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N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.7B Correctional Police Officer Apprentice title: State service

N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.7B, Correctional Police Officer Apprentice title: State service. The appointment of an employee to the title of Correctional Police Officer Apprentice shall be a temporary appointment from a certification of Correctional Full text with 2 recorded amendments, 2 citing decisions, cite

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Current through New Jersey Register, Vol. 58 No. 14, July 20, 2026. Reviewed as of July 26, 2026.

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In plain language

During the apprenticeship there is no appeal to the Civil Service Commission at all. That exclusion is written to override anything else in Title 4A, and the only route of appeal is to the Police Training Commission. The appointment itself is temporary, made from a certification of Correctional Police Officer eligibles on an entry-level law enforcement list, and it exists so the appointee receives the training the Police Training Act requires. It runs no more than six months, the same length for everyone appointed from the same certification, as set by the Department of Corrections. Seniority for layoff purposes and vacation leave do not accrue during it. Someone who already held permanent status in another State title is treated as being on unpaid leave of absence from that position for the duration, and that earlier permanent service is aggregated back in for layoff seniority and for the vacation benefit once the regular appointment to Correctional Police Officer is made.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.7B. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) The appointment of an employee to the title of Correctional Police Officer Apprentice shall be a temporary appointment from a certification of Correctional Police Officer eligibles on an entry-level law enforcement eligible list. The purpose of this temporary appointment is to ensure that individuals so appointed shall receive training appropriate to the duties of a Correctional Police Officer in accordance with the Police Training Act. See N.J.S.A. 52:17B-66 et seq. #

(b) Notwithstanding the employee's temporary appointment in State service, the employee shall not accrue seniority for purposes of layoffs (N.J.A.C. 4A:8-2.4) or vacation leave accruals (N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.2) while serving in the title of Correctional Police Officer Apprentice. #

(c) The length of the period of temporary appointment to the title of Correctional Police Officer Apprentice shall be established by the Department of Corrections; provided, however, that the length of this period shall be the same for all employees receiving the appointment from the same certification, but in no case longer than six months. #

(d) Upon successful completion of the residential training program required by the Police Training Act, and in-service training provided by the Department of Corrections under the authority of the Police Training Commission, the employee serving in the title of Correctional Police Officer Apprentice shall receive a regular appointment to the title of Correctional Police Officer. #

(e) An individual who receives a regular appointment to the title of Correctional Police Officer in accordance with (d) above but who had permanent status in another title in State service as of the time of temporary appointment shall be considered to have been on an unpaid leave of absence from his or her original State position during the period of temporary appointment. Such permanent service prior to the leave of absence shall be aggregated to calculate the employee's seniority for layoff purposes, as well as to determine his or her vacation benefit at the time of the employee's regular appointment to the title of Correctional Police Officer. #

(f) Notwithstanding any provisions in Title 4A of the New Jersey Administrative Code to the contrary, employees receiving a temporary appointment to the title of Correctional Police Officer Apprentice shall not have any appeal rights to the Civil Service Commission during the period of temporary appointment. Such employees' sole right of appeal shall be to the Police Training Commission. See N.J.A.C. 13:1-11. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 2 recorded changes.

  1. AmendedR.2019 d.072
    51 N.J.R. 191(b); 51 N.J.R. 1115(a)
  2. New ruleR.2010 d.061
    42 N.J.R. 9(a); 42 N.J.R. 775(a)

How this rule has been applied

2 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.7B. The list below is citations to those decisions, not the decisions. We have not written summaries for this section. A citation with no summary is deliberate: we do not paraphrase a decision we have not read. Nothing here is legal advice.

Civil Service Commission final determinations (2)
  • In re Seme, Police Officer (S9999A), Elizabeth Police, CSC Docket No. 2022-7592022 N.J. CSC LEXIS 262Docket 2022-759
  • In re Senyon, Corr. Officer Recruit (S9988T), Dep't of Corrs., CSC Docket No. 2017-24452017 N.J. CSC LEXIS 599Docket 2017-2445

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