Whether police and prosecutors always respect these rights is a different story. It is not hard to think of times when police have abused their power in conducting searches or making arrests, when the prosecution has presented inadmissible evidence against a defendant, or when prosecutors have pres...
The urban police departments — Newark, Irvington, East Orange and Orange — have yielded their homicide units to the county, bolstered by several major-crimes guys from the State Police and the county sheriff’s office. Suburban departments send up reinforcements regularly, too. Essex has more ...