04-29-08 Hawthorne PBA Local 200 v. Borough of Hawthorne, et al.
A-4504-06T2
The issue in this appeal is whether, in a mayor-council
form of government under the Faulkner Act, the appointment and
promotion of police officers may be delegated by the Borough
Council to the mayor, whom the council has designated as the
"appropriate authority" pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-118, a
general law that addresses the creation and internal structure
of municipal police departments. The Law Division dismissed the
plaintiff's challenge to the ordinance delegating that authority
to the mayor, and we affirmed.
