New Jersey § 52:17b-4
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§ 52:17b-4.
a. Each law enforcement agency in this State shall establish a minority recruitment
and selection program in accordance with guidelines established by the Attorney General
pursuant to section 4 of this act. 1 The program shall seek to remedy past discrimination in furtherance of the goal
of the agency being comprised of law enforcement officers who reflect the diversity
of the population of the community the agency is charged with protecting. In implementing the program, the law enforcement agency shall make a good faith
effort to meet specific goals for recruiting and hiring minorities and females within
established time frames. The program shall include methods of evaluating whether these goals are met and
provide for additional contingent measures to be taken if the program fails to meet
its specific goals. b. The minority recruitment and selection program established pursuant to subsection
a. of this section shall be posted on the official Internet website of each law enforcement
agency. c. The county prosecutor shall monitor the results of the minority recruitment and
selection programs established by county and municipal law enforcement agencies within
the jurisdiction of the prosecutor as required in subsection a. of this section. The county prosecutor shall annually report this information to the Attorney General. d. The Attorney General shall monitor the results of the minority recruitment and
selection program established by the Division of State Police and, in consultation
with the respective commissioner of any other State department that maintains a law
enforcement agency, the programs established by other State law enforcement agencies
as required in subsection a. of this section. e. The Attorney General shall annually report to the Governor and, pursuant to section
2 of P.L.1991, c. 164 ( C.52:14-19.1 ), to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly a summary
of the results obtained pursuant to subsection d. of this section and the results
reported by the county prosecutors pursuant to subsection c. of this section. The Attorney General also shall post this summary on the official Internet website
of the Department of Law and Public Safety. 1
L.2020, c. 107 (N.J.S.A. § 52:17B-4.12).
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