2023 Use of Force Reports
Charlie Kratovil made this OPRA request to Highland Park Borough as part of a batch sent to 25 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Highland Park Borough,
Under the OPRA and the common law right of access, please provide copies of all use of force reports filed by your officers for incidents occurring during the year 2023.
Yours faithfully,
Charlie Kratovil
January 12, 2024 Friday
Dear OPRA Machine,
Good afternoon. Attached is your responsive records request. Thank you and
have a great day.
Sincerely,
Highland Park Police Records Department
E-Mail: [1][email address]
Fax: (732) 819-4756
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Dear HPPD Records Department,
Thank you for the records. Can you please provide unredacted versions? I'm not clear on why, but it appears some information was obscured in every report provided.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
Your e-mail has been received by The Highland Park Police Records
Department.
OPRA (Record Requests), Police Records Checks, and Legal Discovery
requests will be answered in the order that they are received.
If you are requesting a copy of a motor vehicle accident report, once the
approval process is completed and the report is ready for release a copy
will be emailed to you.
Thank you for your patience and understanding regarding the completion of
your requests.
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Sincerely,
Highland Park Police Records Department
E-Mail: [1][email address]
Fax: (732) 819-4756
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Email received by or sent to Borough officials and employees is subject to
the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). This means that absent some specific
privilege, all such communications are considered a public record and are
subject to publication and/or dissemination to the public upon request.
References
Visible links
1. mailto:[email address]
Good afternoon Sir,
The redactions were necessary on the Use of Force reports specifically
tied to Incident # 23-017451.
The reason for the redactions (name and address) is the individual
involved is a juvenile. We apologize for not making that clear in our
initial response and apologize for any inconvenience.
Sincerely,
Highland Park Police Records Department
E-Mail: [1][email address]
Fax: (732) 819-4756