Falcone v. DeFuria

A declaratory judgment action was instituted to challenge as violative of the 1981 amendment to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-118 (L. 1981, c. 266) a municipal ordinance of the Township of Little Falls, Passaic County which provided for the appointment of two detectives to the police force by the chief of police with the approval of the governing body. The trial judge upheld the ordinance over plaintiffs’ claim that the amendment gave exclusive power over the internal operation of the police force and its day-to-day operation, including the designation of detectives without interference or condition, to…