Requests to Conduct Operations a. All requests by school officials to undertake an undercover school operation in a particular school or school district will be directed to the local chief of police or, where appropriate, to the Superintendent of State Police. However, it is understood that the ultimate approval of all undercover school operations can only be granted by (designated school official) and (the county prosecutor) or, where appropriate, the Attorney General or his or her designee. When the school official designated as the liaison for law enforcement is the person under investigation, school districts are encouraged to have a plan in place on who should report to law enforcement (e.g., the liaison’s supervisor or the chief school administrator).
b. A request to undertake an undercover school operation will not be made public by either the requesting school official or the law enforcement agency receiving the request.
c. The county prosecutor or the Attorney General or his or her designee will make a good faith effort to comply with all reasonable requests to initiate an undercover operation, considering the scope and nature of the substance abuse or weapons-related problem in the school or district and the availability of law enforcement resources.
d. Where the county prosecutor or the Statewide Narcotics Task Force is for any reason unable to comply with a request to undertake an undercover school operation, the county prosecutor or the Attorney General or his or her designee will promptly notify the requesting school officials.
e. The decision to decline a request to undertake an undercover school operation shall not be made public by either the requesting school officials or the law enforcement agency receiving the request.
f. Nothing herein shall be construed to preclude law enforcement officials from initiating a request to conduct an undercover school operation pursuant to Section 2 of this Addendum.
Requests to Conduct Operations a. All requests by school officials to undertake an undercover school operation in a particular school or school district will be directed to the local chief of police or, where appropriate, to the Superintendent of State Police. However, it is understood that the ultimate approval of all undercover school operations can only be granted by the Readington Township Superintendent of Schools and the Hunterdon County Prosecutor or, where appropriate, the Attorney General or his or her designee.
b. A request to undertake an undercover school operation will not be made public by either the requesting school official or the law enforcement agency receiving the request.
c. The county prosecutor or the Attorney General or his or her designee will make a good faith effort to comply with all reasonable requests to initiate an undercover operation, considering the scope and nature of the substance abuse or weapons-related problem in the school or district and the availability of law enforcement resources.
d. Where the county prosecutor or the Statewide Narcotics Task Force is for any reason unable to comply with a request to undertake an undercover school operation, the county prosecutor or the Attorney General or his or her designee will promptly notify the requesting school officials.
e. The decision to decline a request to undertake an undercover school operation shall not be made public by either the requesting school officials or the law enforcement agency receiving the request.
f. Nothing herein shall be construed to preclude law enforcement officials from initiating a request to conduct an undercover school operation pursuant to Section 2 of this Addendum. 4The term “undercover school operation,” as defined in Article 3.1 of the attached Agreement, means a planned operation undertaken by a law enforcement agency wherein a law enforcement officer(s) is placed in a school community and poses as a member of the school community for the purpose of identifying and eventually apprehending persons engaged in the illegal distribution of controlled dangerous substances or the unlawful use, possession, or distribution of firearms or dangerous weapons.
Requests to Conduct Operations a. All requests by school officials to undertake an undercover school operation in a particular school or school district will be directed to the local chief of police or, where appropriate, to the Superintendent of State Police. However, it is understood that the ultimate approval of all undercover school operations can only be granted by (designated school official) and the Xxxxxx County or, where appropriate, the Attorney General or his or her designee.
b. A request to undertake an undercover school operation will not be made public by either the requesting school official or the law enforcement agency receiving the request.
c. The county prosecutor or the Attorney General or his or her designee will make a good faith effort to comply with all reasonable requests to initiate an undercover operation, considering the scope and nature of the substance abuse or weapons-related problem in the school or district and the availability of law enforcement resources.
d. Where the county prosecutor or the Statewide Narcotics Task Force is for any reason unable to comply with a request to undertake an undercover school operation, the county prosecutor or the Attorney General or his or her designee will promptly notify the requesting school officials.
e. The decision to decline a request to undertake an undercover school operation shall not be made public by either the requesting school officials or the law enforcement agency receiving the request.
f. Nothing herein shall be construed to preclude law enforcement officials from initiating a request to conduct an undercover school operation pursuant to Section 2 of this Addendum.
