Organization

Office Units

Special Enforcement Unit

It is the responsibility of the Special Enforcement Unit to conduct covert and overt investigations regarding criminal activities involving:

• Controlled dangerous substances and other abused substances (Chapter 35 of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated)
• Gambling violations (N.J.S.A. 2C:27-1 et. seq.)
• Other Organized criminal activity.
• The Special Enforcement Unit will utilize police officers who are assigned temporarily to the Morris County Prosecutor's Office to supplement permanently assigned Prosecutor's Detectives.
• This Unit will also assist local law enforcement, county, state and federal agencies in conducting investigations by providing undercover agents and expertise in the field of narcotics and dangerous drugs and gambling offenses.
• This Unit also will conduct electronic surveillance as authorized by N.J.S.A. 2A:156 and approved by the County Prosecutor.

Fugitive Unit

It is the responsibility of the Fugitive Unit to process and investigate all pre-sentence arrest warrants (including failure to appear for sentencing) issued by the Morris County Superior Court Judges in the Criminal and Family Part Sections. The primary role of this Unit is to locate and apprehend fugitives wanted by this agency and when necessary, extradite them from asylum jurisdictions, as well as facilitate the return of fugitives wanted by other states. This Unit will also assist in the investigation of escapes from the Morris County Correctional Facility, Morris County Youth Detention Center and Greystone Psychiatric Hospital.

Narcotics Task Force

It is the responsibility of the Narcotics Task Force to conduct covert and overt investigations regarding criminal activities involving controlled dangerous substances and other abused substances (N.J.S. 2C:35, et al.), gambling violations (2C:27, et al.) and related organized criminal activity. In order to carry out this responsibility, the Narcotics Task Force will utilize police officers who are assigned temporarily to the Morris County Prosecutor's Office to supplement permanently assigned Prosecutor's Detectives. This Unit will also assist local law enforcement, county, state and federal agencies in conducting investigations by providing undercover agents and expertise in the field of narcotics and dangerous drugs and gambling offenses. In addition, the Narcotics Task Force will conduct electronic surveillance as authorized by 2A:156 and approved by the County Prosecutor.