Organization

Office Units

Firearms/Forfeiture/Training

Firearms Unit

It is the responsibility of the Firearms Unit to conduct and record all training and qualifications for the Investigations Bureau in accordance with the New Jersey Attorney General’s directive. This Unit will also maintain an up-to-date list of all weapons owned by the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, weapons which have been confiscated and converted to office use, and weapons personally owned by members of the Investigations Bureau which are carried on or off duty. The Firearms Unit will also maintain the required annual reports submitted by the local police departments detailing their firearms qualifications.

Forfeiture Unit

It is the responsibility of the Forfeiture Unit to coordinate all seizures and potential forfeiture of assets seized in Morris County. This includes seizures made by the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, the Municipal Police Departments in Morris County, the New Jersey State Police, and at times, the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice. The Forfeiture Unit also monitors the expenditure of forfeited assets by all of the law enforcement agencies within Morris County and reports all expenditures made from the Morris County Prosecutor’s Forfeiture Account. The Forfeiture Unit also oversees the distribution of forfeited funds and property to the participating Law Enforcement agencies once per year at the Forfeiture Distribution Meeting.

Training Unit

It is the responsibility of the Training Unit to ensure that all members of the Investigations Bureau receive the mandated in-service training required of them by statute, Attorney General’s directives or Prosecutor’s directives and coordinate this training. Additionally, the Training Unit will maintain records of all in-service training received, as well as given, by members of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office. The Training Unit will also identify areas of necessary training of the various divisions and units within the Prosecutors’ Office and address those needs as well as assist any individual needs of members of the office. The Training Unit will have the responsibility of implementing the Prosecutor’s initiative in the area of local law enforcement training programs, policy standardization and development for Morris County as well as research and development pertaining to addressing the needs of local law enforcement.

The Training Unit will have the responsibility of implementing the Prosecutor's initiative in the area of local law enforcement training programs, policy standardization and development for Morris County as well as research and development pertaining to addressing the needs of local law enforcement.

The Training Unit will also be a liaison between this Office and the Morris County Fire Fighters and Police Training Academy.  The Training Unit will coordinate with the Police Academy Staff relating to mandated in-service training within the County of Morris as well as any in-service training courses presented by this office.  The Training Unit will also coordinate and approve any requests for M.C.P.O. instructors by the Morris County Fire Fighters and Police Training Academy.