Paterson Police PBA Local No. 1 v. City of Paterson

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

PASHMAN, J.

In this case we address a question left undecided in Ridgefield Park Ed. Ass’n v. Ridgefield Park Bd. of Ed., 78 N.J. 144 (1978), and Bd. of Ed. of Woodstown-Pilesgrove v. Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional Ed. Ass’n, 81 N.J. 582, 588 n. (1980), namely, whether and to what extent a permissive category of subjects for negotiation exists for police and firefighters under the New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act, N.J.S.A. 34:13A — 1 to —21. Specifically, the issue in this case is whether a provision in a collective negotiation agreement…