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BILL NO. __________________________
Date of Intro. _______________________
Ref. _______________________________

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AN ACT concerning law enforcement agencies and supplementing Title 40A of the
New Jersey Statutes.
Requires law enforcement agencies to provide internal affairs and personnel files of
law enforcement officers to other agencies under certain circumstances.
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 AN ACT concerning law enforcement agencies and supplementing
Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes.
BE I T ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State
of New Jersey:
1. a. Upon hiring an applicant who was previously employed by
another law enforcement agency in this State, every State, county,
and municipal law enforcement agency shall request the files,
including but not limited to internal affairs and personnel files, of
the applicant from each law enforcement agency that employed the
applicant.
b. Every State, county, and municipal law enforcement agency
that receives a request pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall
provide the applicant’s files to the State, county, or municipal law
enforcement agency that requested them.
2. The Attorney General shall issue guidelines or directives
necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.
3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month
after enactment.

STATEMENT
This bill requires law enforcement agencies to provide internal
affairs and personnel files of law enforcement officers to other law
enforcement agencies under certain circumstances.
Under the provisions of this bill, upon hiring an applicant who
was previously employed by another law enforcement agency in
this State, every State, county, and municipal law enforcement
agency is required to request the files, which include but are not
limited to internal affairs and personnel files, of the applicant from
each law enforcement agency that employed the applicant.
The bill requires every State, county, and municipal law
enforcement agency that receives a request pursuant to the
provisions of this bill to provide the applicant’s files to the law
enforcement agency that requested them.

Requires law enforcement agencies to provide internal affairs and
personnel files of law enforcement officers to other agencies under
certain circumstances.