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A1707
ASSEMBLY, No. 1707
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
���� Requires online portal to report law enforcement
officer misconduct; establishes duty to report by law enforcement officers.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
concerning the establishment of an online portal to
report law enforcement officer misconduct and supplementing Title 52 of the
Revised Statutes.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� For the purposes of
P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill):
���� �Criminal offense� means an
act which constitutes a first, second, third, or fourth degree crime, a
disorderly persons offense, and a petty disorderly persons offense.
���� �Law enforcement officer�
means a person whose public duties include the power to act as an officer for
the detection, apprehension, arrest, and conviction of offenders against the
laws of this State.
���� 2.��� a.� The Attorney General
shall create, maintain, and update, as appropriate, an online portal, in the
form of an Internet website, to be used by law enforcement officers to report
certain actions of other law enforcement officers in accordance with
subsections b. and c. of this section.
���� b.� Notwithstanding and in
addition to any other reporting requirements set forth in law, regulation, or
policy, a law enforcement officer who observes any of the following actions
committed by another law enforcement officer is required to report the action
within 72 hours to the Attorney General using the online portal established in
subsection a. of this section:
���� (1)�� unjustifiable use of
force, pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.2C:3-7;
���� (2)�� deprivation of civil
rights, pursuant to section 2 of P.L. 2003, c.3 (C.2C:30-6); or
���� (3)�� any other act which
constitutes a criminal offense in this State.
���� c.���� Notwithstanding and in
addition to any other reporting requirements set forth in law, regulation, or
policy, a law enforcement officer who observes another law enforcement officer
committing an act that does not constitute a criminal offense, but violates any
policy or other regulation to which the other law enforcement officer is
subject, may report the action to the Attorney General using the online portal
established in subsection a. of this section.��
���� d.��� The portal shall operate
so that submission of a report may be completed anonymously. In the case of an
anonymous submission, the portal shall create an identifier using a series of
random characters in place of the personal identifying information of the
reporting law enforcement officer.
���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the third month next following the date of
enactment, except the Attorney General may take any anticipatory action as may
be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
���� This bill requires the
Attorney General to create, maintain, and update, as appropriate, an online
portal, in the form of an Internet website, to be used by law enforcement
officers to report the misconduct of other law enforcement officers.
���� The bill provides that, in
addition to any other reporting requirements set forth in law, regulation, or
policy, a law enforcement officer who observes any of the following actions
committed by another law enforcement officer would be required to report the
action to the Attorney General using the online portal established in the bill:
���� (1)� unjustifiable use of
force, pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.2C:3-7;
���� (2)� deprivation of civil
rights, pursuant to section 2 of P.L. 2003, c.3 (C.2C:30-6); or
���� (3)� any other act which
constitutes a criminal offense in this State.
���� Additionally, the bill
provides that a law enforcement officer who observes another law enforcement
officer committing an act that does not constitute a criminal offense, but
violates any policy or other regulation to which the other law enforcement officer
is subject, may use the portal to report the act to the Attorney General. The
bill also provides that the portal is required to operate so that submission of
a report may be completed anonymously. In the case of an anonymous submission,
the portal would create an identifier using a series of random characters in
place of the personal identifying information of the reporting law enforcement
officer.