The Livingston Police Department announced last week that it is joining up with the Essex County prosecutor’s office and eight other local police departments in the western part of the county to crack down on crime, specifically the recent string of reported car break-ins.
According to the announcement by acting Essex County prosecutor TheodoreStephens,thepartnership,dubbed the Anti-Crime Task Force, will allow police officers from Caldwell, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells, Fairfield, North Caldwell, Roseland, Verona, West Caldwell and Livingston to work together combating crimes that go beyond established geographical borders such as burglaries, car thefts and other quality of life issues that affect the residents of each of the nine towns. The partnership will focus on deterrence, education and detection. The officers assigned will participate in safety checkpoints throughout the partnership towns in addition to increased cooperative patrols.
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