The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that a 2012 proposed ordinance that sought to block the city of Camden from replacing its municipal police force with a countywide police force was lawful, but is now too outdated to be placed on the ballot. Because the city moved forward with its police reorganization plan and has been utilizing a countywide police force for more than two years now, challengers to that decision would have to start from scratch with a new ordinance that reflects the current circumstances, the unanimous court ruled Aug. 11.
In Redd v. Bowman, Justice Anne Patterson, writing for the court, said the defendant committee of petitioners properly submitted an initiative petition for the adoption of the proposed ordinance under the Faulkner Act, affirming the Appellate Division’s ruling that the proposed ordinance did not constitute an improper divestment of the municipal governing body’s legislative power.
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