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Attorney General Guidelines
Foreword  
Alternate Care for Arrestee's Dependents Model Policy (Updated December 1993)
Attorney General's Guidelines for Forfeiture (Updated October 1992)
Guidelines Regarding the "Substantially Identical" Provision in the State's Assault Firearms Laws (Updated August 1996)
Bias Incident Investigation Standards (Updated JANUARY 2000)--PDF
  • Brimage Guidelines 2
Brimage Guidelines 2 Revised Attorney General Guidelines for Negotiating Cases Under N.J.S.A. @C:35-12 Revised 2004, Effective for Offenses Committed on or after September 15, 2004
Attorney General Standards to Ensure the Rights of Crime Victims (Updated April 1993)
  • Domestic Violence
Statewide Narcotics Action Plan (Updated March 1993)
Attorney General's Executive Directive Concerning Law Enforcement Operations On Or Near School Property (Updated August 1988)
  • DWI Enforcement

"John's Law"--Potential Liability Warning and Mandatory 12-Hour Impoundment of Motor Vehicles

Prosecution of DWI and Refusal Violations - These Guidelines replace all previously issued memoranda from the Division of Criminal Justice or the Attorney General, regarding the Standard (Refusal) Statements for DWI refusal, CDL/DWI refusal and OVWI refusal. Date Issued** January 24, 2005

Penalty Table -- ** SENTENCES & PENALTIES SELECTED MV OFFENSES updated 2005

DMV Standard Refusal Statements--DMV Standard Refusal Statements-Revised Effective **April 26, 2004--for Operators of Motor Vehicles.

Law Enforcement Drug Testing Policy (PDF file 93K) ***(Revised JUNE 2001)
Semi-Annual Firearms Qualification and Requalification Standards for New Jersey Law Enforcement (Revised May 2003 & Effective January 1, 2004)
Deciding to Apply for a Waiver of Forfeiture of Public Office - Guidelines with Criteria
(PDF FILE 109.2K)
Attorney General Prohibits Municipal Court Plea Offers to "No Point" Violations for Graduated Drivers Licenses.
Attorney General Directive to Ensure Uniform Enforcement of the "Graves Act"
(October 23 2008)
Homicide and Sudden Death Survivor Guidelines (Updated July 1985)
  • Immigration
AG Directives 2007-3 -- Guidelines to establish the manner in which local, county, and State law enforcement agencies and officers shall interact with federal immigration authorities.
Guidelines on the collections, handling, storage and dissemination of Intelligence in New Jersey.
  • Internal Affairs
Internal Affairs Policy and Procedures (PDF File 497K)
***(Updated November 2000)
  • Insurance Fraud Laws
Implementation Insurance Fraud Laws, effective June 9, 2004 N.J.S.A. 39:3-29 & 3-29 & 39:3-29.1a - Warrant of Impoundment
  • Juvenile Matters
Attorney General Executive Directive Concerning the Handling of Juvenile Matters by Police and Prosecutors (Updated October 1990)

**For additional Information see Directive 2005-4 added 12/07/05 -- Attorney General Guidelines for Stationhouse Adjustment of Juvenile Delinquency Offenses

Procedures for Collecting Juvenile Fingerprints and Photographs (Updated February 1998)

K-9 Training Standards and Qualification Requirements for New Jersey Law Enforcement ***(Updated July 2002)--PDF File 98K
  • Law Enforcement
LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPUTERS-- Shared Municipal and Police Computer Systems (ADDED SEPTEMBER 2000)--PDF file
  Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-277 (H.R. 218)
  Notice to Law Enforcement Concerning New Unlawful Eviction Law - June 5, 2006
Mandatory In-Service Law Enforcement Training: Revised 4/00
PDF file 17K
Policy of the Attorney General Regarding Missing and Unidentified Persons Investigations (Updated December 1987)
  • Model Rules and Regulations
Model Rules and Regulations
(REVISED JULY 2001--PDF file 98K)
  • Photo ID & Live LineUps
Photo ID and Lineup--AG Guidelines for Preparing and Conducting Photo and Live Lineup Identification Procedures--**added April 2001**--PDF File 66K
  • Property and Evidence Function
The Property and Evidence Function
(October 1989) Booklet
  • Prosecutions of Public Officials
Prosecutions of Public Officials - 5/31/07 (576k pdf)
  • Records of Police Departments

Executive Order No. 11 (Updated November 1974)

Executive Order No. 69 (Updated March 1998)

  • Search Warrants

DIRECTIVE No. 2002-2--APPROVAL OF SEARCH WARRANT APPLICATIONS, EXECUTION OF SEARCH WARRANTS, AND PROCEDURES TO COORDINATE INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES--August 8, 2002

DIRECTIVE No. 2002-2--Memo and Form--"Search Warrant Application Form" (PDF File 573 K)--August 23, 2002

Standards for Providing Services to Victims of Sexual Assault (109k pdf)

Appendix with Definitions - Standards for Providing Services to Victims of Sexual Assault (94k pdf)

Attorney General Guidelines -- Prosecution of Shoplifting Offenses--(ADDED JANUARY 2001)
INTERIM POLICY STATEMENT of the New Jersey Attorney General and the New Jersey County Prosecutors' Association regarding Electronic Recordation of Stationhouse Confessions -- Please see Directive 2006-2 for update >>

Memorialization of Electronic Recordation of Custodial Interrogation of Suspect in Custodial Station House Setting Download PDF form >>
Attorney General's Strip Search and Body Cavity Search Requirements and Procedures for Police Officers (Updated June 1995)
Use of Force Policy (PDF File 37K)
*** (Revised JUNE 2000)
*** (New Model Report included as of JULY 2001)
  • Less-Lethal Ammunition
A.G.'s Supplemental Policy on Less-Lethal Ammunition, dated March 19, 2008 (.pdf 336k)
  • Less-Lethal Impact Projectiles
Use of Less-Lethal Impact Projectiles Pending Approval of Ammunition Specifications and Training Course Memo, dated April 24, 2008 (pdf 60k)
***New Jersey Police Vehicular Pursuit Policy
*** (Updated DECEMBER 2001)

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