Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ba da daɗewa ba bayan da Mai Shari'a Byrne ya bar Ofishin a 1967, Birnin Newark ya fuskanci tashin hankali na tsawon mako guda
, wanda ya nuna canji na zamantakewa da tattalin arziki na dogon lokaci a Essex County. Wadannan canje-canje sun kalubalanci masu gabatar da kara na gaba don amsawa ga sauye-sauyen tsarin aikata laifuka, gami da karuwar yawan aikata laifuka da kuma karuwar laifukan da suka shafi miyagun ƙwayoyi. A shekara ta 1973, ma'aikatan shari'a sun kai lauyoyi 63, duk na cikakken lokaci. An zaɓi Masu Binciken Gunduma da yawa daga cikin jami'an 'yan sanda na gida da suka ƙware. A karkashin Mai Shari'a George Schneider (Mai Shari'a daga 1981 zuwa 1986), adadin Mataimakin Masu Shari'a ya wuce 100. Ƙarin albarkatun kuma an sadaukar da su ga ƙungiyoyi na musamman. An fadada rukunin masu kisan kai kuma an kirkiro wani Sashin Magunguna, wanda da farko ya kasance ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwa tare da Ofishin Sheriff. Daga baya aka kafa rukunin musamman a kan Cin zarafin Yara, Cin Zarafin Jima'i, Ƙonawa, Zalunci na Cikin Gida, Dokar Megan, 'Yan Bindiga, da Laifin Tattalin Arziki da Cin Hanci da Rashawa.