Arrest Report Logs
Dear Belmar 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:
Belmar Arrest Report Logs for 11/01/23-11/30/2023, with the following information: Arrest Date and Time, Arrestee Name, Case Number, Arrest Address, Arrest Charge Statute, Arrest Charge Statute Abbreviation, Arrestee Address City, Arresting Officer.
Please do not omit critical information such as the LOCATION or TIME of the arrest, or the complete list of charges filed against the individual. Though it is okay to redact names of juveniles, please do not entirely omit these records from your response.
Yours faithfully,
B. Buchanan
We have received your Open Public Records Act Request. Please be advised
the Borough of Belmar now uses an online OPRA portal
[1]https://belmarborough.nextrequest.com/. Your request will be uploaded
into this portal and you will receive an email confirmation. From there
you can finish creating your account so you can access your request. Your
request will be answered through this portal. In the future please submit
your requests directly in the portal. Thank you.
Note: Effective September 3, 2024, P.L. 2024, c. 16 requires all agencies
subject to OPRA to “adopt the form established by the Government Records
Council . . . for the use of any person who requests access to a
government record held or controlled by the public agency.” N.J.S.A.
47:1A-5(f).
In accordance with this new requirement, the Government Records Council
(“GRC”) has established an updated version of the old "Model OPRA request
form" to include the following required items:
1) certifiable statements addressing commercial purpose and pending
litigation have been added to the “Requestor Information” box.
2) new and amended exemptions have been added to the “Reasons for Denial”
list, and
3) the information page has been changed to reflect relevant new and
amended provisions.
Requestors are not required to use an OPRA form, however, a written
equivalent not containing the form requirement of N.J.S.A 47:1A-5(f) and
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(g) may be denied by a custodian.
Dear April Claudio,
Thank you for the response.
To date I have not received the email you mentioned would be sent, so that I could create an account and review the records. Could you please have that sent to me as soon as possible?
Yours sincerely,
B. Buchanan
My apologies, here's the link to your request
[1]https://belmarborough.nextrequest.com/re...