Englewood and off-duty police work

Why this is published at all

New Jersey is the only state where you can look up what a patrol car costs on a detail, town by town, and the reason is statutory. The Attorney General and the Division of Local Government Services determined that municipal officers may work off duty for private parties — and state law then requires that the assignment be arranged by contract with the municipality, not with the officer. So the town has to set the price, and it sets it in an ordinance that anyone can read.

So what follows is not a policy manual. It is Englewood's own ordinance, and it says what the town charges.

What the ordinance charges

What the officer's time costs: $85/hour per officer; legal holidays time-and-one-half; $35 administrative fee per extra-duty detail Minimum per job: 4 hours; assignments lasting 6.5 hours incur an 8-hour minimum unless it would extend into the officer's regular shift

The car, and what it costs

The vehicle is priced separately: $20/hour per vehicle; schools and houses of worship are exempt

Whether the car may go at all: provided.

In the ordinance's own words: “$20 per hour per vehicle for each vehicle required for extra duty details”

66 of the 141 New Jersey towns here price the car by the hour, from $5 to $60. Englewood sits above the middle of them at $20, with 34 charging less.

How the work is arranged

Who approves it: Chief/designee approves specialized service charges; detailed extra-duty assignment approval route not stated in §191-11 How a job is arranged: City may use a secondary service provider for scheduling, invoicing, escrow/payment and administration How the officer is paid: secondary service provider may reimburse City via ACH according to the City's fee structure and payroll timing

What the ordinance does not say

An ordinance sets the terms of the contract between the town and whoever hires the officer. It is not a conduct policy, and this one does not deal with who carries the liability, what may be worn, any weekly hour cap or what kinds of employer are off limits.

Those answers, where they exist, sit in the department's own rules and this page has not read them.

Vehicles

Set by Englewood's own ordinance, which is how New Jersey prices off-duty police work — the town contracts with the employer, so the town sets the fee.

• $20/hour per vehicle; schools and houses of worship are exempt

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Common questions

What does an off-duty Englewood police officer cost?

$85/hour per officer; legal holidays time-and-one-half; $35 administrative fee per extra-duty detail

Does Englewood charge for the police vehicle?

$20/hour per vehicle; schools and houses of worship are exempt

Who arranges an off-duty job in New Jersey?

The municipality. State law requires the assignment to be arranged by contract with the town rather than privately with the officer, which is why the town publishes a rate at all.