The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics and Criminal Enterprise Investigation Section (NCEIS) operates with the benefit of experienced and highly trained police officers who conduct extensive narcotics, gang, and firearm investigations in accordance with New Jersey and federal law. The NCEIS contains two bureaus, the Narcotics Bureau and the Criminal Enterprise Bureau.
The Narcotics Bureau consists of the Narcotics Strike Force (NSF) and the Bayshore Unit. NFS is responsible for conducting narcotics-related and overdose death/strict-liability investigations within the County and assisting local, county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies in furtherance of that goal. The Bayshore Unit is responsible for conducting narcotics-related investigations within the Bayshore area of Monmouth County and assisting local, county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies in furtherance of that goal.
The Gang and Criminal Enterprise Unit was created in January 2006 to address the growing number of gang memberships and violence within Monmouth County. The goal of the Unit is to gather intelligence on every gang that operates locally and/or nationally, and to investigate and prosecute gang violence. The Unit also disseminates acquired gang intelligence to state and local law-enforcement agencies. The Unit also investigates other organized criminal enterprises as necessary. It is staffed by detectives who work closely with municipal, county, state, and federal law-enforcement agencies.
The Tactical Narcotics Team (TNT) is a component of the NCEIS. TNT is a specially trained group of NCEIS detectives who can rapidly deploy to highly active narcotics trafficking areas and bring a variety of law-enforcement resources to bear, dramatically reducing the incidence of drug distribution and the related crime that it produces.
The Narcotics and Criminal Enterprise Investigation Section has proved itself to be beneficial to all municipalities in Monmouth County. Those engaged in criminal gang activity and/or the distribution and possession of controlled dangerous substances frequently are involved in the commission of other crimes, such as burglaries, robberies, thefts, and fraud. Holding these individuals accountable has a positive impact on the crime rate in the towns where they reside.
The Narcotics and Criminal Enterprise Investigation Section works closely with local police departments throughout Monmouth County, the New Jersey State Police, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the United States Postal Service (USPS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the United States Attorney’s Office.