Due to a lack of available staff, your request is taking longer than anticipated. The records require our thorough review and redaction to ensure that any confidential, privileged, or otherwise exempt information is not inadvertently disclosed. The Police Department is requesting an extension of time, in accordance with New Jersey law. See Scheeler v. New Jersey Department of Educ., GRC Complaint No. 2014-123 (Feb. 2016). An extension of five (5) business days will be required through the end of business on August 15, 2024. Thank you for your professional courtesies and attention to this matter.

Respectfully,

Jennilee Bulkley #420
Records Manager
Wall Township Police Department
PO Box 1168/2700 Allaire Road
Wall Township, NJ 07719
Phone: (732) 449-4500, ext. 1420
Fax: (732) 974-0053
[email address]

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With respect to your request, the Police Department conducted a good faith search for responsive records. The responsive records can be downloaded here: https://we.tl/t-tAPwTRH2E8. Please note that the provided records have been redacted to remove information that pertains to a citizen’s personal information. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 provides that “a public agency has a responsibility and an obligation to safeguard from public access a citizen’s personal information with which it has been entrusted when disclosure thereof would violate the citizen’s reasonable expectation of privacy.” This includes social security numbers, unlisted telephone numbers, driver’s license numbers, personal email addresses, dates of birth, home addresses, SBI numbers, etc. See e.g., N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5 (“Prior to allowing access to any government record, the custodian thereof shall redact from that record any information which discloses the social security number, credit card number, unlisted telephone number, or driver license number of any person[.]”); Mawhinney v. Egg Harbor City Police Department (Atlantic), GRC Complaint No. 2015-85 (2016) (no challenge made to the redaction of social security and SBI numbers); Herron v. New Jersey Department of Education, GRC Complaint No. 2011-268 and 2011-269 (2012) (finding that the records custodian lawfully denied access to dates of birth); Wolosky v. Somerset Cty., A-1024-15T4, 2017 WL 1179852, at *3 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Mar. 30, 2017) (stating that “home addresses do not directly relate to the ‘core concern’ of OPRA, which is to allow citizens access to records pertaining to the transaction of government business”).

Your OPRA request is now deemed answered and closed. In the event of a clarification or appeal, the Police Department reserves the right to raise any other ground for denial not raised in this response. The failure of the Police Department to assert an exception or privilege at this time does not act as a waiver of any grounds for denial. Thank you for your professional courtesies and attention to this matter.

Respectfully,

Jennilee Bulkley #420
Records Manager
Wall Township Police Department
PO Box 1168/2700 Allaire Road
Wall Township, NJ 07719
Phone: (732) 449-4500, ext. 1420
Fax: (732) 974-0053
[email address]

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