Understanding Public Order and Safety Offenses in New Jersey
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PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY OFFENSES:
Designed to protect the general public by dealing with behavior that is not necessarily morally wrong but nonetheless affects the peace and safety of the community.
BREACH OF PEACE
At C/L any voluntary action that disturbed a community’s peace without lawful justification or excuse was considered a crime.
UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY
- ROUT – NJ 2C:33-1b unlawful assembly
- RIOT – NJ 2C:33-1 unlawful assembly
- DISORDERLY CONDUCT – not a crime at C/L .341
N.J.S.A. 2C:33-2, which proscribes disorderly conduct, provides:
- Improper behavior. A person is guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense, if with purpose to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating risk thereof he
- Engages in fighting or threatening,