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Prosecutor expands school civics program and flags tech cost growth to $1.375M
Summary
Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stevens announced a youth civics initiative in county schools and warned that forensic and digital‑evidence costs have grown sharply (from about $429,000 to $1.375M) as the office expands body‑worn cameras, digital forensics and other technologies.
Theodore Stevens, Essex County Prosecutor, told commissioners the office will start a civics outreach program in local high schools — beginning at Barringer High School and Donald Payne Technical School — intended to teach students about juries, courts and civic responsibilities.
Stevens also outlined a sizeable increase in the prosecutor’s…
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