The New Jersey Law Enforcement Handbook is the definitive criminal justice reference for New Jersey law enforcement officials, attorneys practicing criminal law, and criminal justice teachers and students. Author and criminal procedure expert Larry E. Holtz, Esq., presents a new and innovative approach to the study of modern constitutional criminal procedure. In this comprehensive 3-volume set, the classical and current United States and New Jersey court decisions are presented and explored in a distinctive Question – Answer – Rationale format, through which Mr. Holtz removes the guesswork in, and tedious search for, “today’s law.” He also comprehensively presents all areas of departure by the New Jersey courts, often referred to as “New Federalism.” This is your one-stop reference for the Laws of Arrest, Search and Seizure, Confession Law, Eyewitness Identification, judicial case interpretations of the Criminal Justice Code (Title 2C), and the only source for a fully annotated text of all the NJ Attorney General Guidelines, Policies and Directives.
New Jersey Law Enforcement Handbook: 2025 Ed.
In this comprehensive 3-volume set, the classical and current United States and New Jersey court decisions are presented and explored in a distinctive Question – Answer – Rationale format. Presents all areas of departure by the New Jersey courts from federal interpretations, often referred to as “New Federalism.” This is your one-stop reference for the Laws of Arrest, Search and Seizure, Confession Law, Eyewitness Identification, judicial case interpretations of the Criminal Justice Code (Title 2C), and the only source for a fully annotated text of all the NJ Attorney General Guidelines, Policies and Directives.
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
THE AUTHOR
DEDICATION
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS
READING GUIDE
PART I
ARREST, SEARCH AND SEIZURE
CHAPTER 1. ARREST
CHAPTER 2. SEARCH WARRANTS
CHAPTER 3. EXCEPTIONS TO THE WRITTEN
WARRANT REQUIREMENT
CHAPTER 4. PRIVACY EXPECTATIONS: THE
LIMITS OF CONSTITUTIONAL
PROTECTION
CHAPTER 5. NON-GOVERNMENTAL SEARCHES
CHAPTER 6. REGULATORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SEARCHES; BORDER SEARCHES
CHAPTER 7. FIRE SCENES
CHAPTER 8. INVESTIGATIVE DETENTIONS;
STOP & FRISK
CHAPTER 9. THE INDEPENDENT SOURCE
DOCTRINE AND THE INEVITABLE
DISCOVERY RULE
CHAPTER 10. GOOD FAITH AND THE EXCLUSIONARY
RULES: FEDERAL AND NEW JERSEY
TABLE OF CASES
INDEX
PART II
INTERVIEWS, CONFESSIONS, & MIRANDA;
EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION
CHAPTER 11. INTERVIEWS, CONFESSIONS AND
MIRANDA
CHAPTER 12. EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION
PART III
LIABILITY
CHAPTER 13. LAW ENFORCEMENT LIABILITY
PART IV
STATUTORY INTERPRETATION
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
CHAPTER 14. THE NEW JERSEY CRIMINAL JUSTICE CODE:
TITLE 2C
CHAPTER 15. THE NEW JERSEY MOTOR VEHICLE AND
TRAFFIC CODE: TITLE 39 AND RELATED
MATERIALS
CHAPTER 16. NARCOTIC DRUGS AND OTHER
DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES
PART V
ADDENDA
THE OATH OF OFFICE
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
CURRENT JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NEW JERSEY STATE CONSTITUTION
(RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES)
CURRENT JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF
NEW JERSEY
GLOSSARY OF TERMS FREQUENTLY USED IN
CASE LAW ANALYSIS
TABLE OF CASES
INDEX
PART VI
NEW JERSEY LAW ENFORCEMENT GUIDELINES
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
ARRESTEE’S DEPENDENTS
ASSET FORFEITURE
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S BIAS INCIDENT
INVESTIGATION STANDARDS
CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DIRECTIVE ESTABLISHING BREATHING/BLOOD FLOW
RESTRICTION EVENT
DRUG ENFORCEMENT
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN
EDUCATION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
DRUG TESTING
STATEWIDE MANDATORY RANDOM DRUG TESTING
RANDOM LAW ENFORCEMENT DRUG TESTING
FIREARMS QUALIFICATION
CIVILIAN CARRY
CIVILIAN CARRY ASSESSMENT AND
RANGE EVALUATION
HOMICIDE AND SUDDEN DEATH SURVIVORS
INTERNAL AFFAIRS
STATEWIDE MANDATORY EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
JUVENILE MATTERS
K-9 TRAINING
MISSING PERSONS
PATRICIA’S LAW
EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURES
RECORDS OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS
LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPUTERS
SEARCH WARRANTS
REGULATING “NO-KNOCK” WARRANTS
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S STRIP SEARCH AND
BODY CAVITY SEARCH REQUIREMENTS AND
PROCEDURES
USE OF FORCE
COUNTYWIDE WORKING GROUPS
INDEPENDENT PROSECUTOR DIRECTIVE
OFFICE OF PUBLIC INTEGRITY & ACCOUNTABILITY
ASSAULT FIREARMS
TRANSPORTING FIREARMS
SALE AND POSSESSION OF STUN GUNS
FIREARMS IDENTIFICATION CARDS AND PERMITS
DATA COLLECTION FOR CERTAIN FIREARM PERMITS
FIREARM CARRY LAW CLARIFICATION
SEIZED AND RECOVERED FIREARMS (e-Trace)
PARTICIPATION IN THE ATF “COLLECTIVE DATA
SHARING” PROGRAM
PROPERTY / EVIDENCE
LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING
MANDATORY TRAINING IN DOMESTIC SECURITY
PREPAREDNESS
MANDATORY TRAINING FOR NATIONAL INCIDENT
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
MANDATORY TRAINING FOR ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY FOR
NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT COURSES
ATTORNEY GENERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DIRECTIVE
NO. 2016-5 ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY-LAW
ENFORCEMENT AFFIRMATIVE RELATIONS
CONTINUING EDUCATION INSTITUTE
IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW JERSEY SAFE HAVEN
INFANT PROTECTION ACT
SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY
NOTIFICATION LAWS
“JOHN’S LAW”
INTELLIGENCE CONCEPTS
IMPLEMENTATION OF INSURANCE FRAUD LAWS
ELECTRONIC RECORDING OF STATIONHOUSE
CONFESSIONS
RACIALLY-INFLUENCED POLICING
SAFE-RETURN PROGRAM
DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED—LAST DRINK
LOCATION REPORT
IMMIGRANT TRUST DIRECTIVE
ILLEGAL EVICTION
THE ViCAP DATABASE
POLYGRAPH EXAMINATIONS
AMBER ALERT PLAN
RETENTION OF EVIDENCE
SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC (SAFE) “HOLD” KITS
PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS FOR SEXUAL
ASSAULT RESPONSE AND REFERRALS
REVISIONS TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL GUIDELINES
FOR THE RETENTION OF EVIDENCE
SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EVIDENCE
PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT
RESPONSE AND REFERRALS
OFFICERS’ NOTES OF WITNESS INTERVIEWS AND
CRIME SCENES
AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS
OUT-OF-STATE OPERATIONS
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
MEDICAL MARIJUANA ENFORCEMENT GUIDELINES
FOR POLICE
OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT
HEROIN AND OPIATE INVESTIGATIONS/
PROSECUTIONS
PROBATIONERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
INVESTIGATIONS
BODY WORN CAMERA POLICY
DECONFLICTION DIRECTIVE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
INVESTIGATIVE TIPS
PREVENTION OF VICTIM AND WITNESS INTIMIDATION
LAW ENFORCEMENT RESILIENCY
EXTREME RISK PROTECTIVE ORDER DIRECTIVE
LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERACTIONS WITH
TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS
STATEWIDE HANDLE WITH CARE DIRECTIVE
TESTIMONY OF JAILHOUSE INFORMANTS
PROMOTING DIVERSITY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
RECRUITING AND HIRING
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO OBSERVE, OBJECT
TO, AND RECORD POLICE ACTIVITY
TABLE OF CASES
INDEX