Permits municipal police officers to make arrests for any disorderly persons or petty disorderly persons offense outside territorial limits of municipality.

This bill (S 991) allows municipal police officers in New Jersey to arrest individuals for disorderly conduct or petty disorderly conduct offenses anywhere in the state, not just within their own municipality's boundaries. Currently, officers can only make such arrests inside their municipality's limits under existing law. The bill amends a 1977 law to remove this territorial restriction, expanding officers' authority to address minor public disturbances statewide. It directly affects full-time, permanently appointed municipal police officers by broadening their arrest powers for specific offenses.