Alpine Police Department
Dear Alpine Borough,
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-6(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.
I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
Under OPRA/FOIA/Public Records laws, I am requesting the following documents:
Alpine Police Department CAD Detail Reports with Officer narratives from 11/08/2024 to 11/15/2024.
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.
Yours faithfully,
Ciaran Johnson
Please note, I will be out of the office Tuesday, November 19th through
Friday, November, 22nd. If you require immediate assistance, please
contact Office Assistant Marti Francis at [email address] or
201-784-2900 x210.
Thank you.
Stephanie Wehmann, RMC, CMR
Borough Clerk
Board of Health Secretary/ Registrar
Recycling Administrator
Borough of Alpine
100 Church Street
Alpine, NJ 07620-1095
201-784-2900 ext 219
[1][Alpine Borough request email]
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Requestor,
By copy of your below OPRA request to Sgt. Arthur White and Chief Matthew Kent, your request, received today, 11/25/24 is being forwarded to the Alpine Police Department for response. Response is currently anticipated within 7 business days of receipt, on or by Friday, 12/6/24 unless the Police Department advises otherwise upon their opportunity to review.
Sincerely,
Stephanie Wehmann, RMC, CMR
Borough Clerk
Board of Health Secretary/ Registrar
Recycling Administrator
Borough of Alpine
100 Church Street
Alpine, NJ 07620-1095
201-784-2900 ext 219
[Alpine Borough request email]
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Mr. Johnson,
OPRA allows public agencies to impose special service charges whenever the
nature, format, manner of collation, or volume of a government record
embodied in the form of printed matter to be inspected, examined, or
copied pursuant to this section is such that the record cannot be
reproduced by ordinary document copying equipment in ordinary business
size or when fulfilling a request requires an extraordinary expenditure of
time and effort. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.c; see also, Thorpe v. Kleinman 2024
WL 4647806. Special service charges must be based upon the actual direct
cost of providing the copy or copies.
OPRA mandates that the requestor shall have the opportunity to review and
object to the charge prior to it being incurred. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.c.
As such, a detailed estimate is provided below:
I’m estimating there will be approximately 12 hours of work required to
review and redact the CAD reports which comprise of 103 individual entries
with approximately 400 pages. We require a retainer fee up front that is
double the estimated cost prior to beginning any work.
If you would like to proceed, I require the check be made out to “Borough
of Alpine” for $1920.72 (double the estimated cost). You will be
provided a detailed invoice for the hours expended and you will be
refunded any unused funds. You may also be asked to provide more money
prior to releasing if the man hours are more than expected due to
unforeseen circumstances. Please be further advised that should you seek
more limited records we will adjust the estimated costs accordingly which
may avoid a special service charge if the time to review and redact does
not require an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort to accommodate
the request. However, any subsequent change in the scope of records will
restart the time frame in which the Borough is obligated to respond.
Respectfully,
Sergeant Arthur White
Alpine Police Department
100 Church Street
PO Box 1112
Alpine, NJ 07620
O 201.768.0881
F 201.784.1407
[1][email address]
[2]alpine pd-medium
Dear Arthur W. White,
I would like to change my request to a 3 day time frame from 11/08/2024 to 11/10/2024 arrest reports.
Yours sincerely,
Ciaran Johnson
See attached.
Sergeant Arthur White
Alpine Police Department
100 Church Street
PO Box 1112
Alpine, NJ 07620
O 201.768.0881
F 201.784.1407
[1][email address]
[2]alpine pd-medium
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