§ 2B:25-10 — Training programs, certification.

10. a. (1) The Attorney General, in consultation with the county and municipal prosecutors, shall develop curricula for training programs for all municipal prosecutors which shall include, but not be limited to, domestic violence training and include topics regarding the dynamics of domestic violence, the impact of domestic violence on children, the impact of trauma on survivors, risks for lethality in domestic violence cases, offenders accountability, safety planning and services for survivors of domestic violence, the impact of racial bias and discrimination on survivors and marginalized communities. (2) Participation in such training programs shall be voluntary, except that participation in the domestic violence training program shall be mandatory. An attorney successfully completing a training program shall receive such certification or recognition as deemed appropriate by the Attorney General. b. The domestic violence training course and curriculum shall be reviewed at least every two years and modified by the Division of Criminal Justice from time to time as need may require. The Attorney General shall be responsible for ensuring that all new municipal prosecutors appointed after the effective date of P.L.2021, c.378 who have not previously served as a municipal prosecutor for a municipality attend an initial domestic violence training within 90 days of appointment or transfer and annual in-service training of at least four hours as described in paragraph (3) of subsection b. of section 4 of P.L. 1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-20). The training shall not be required for any municipal prosecutor who was appointed to that office prior to the effective date of P.L.2021, c.378 who is subsequently re-appointed to that office or appointed as a municipal prosecutor for another municipality after that effective date. L.1999,c.349,s.10; amended 2021, c.378.