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Hazlet Police Cmdr. Mike Duncan (left) before theLaw Enforcement Memorial Service Tuesday.

The light on Dawn Stevens front porch hasburned steadily since January. She has left itlit since she lost her husband, John Scott Ste-vens.

In my mind hes just out late, she said,Or hes in class or hes still working a job.

She finds comfort in the glow of the light,as did he.

Thats what we always did for each otherwhen one of us was working a weird shift,she said.

On Jan. 8, Stevens was working undercov-er as a detective for the Ocean County Prose-cutors Office. The 2004 Honda Civic he wasdriving smashed into a tree in Lacey.

As a dispatcher for the Lacey Township Po-lice Department, Dawn handled the 911call of

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