2C:21-2.2. Ban on police badge transfers
It shall be a disorderly persons offense to:
a. Sell a law enforcement agency badge, the prescribed form of which is
presently in use or has been in use in New Jersey during any of the five
years preceding the sale, to a person other than a member of a law
enforcement agency who presents a letter authorizing the purchase,
signed by the commanding officer of that law enforcement agency;
b. Purchase a law enforcement agency badge, described in subsection a.
of this section, unless the purchaser is a member of a law enforcement
agency who presents a letter authorizing the purchase, signed by the
commanding officer of that law enforcement agency; or
c. Give or lend a law enforcement agency badge described in subsection
a. of this section, unless the person to whom a badge was given or
loaned is a member of a law enforcement agency who presents a letter
authorizing the transfer, signed by the commanding officer of that law
enforcement agency.
L. 1987, c. 29, s. 1.
