8/27/09 – Installation of dedicated telephone line for the testing of Alcotest, deadline 9/25/09 View announcement

Arrestee’s Dependents – Alternate Care for Arrestee’s Dependents Model Policy (Updated December 1993)

Asset Forfeiture – Attorney General’s Guidelines for Forfeiture (Updated October 1992)

Assault Firearms – Guidelines Regarding the “Substantially Identical” Provision in the State’s Assault Firearms Laws (Updated August 1996)

Bias Incidents – Investigation Standards (Updated 2019) 

Brimage Cover and Table of Contents
Section 1 – Legal Basis for Promulgation of Attorney General Guidelines
Appendix 1A – Brimage Standardized Waiver Plea Form (“Short Form”)
Appendix 1B – Brimage Pleas Negotiation Worksheet (“Regular” Worksheet)
Appendix 1C – Brimage Plea Negotiation Worksheet with “Confidential” Watermark for Substantial Cooperation Cases
Appendix II – Tables of Authorized Plea Offers
Complete Brimage Document File in PDF Format (866 K)

Brimage Guidelines 2 Notes – Added November 18, 2004

Application Note #1
Eligibility for “Open” Standardized Waiver Offer When the Aggregate
Amount of Drugs Involved Is Not Documented (See Section 6.5.1)
(ISSUED: November 18, 2004)

Application Note #2
Ineligibility for Standardized Waiver Offer Where the Defendant at the
Time of the Present Offense Was Participating in a Pretrial Intervention (PTI) or Conditional Discharge Program (See Section 6.4.1(5))

(ISSUED: November 18, 2004)

Attorney General Revised Supplemental Policy on Conducted Energy Devices (10/7/10)
Attorney General Approved Conducted Energy Devices (10/14/11)
Attorney General Clarification of the Revised Supplemental Policy on Conducted Energy Devices (5/3/12)
Attorney General Directive to Prevent Concurrent or Sequential Use of a Flammable Aerosol Spray Device and a Conducted Energy Device (6/20/12)
Attorney General Clarification of CED Incident Reporting Procedures For State-Level Law Enforcement Agencies Under the Revised Policy on Conducted Energy Devices (7/13/12)
Attorney General Directive Revising the Attorney General’s Policy on Conducted Energy Devices (6/3/14)
Director’s Directive Revising the Attorney General’s Policy on Conducted Energy Devices (6/4/14) including Updated Attorney General Conducted Energy Device Deployment Review Report (7/1/16)
Attorney General Directive Revising the Attorney General Supplemental Policy on Conducted Energy Devices (3/3/16)
Compilation of Attorney General Supplemental Policy on Conducted Energy Devices [as of March 3, 2016]

Attorney General Standards to Ensure the Rights of Crime Victims (Updated April 1993)

• Guidelines for Investigating Domestic Violence Incidents Involving Police Officers (2009) pdf
• Domestic Violence Procedures Manual Update June 2004
  • Domestic Violence Introduction Letter signed by the Attorney General, Table of Contents (PDF 122k)
  • Manual Introduction and Section I Definitions (PDF 64k)
  • Section II Initial Procedures (PDF 49k)
  • Section III Law Enforcement (PDF 210k)
  • Section IV Court Procedures (PDF 307k)
  • Section V Weapons (PDF 18k)
  • Section VI Enforcement and Modification of Restraining Orders, Section VII Full Faith and Credit of Out of State Orders, Section VIII Working Groups (PDF 116k)
  • Appendices 1-17 (PDF 2298k)
  • Appendices 18-30 (PDF 3949K)
• Guidelines for the Enforcement of Out-of-State Restraining Orders or Orders of Protection in Domestic Violence Cases pdf
  (Updated SEPTEMBER 2000)
• Guidelines on Police Response Procedures in Domestic Violence Cases (Updated November 1994)
• AG Directives 2000-3 and 2000-4–Directive Implementing Procedures for the Seizure of Weapons from Municipal and County Law Enforcement Officers Involved in Domestic Violence Incidents AND Directive Implementing Procedures for the Seizure of Weapons from All State Law Enforcement Officers Involved in Domestic Violence Incidents (Updated SEPTEMBER 2000) pdf

Implementation of Drug Court Reforms (August 13, 2012)

Drug Free School Zone – Attorney General’s Executive Directive Concerning Law Enforcement Operations On Or Near School Property (Updated August 1988)

“John’s Law” — Potential Liability Warning and Mandatory 12-Hour Impoundment of Motor VehiclesLetter to Law Enforcement Executives Regarding New Mandatory Alcohol Influence and Breathalyzer Check List Form, Effective Monday, November 19, 2001 (PDF file–2 pages)

FILLABLE CHECK LIST FORM in PDF format–1 page. (See following directions)

Directions for using Fillable PDF file: To Fill out this Adobe Form, you must have Adobe Reader(see link below). When you open the form in Reader you will be able to directly TYPE INTO the form and Print it out, however, you WILL NOT be able to SAVE changes. (OR You can also Save this PDF to your hard-drive or disc and fill it out later.)

To TYPE INTO the form, simply “Click” on the top of the form and your mouse will go to the first field that you will be able to fill in–this will be the “Type Name of Department” field. Type the name of the Department, then TAB throughout the document to complete it. ***Where there are check boxes, you will have to use your mouse and “Click” the appropriate box.
When complete, Go to” File”, “Print”. Then sign and date form where necessary.

DWI Enforcement

Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive No. 2004-1 (John’s Law): effective Feb 20, 2004,Replacing Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive No. 2001-5, July 31, 2001

AG Directive 2004-1

Appendix A–Potential Liability Warning form – Release of DWI Arrestee & 12 Hour Impoundment of the Vehicle of a DWI Arrestee (Revised eff. 2-20-2004 to conform to 0.08% per se law)
Appendix B–Guidelines for Mandatory 12-Hour Impoundment of Motor VehiclesPotential Liability Warning & Form (American English)
Potential Liability Warning & Form (Official Spanish Translation)

• 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.

NJMVC Standard Refusal Statements

PROSECUTION OF DWI & REFUSAL VIOLATIONS Issued January 24, 2005–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.

DWI Penalty Table

NJMVC Standard Refusal Statement for Operators of a Motor Vehicle – N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.2(e), last revised April 26, 2004.

See April 26, 2004, Letter-Memorandum to All Law Enforcement Executives Revised Standard Refusal Statement.

DMV Standard Refusal Statement for Operators of a Motor Vehicle – N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.2(e) effective 07/01/2012

NJMVC Standard Refusal Statement for Operators of a Commercial Motor Vehicle – N.J.S.A. 39:3-10.24e, last revised February 1, 2001.

See January 8, 2001, Letter-Memorandum to All Law Enforcement Executives, Re: Revised DMV Standard (Refusal) Statements for Persons Arrested for DWI, N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.2(e) and/or CDL/DWI, N.J.S.A. 39:3-10.24e.

DMV Standard Refusal Statement for Operators of a Commercial Motor Vehicle-N.J.S.A. 39:3-10.24e

NJMVC Standard Refusal Statement for Operators of Vessels – N.J.S.A. 12:7-55e, last revised July 2, 2004.

See July 2, 2004, Letter-Memorandum to All Law Enforcement Executives, Re: New OVWI 0.08% Per Se Offense & Revised Standard OVWI Refusal Statement, Lowering the Blood Alcohol limit, N.J.S.A 12:7-46, It also amended the OWI penalties for refusing to submit to chemical breath testing, N.J.S.A. 12:7-57.

DMV Standard Refusal Statement for Operators of Vessels– N.J.S.A. 12:7-55e

Law Enforcement Drug Testing Policy – Revised December, 2020

Eyewitness ID Guidelines February 16, 2021
Showup Identification Procedures Worksheet
Photo Array Worksheet (February 16, 2021)

Guidelines Regarding Reasonably Necessary Deviations in the Course of Travel Exception for Transporting Firearms Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:39-6g.Semi-Annual Firearms Qualification and Requalification Standards for New Jersey Law Enforcement (Revised May 2003 & Effective January 1, 2004)

FIREARMS QUALIFICATION

Issued December 1989
Revised September 1990
Revised April 1998
Revised May 2001
Revised May 2003

Deciding to Apply for a Waiver of Forfeiture of Public Office – Guidelines with Criteria

Forfeiture Forms

Request for Distribution of Forfeited Property REVISED Dec 22,1999
County Forfeiture Program Report
Municipal Forfeiture Program Report**Fillable PDF File
Request for Forfeiture Fund Disbursement to a non-Law Enforcement Agency
United States Currency Seizure Report

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, amended November 25, 2008)
Clarification of “Graves Act” 2008 Directive with Respect to Offenses Committed by Out-of-State Visitors From States Where Their Gun-Possession Conduct Would Have Been Lawful

Guidance Regarding N.J.S.A. 2C:34-5(b) in Light of Advancements in Treatment for HIV/AIDS

Homicide and Sudden Death Survivor Guidelines (Updated July 1985)

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 Policy and Procedures  ***(Revised, August 2020)

Implementation Insurance Fraud Laws, effective June 9, 2004 N.J.S.A. 39:3-29 & 3-29 & 39:3-29.1a – Warrant of Impoundment 

AG Directive 2020-12 | Dec 03, 2020
Directive Establishing Policies, Practices, and Procedures to Promote Juvenile Justice Reform

K-9 Training Standards and Qualification Requirements for New Jersey Law Enforcement ***(Updated July 2002)

LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPUTERS— Shared Municipal and Police Computer Systems (ADDED SEPTEMBER 2000)
Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-277 (H.R. 218)
Notice to Law Enforcement Concerning New Unlawful Eviction Law – July 20, 2009

Mandatory In-Service Law Enforcement Training: Revised 4/00

Interim Guidance Regarding Marijuana Decriminalization
This document provides guidance to law enforcement officers regarding new enforcement requirements pursuant to the marijuana decriminalization law.

Medical Marijuana Enforcement Guidelines for Police, (with Attorney General memo) — December 6, 2012
Medical Marijuana Enforcement Quick Overview — December 6, 2012
Memorandum of Guidance Regarding Municipal Prosecutors’ Discretion in Prosecuting Marijuana and Other Criminal Offenses — August 29, 2018

Policy of the Attorney General Regarding Missing and Unidentified Persons Investigations (Updated December 1987)

Municipal COVID-19 Guidance 6/16/20
Guidance Regarding Municipal Prosecutors’ Discretion in Prosecuting COVID-19 Related Offenses

Directive to Ensure Uniform Statewide Enforcement of the “Overdose Prevention Act” — June 25, 2013

The Property and Evidence Function
(October 1989) Booklet

Prosecutions of Public Officials– 5/31/07

Executive Order No. 11 (Updated November 1974)
Executive Order No. 69 (Updated March 1998)

Directive 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 2002-2–Memo and Form — “Search Warrant Application Form” pdf — August 23, 2002

 AG’s Uniform Plea Negotiation Guidelines to Implement the Jessica Lunsford Act, P.L. 2014, c. 7 (Assembly Bill No. 892)

Sexual Assault Victims – Attorney General Standards for Providing Services to Victims of Sexual Assault (3rd Ed. November 2018)

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

Attorney General’s Strip Search and Body Cavity Search Requirements and Procedures for Police Officers (Updated June 1995)

2001 – Use of Force Policy
*** (Revised JUNE 2000)
*** (New Model Report included as of JULY 2001)2015 Police Use of Deadly Force Policy

Attorney General Notification Report (Fillable Form)
Conflicts Inquiry for Police-Use-of-Force Investigations

2020 – AG Guidance on Chokeholds and Neck Restraints

Conducted Energy Devices (Stun Guns):

Attorney General Revised Supplemental Policy on Conducted Energy Devices (10/7/10)
Attorney General Approved Conducted Energy Devices (10/14/11)
Attorney General Clarification of the Revised Supplemental Policy on Conducted Energy Devices (5/3/12)
Attorney General Directive to Prevent Concurrent or Sequential Use of a Flammable Aerosol Spray Device and a Conducted Energy Device (6/20/12)
Attorney General Clarification of CED Incident Reporting Procedures For State-Level Law Enforcement Agencies Under the Revised Policy on Conducted Energy Devices (7/13/12)
Attorney General Directive Revising the Attorney General’s Policy on Conducted Energy Devices (6/3/14)
Director’s Directive Revising the Attorney General’s Policy on Conducted Energy Devices (6/4/14) including Updated Attorney General Conducted Energy Device Deployment Review Report (7/1/16)
Attorney General Directive Revising the Attorney General Supplemental Policy on Conducted Energy Devices (3/3/16)
Compilation of Attorney General Supplemental Policy on Conducted Energy Devices [as of March 3, 2016]

Less-Lethal Ammunition

• A.G.’s Supplemental Policy on Less-Lethal Ammunition, dated March 19, 2008
• Use of Less-Lethal Impact Projectiles Pending Approval of Ammunition Specifications and Training Course Memo, dated April 24, 2008
• AG’s Approved List of Less Lethal Ammunition, December 2010

New Jersey Police Vehicular Pursuit Policy (Updated September, 2009)
Includes Appendix with fillable files, Police Pursuit Incident Report and Police Pursuit Summary Report