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NORTH ARLINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
RECRUITMENT PLAN
June 2022
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GOAL AND OBJECTIVES:
The goal of the North Arlington Police Department Recruitment Plan is to attract qualified
individuals to pursue a career with the North Arlington Police Department. The objective is to
achieve an overall racial and gender composition of the police department in comparison to the
service population of the Borough through the departments recruiting activities. This agency will
make a good faith effort to meet specific goals for recruiting a diverse workforce, in terms of
people of color and gender diversity. The goals and objectives will be accomplished through
various recruitment activities listed in the Recruitment Activities section of this plan.
GENERAL:
The Borough of North Arlington is a New Jersey Civil Service Commission jurisdiction and must
adhere to New Jersey State Statutes and Administrative Code in its recruitment and selection
process.
The Borough of North Arlington has a residency preference. Applicants for a competitive exam
must be a bona fide resident of Bergen County at the time of the closing date of the New Jersey
Civil Service Commission Law Enforcement Test. Once Bergen County residents have been
exhausted from the Civil Service Certification List, residents from Essex, Hudson, and Passaic
Counties are then provided with preference. If those residents are exhausted, applications will
be open to residents of the State of New Jersey.
The Borough of North Arlington has adopted the provisions of N.J.S.A.11A:4-1.3 which
authorizes the appointment of entry level police officers, who have not passed the Civil Service
Examination, but who have successfully completed a Basic Course for Police Officers, at a
school approved and authorized by the New Jersey Police Training Commission, to bypass the
Civil Service hiring process and be exempted from the Civil Service testing process.
Additionally, N.J.S.A.11A:4-1.3 allows the hiring of any candidate as a temporary entry level
officer who then must complete a Basic Course for Police Officers within nine months of hire as
a temporary entry level officer before receiving a probationary appointment. There is no
Borough residency requirement.
The Borough of North Arlington is an equal opportunity employer in all facets of the personnel
process.
The Chief of Police or designee is responsible for the administration of the Recruitment Plan.
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June 2022
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CURRENT DEMOGRAPHICS:
The demographics composition of the service area and agency are represented in the following
table:
NORTH ARLINGTON
Data is based on the
2020 Census Count
POPULATION
CURRENT SWORN
OFFICERS
TOTAL
CURRENT SWORN
OFFICERS
FEMALE
RACE / ETHNICITY
#
%
#
%
#
%
WHITE
9,245
56%
24
75%
1
3%
BLACK or AFRICAN
AMERICAN
257
2%
1
3%
0
0%
HISPANIC - ANY RACE
5,109
31%
6
19%
1
3%
AMERICAN INDIAN OR
ALASKA NATIVE
7
<1%
0
0%
0
0%
ASIAN
1,173
7%
0
1%
0
0%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN OR
PACIFIC ISLANDER
2
<1%
0
0%
0
0%
SOME OTHER RACE
ALONE
166
1%
0
0%
0
0%
POPULATION OF TWO
OR MORE RACES
498
3%
1
3%
0
0%
TOTAL
16,457
100%
32
100%
2
6%
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RECRUITMENT PLAN
June 2022
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RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES:
If an open competitive test is to be announced:
Activity #1: Identify and maintain contact with local minority organizations and social support
groups including, but not limited to educational, religious, ethnic, racial, and gender-based
organizations.
Activities include, but are not limited to:
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Provide recruitment brochures and materials to educational, religious, ethnic, racial, and
gender-based organizations.
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Contact the local Board of Education to seek permission to address high school students
to interest them in a career with the agency following completion of their formal
education.
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Attend Career Days at local schools and community colleges.
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Draft, print, and distribute informational brochures that may attract qualified candidates
to the agency.
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Make maximum use of the Borough of North Arlington website to attract qualified
candidates to take the Civil Service Examination.
Activity #2: Advertise on the New Jersey Civil Service website, the North Arlington Police
Department’s Facebook page and other social media platforms, as well as any other
appropriate media market, for persons meeting eligibility requirements.
Activity #3: When applicable, contact police training academies and post vacancy
announcements for current Alternate Route candidates or waiver-eligible Class II Special Police
Officers.
Activity #4: Make maximum use of the State of New Jersey Civil Service Commission
Intergovernmental Transfer Program.
Activities include, but are not limited to:
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Post future openings for sworn positions with the State of New Jersey Intergovernmental
Transfer Program website.
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Draft, print, and distribute informational brochures that may attract qualified candidates
to the agency.
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Make maximum use of the Borough of North Arlington website to attract qualified
candidates to the agency.
Activity #5: When applicable, contact the State of New Jersey Civil Service Commission and
obtain the “Rice list” of eligible officers who were laid off from other jurisdictions.
Activities include, but are not limited to:
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Conducting interviews with eligible laid off officers to employ such officers as to meet the
agency’s recruiting goals.
ANNUAL REVIEW, EVALUATION AND REPORTING
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The Chief of Police, or designee, shall conduct an annual review of the Recruitment Plan
and shall include, but not limited to, performing an annual agency demographic review,
determining whether any substantial disparities have been reduced, and if need be,
revising the Recruitment Plan accordingly if the goals and objectives are not met.
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N.J.S.A. 52:17B-4.10 et seq requires that each law enforcement agency must report
certain law enforcement applicant data annually by January 31st for the preceding year.
The data required to be reported is listed in the New Jersey Attorney General Guideline
“Promoting Diversity in Law Enforcement Recruiting and Hiring” in Paragraph III.
https://www.nj.gov/oag/dcj/agguide/directives/ag-Guidelines-Diversity-in-LE-Recruiting-
and-Hiring.pdf
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The reporting form can be found at:
https://www.nj.gov/oag/dcj/agguide/directives/Appendix-A.xlsx