NCJ Number
134698
Date Published
1991
Length
23 pages
Annotation
These guidelines are intended to provide law enforcement personnel and emergency management personnel with information about the legal and practical aspects of handling civil disorders in New Jersey.
Abstract
The guidelines recognize that specific situations require varying responses depending on particular circumstances, capabilities, and structure of each municipality and that no single plan of action can be prescribed in advance. Emergency management coordinators, police chiefs, and public safety directors are advised to meet with their county prosecutor and emergency management council to review these guidelines. The guidelines are divided into four stages based on the intensity of the disorders and the ability of the municipality to restore law and order. The stages include the municipal stage, the local assistance stage, the limited State police assistance stage, and the State intervention stage. Appended map, proclamations, descriptions of the roles of State agencies, and guidelines on involving the National Guard in civil disturbances