Millburn Township and off-duty police work

Millburn Township sets its off-duty police rates by ordinance, which is how New Jersey does it. Here is what that ordinance actually says.

What it is called: Off-duty employment
Officer rate: $80 an hour
Police vehicle: $15 an hour
Minimum per job: Not stated

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 Millburn Township's own ordinance, and it says what the town charges.

What the ordinance charges

What the officer's time costs: traffic $80/hour 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday; $94/hour 6 p.m.-7 a.m., Sundays and state holidays; security $80/hour Monday-Saturday and $94/hour Sunday/state holidays; $8/hour administrative fee

The car, and what it costs

The vehicle is priced separately: $15 per hour of police-related activity

Whether the car may go at all: with approval.

In the ordinance's own words: “$15-per-hour-of-police-related-activity vehicle fee”

66 of the 141 New Jersey towns here price the car by the hour, from $5 to $60. Millburn Township sits below the middle of them at $15, with 21 charging less.

How the work is arranged

Who approves it: Chief of Police or designee determines patrol-car necessity How a job is arranged: requesting party prepays; Police Chief/designee invoices after completion How the officer is paid: Township-administered invoicing/payment

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, 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

The agency's carWith approval

The employer pays

Set by Millburn Township'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.

$15 per hour of police-related activity

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Every off-duty job logged the same way — the hours, who it was for, what it paid, and whether the money has landed.

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Common questions

What does an off-duty Millburn Township police officer cost?

traffic $80/hour 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday; $94/hour 6 p.m.-7 a.m., Sundays and state holidays; security $80/hour Monday-Saturday and $94/hour Sunday/state holidays; $8/hour administrative fee

Does Millburn Township charge for the police vehicle?

$15 per hour of police-related activity

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.

Sources

Township Code Article III — Departments Established, off-duty police-related activities — read in fullPolice Department off-duty activity provisions dated current codified section · Township of Millburn Code, Police Department

Not confirmed as the latest version. Ordinance rates are amended by resolution and by later ordinances, and a municipal code library shows the section as codified on the day it is read. Check the current section before relying on a figure.

Checked 10 August 2026. Every statement on this page comes from the documents above, as published on that date. Agencies revise policy and renegotiate agreements — follow the links for the version in force today, and tell us if something here no longer matches.

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