All reports or police dispatched to calls involving drones in the last six months.
Dear Tuckerton Borough,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
All reports or police dispatched to calls involving drones in the last six months.
Yours faithfully,
Matthew Burtis
Mr. Burtis,
Like I said in the previous email OPRA does not allow for research to be conducted.
This request seeks information or asks questions and does not identify specific government records. As such, your request is an invalid OPRA request and is denied. When a request is “complex” because it fails to specifically identify the documents sought, then that request is not “encompassed” by OPRA. See New Jersey Builders Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J.Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007). A proper request under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting all of an agency's documents. See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005). Custodians are not required to conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA request.
Jenny Gleghorn, RMC
Borough Administrator/Municipal Clerk
420 East Main Street
Tuckerton, New Jersey 08087
609-296-2701