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Professional Development Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an officer’s “community caretaking” duties do not create a stand-alone doctrine that would unilaterally justify a warrantless search and seizure of…

Health Benefits Report For the past several years, we have had good news to share about the State Health Benefits Plan (SHBP) rates. While for the most part, this is…

Health Benefits Report By Kevin Lyons As of this writing, all changes for 2022 have not been finalized. But I wanted to make sure you had up-to-the-minute guidance on where…

Health Benefits Report By Kevin Lyons In 2016, when we took the bold move of moving from an open formulary (all drugs that are FDA-approved for anything) to a national…

Professional Development By Ed Esposito  In mid-June, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued an opinion in State v. Zakariyya Ahmad, which sets forth more context to the “in-custody” status of…

Health Benefits Report By Kevin Lyons Last month, we touched on the topic of high-value providers that you can access by using tools such as AMINO. Ironically, while I was…

Professional Development By Ed Esposito As many members may already know, on June 7, 2021, the Supreme Court of New Jersey upheld the validity of the Major Discipline Directive as…

Professional Development By Ed Esposito In late April, the New Jersey Attorney General issued guidance on interactions between law enforcement and members of the press at public protests. Although law…

New Jersey Speech-Language-Hearing Association initiative with NJSPBA will help officers better serve citizens with communication disorders Imagine you are a law enforcement officer making a routine traffic stop for speeding.…

Professional Development By Ed Esposito During the past several weeks, there have been a few important changes to our attorney general’s policies, case law decisions and criminal statutes. This article…