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Prosecutor's detectives to pilot support for sheriff on county infrastructure assignments

Board of County Commissioners of Essex County · July 16, 2025
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Summary

The Board advanced an ordinance to pilot use of Essex County Prosecutor's Office detectives to fill certain sheriff infrastructure duties when sheriff personnel are unavailable; commissioners pressed for clarity on payroll accounting, insurance and billing to contractors.

The Board of County Commissioners advanced an ordinance to test whether detectives from the Essex County Prosecutor's Office can be made available to support the Sheriff's Office on county infrastructure and construction assignments when sheriff staff are unable to fill those shifts.

"The ordinance is in support of the Essex County Sheriff's Office," Mitchell McGuire, chief of detectives with the Essex County Prosecutor's Office, told the board as he…

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