Requires AG to establish training program for crowd management and provide resources to municipal police department or force for large gatherings and flash mobs.

A1325

ASSEMBLY, No. 1325

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman CODY D. MILLER

District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblywoman MARGIE DONLON, M.D.

District 11 (Monmouth)

Assemblyman WILLIAM B. SAMPSON, IV

District 31 (Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Spearman, Assemblywomen Peterpaul, Murphy,
Reynolds-Jackson, Lopez, Assemblyman Stanley, Assemblywoman Bagolie and
Assemblyman Hutchison

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires AG to establish training program for crowd
management and provide resources to municipal police department or force for
large gatherings and flash mobs.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

��

An Act

concerning training law enforcement for crowd management during certain large
gatherings
and flash mobs
and
supplementing Title 52 of the New Jersey Statutes.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.� For purposes of this
section:

���� �Flash mob� means a gathering or
pop-up party of 50 or more persons, typically organized through social media or
other electronic communication, that occurs without advance notice to the
municipality or other local governmental unit and that impacts public safety.�

���� �Large-scale gathering� means
any public or private gathering with greater than 500 attendees.�

���� b.��� The Attorney General, in
consultation with the Superintendent of State Police, the New Jersey Office of
Emergency Management, and the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police,
shall establish a training program
to enhance the
ability of a local
police department or force
to
manage an incident involving a large-scale gathering or a
flash mob. �The
training program shall include, but not be limited to:

���� (1)�� general crowd management

and crowd control
techniques;

���� (2)�� crowd management
and crowd control
techniques applicable to
juveniles;

���� (3)�� strategies for
responding to social media activity related to large-scale gatherings or flash
mobs;

���� (4)�� best practices for
coordination and resource sharing with
county and

neighboring
municipal
law enforcement
agencies; and

���� (5)�� best practices for
ensuring the safety of attendees, the public, and law enforcement during a
large-scale gathering or flash mob.�

���� c.���� The Attorney General
shall
establish and maintain protocols through which
the
following resources
may be requested by and made

available to any municipal police department or force that
requires assistance beyond its own personnel and resources
in managing an incident involving a large-scale gathering or flash mob
:

���� (1)�� access to social media
monitoring tools
and intelligence resources provided
through the Division of State Police
;

���� (2)�� mobile command units
that may be deployed during a large-scale gathering or, if practicable, during
a flash mob; and

���� (3)�� personnel from
county and neighboring municipal law enforcement agencies
and from
the
Division of
State Police to
provide support, as needed
, in accordance with
principles established under the protocols or any applicable memoranda of
understanding or mutual aid plan
.�

���� d. The
protocols required by this section shall include
a process
by which a municipal police force or department may, for
exigent need, request
immediate support during a flash mob.�

����� e.�� Pursuant to the
"Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.),
the Attorney General may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to
effectuate the purposes of this section.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.�

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the
Attorney General to establish a training program to enhance the ability of a
local police department or force to manage an incident involving a large-scale
gathering or a flash mob.

���� The bill defines a �flash mob�
as a gathering or pop-up party of 50 or more persons, typically organized
through social media or other electronic communication, that occurs without
advance notice to the municipality or other local governmental unit and impacts
public safety. �Large-scale gathering� is defined as any public or private
gathering with greater than 500 attendees.

���� The training program is
required to include, but is not limited to:

���� (1) general crowd management
and crowd control techniques;

���� (2) crowd management and crowd
control techniques applicable to juveniles;

���� (3) strategies for responding
to social media activity related to large-scale gatherings or flash mobs;

���� (4) best practices for
coordination and resource sharing with county and neighboring municipal law
enforcement agencies; and

���� (5) best practices for
ensuring the safety of attendees, the public, and law enforcement during a
large-scale gathering or flash mob.

���� In addition, the bill requires
the Attorney General to establish and maintain protocols through which the
following resources may be requested by and made available to any municipal
police department or force that requires assistance beyond its own personnel
and resources in managing an incident involving a large-scale gathering or
flash mob:

���� (1) access to social media
monitoring tools and intelligence resources provided through the Division of
State Police;

���� (2) mobile command units that
may be deployed during a large-scale gathering or, if practicable, during a
flash mob; and

���� (3) personnel from county and
neighboring municipal law enforcement agencies and from the Division of State
Police to provide support, as needed, in accordance with principles established
under the protocols or any applicable memoranda of understanding or mutual aid
plan.

���� The protocols required by the
bill are to include a process by which a municipal police force or department
may, for exigent need, request immediate support during a flash mob.