N.J. Admin. Code § 13:97-1.2 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Assistant Chief Investigator, Secured Facilities" means the Commission employee who is second in command of the Office of Investigations and reports directly to the Chief Investigator.

"Central Communications Unit" means the centralized communication center within the New Jersey Department of Corrections that coordinates certain functions of the Commission's Office of Investigations on a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week basis.

"Chemical agent" means an aerosol spray that may be used to gain control of individuals who resist arrest or for the purpose of self-defense against an attack.

"Chief Investigator" means the Chief Investigator of the Commission's Office of Investigations, charged with oversight and management responsibilities for the overall operation and supervision of the Office of Investigations, and responsible for conducting investigations at the direction of the Executive Director.

"Commission" means the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission.

"Deadly force" means force that an officer uses, with the purpose of causing, or that a reasonable officer knows creates a substantial risk of causing, death or serious bodily injury.

"Deputy Executive Director" means the Deputy Executive Director of the Commission.

"Deputy Executive Director of Operations" means the Commission staff member, by whatever name or title, charged with oversight and management responsibilities for the overall operation and supervision of the Commission's secure facilities.

"Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the Commission.

"Facility" means a facility of the Commission used to house, train or educate juveniles; it does not refer to the central or other administrative or operational offices of the Commission.

"Investigator" means juvenile corrections and parole officers employed in the following titles utilized by the Commission, who have been sworn as peace officers:

1. Chief Investigator, Parole and Secured Facilities;

2. Assistant Chief Investigator, Secured Facilities;

3. Principal Investigator, Parole and Secured Facilities;

4. Senior Investigator, Parole and Secured Facilities; and

5. Investigator, Secured Facilities.

"Juvenile" means an individual, regardless of age, who has been:

1. Adjudicated delinquent, or convicted of an offense pursuant to the provisions at N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-26.1 and sentenced to a term of incarceration or custodial sentence to be served in the custody of the Commission, and who is residing in or being transferred to a Commission facility;

2. Placed on probation by a court and assigned to the jurisdiction of the Commission; or

3. Released from the Commission on parole and/or post-incarceration supervision, or released from another state juvenile secure facility, who resides in New Jersey pursuant to the terms of the Interstate Compact for Juveniles, including any individual who is completing a term of parole or post-incarceration supervision pursuant to an adjudication of delinquency.

"Mechanical restraints" means restraining devices such as, but not limited to, handcuffs, flex cuffs, leg irons and belly chains.

"Non-deadly force" means force which is not likely to cause death or serious bodily harm.

"Office of Investigations" means the unit within the Commission responsible for conducting internal investigations.

"Police Training Commission" or "PTC" means the agency established in the Department of Law and Public Safety by the provisions of N.J.S.A. 52:17B-70 et seq., to, among other things, review and approve the development of an educational and training curriculum, including firearms instruction, for law enforcement officers.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:97-1.2

Amended by R.2005 d.10, effective 1/3/2005.
See: 36 N.J.R. 2165(a), 37 N.J.R. 85(a).
Rewrote the section.
Amended by R.2006 d.51, effective 2/6/2006.
See: 37 N.J.R. 3615(a), 38 N.J.R.1054(a).
Rewrote definitions "Central Communications Unit," "Chemical agent," "Chief Investigator, Secured Facilities," "Deadly force," "Deputy Executive Director," "Executive Director," "Juvenile parolee," "Juvenile probationer" and "Office of Investigations"; added definitions "Director of Operations" and "Facility."
Amended by R.2011 d.093, effective 3/21/2011.
See: 42 N.J.R. 2594(a), 43 N.J.R. 737(a).
Added definition "Director of Investigations"; in the introductory paragraph of definition "Investigator", inserted "and parole"; and in paragraphs 3 and 4 of definition "Investigator", inserted "Parole and". Amended by 57 N.J.R. 1037(a), effective 5/19/2025