State law enforcement title

or in a law enforcement title in a county or municipality which has adopted Title

11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes or satisfactorily completed a comparable,

documented probationary period in a law enforcement title in a county or municipality

which has not adopted Title 11A, Civil Service; and (3) was, for reasons of economy, terminated as a law enforcement officer within 60

months prior to the appointment. b. A department or agency may employ such a person notwithstanding that: (1) the appointment is subject to the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, of the

New Jersey Statutes; (2) the department or agency has available to it an eligible or regular reemployment

list of law enforcement officers eligible for such appointments; and (3) the appointed person is not on any eligible list. The department or agency may not employ such a person if a special reemployment

list is in existence for the law enforcement title to be filled. c. The seniority, seniority-related privileges and rank a law enforcement officer

possessed with the employer who terminated the officer's employment for reasons of

economy shall not be transferable to a new position when the officer is appointed

to a law enforcement position pursuant to the provisions of this section.