I will be out of the office with limited access to email from October 22 -
29. For immediate assistance please contact Terri at 732-388-3669 or
[email address]

Edith Merkel
Township Clerk

Township of Clark

OPRA: Manna, Pamelina
[OPRA #68336 email]
Good morning,
The Clark Police Department received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on October 25, 2024.
The official Records Custodian, Joann Concina received your OPRA request
on October 25, 2024.
As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is
November 5, 2024.
This response to your request is being provided to you on the sixth
business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request. 
 
Your OPRA request sought access to the following: 
"Arrest Date 7/19/2023 Incident Number #23-18351

 1. Arrest report: The records requested are being provided and are
responsive to your request. Please see attachment. 
Redactions are required due to OPRA EXEMPTION  N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1
(Legislative Findings)
Privacy Interest - “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.” See
Burnett v. Cnty. of Bergen, 198 N.J. 408 (2009).
 2. Incident Report: The records requested are being denied due to OPRA
EXEMPTION N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1  Victims’ records
a. An individually-identifiable file or document held by a victims'
rights agency which pertains directly to a victim of a crime except
that a victim of a crime shall have access to the victim's own
records. "Victims' rights agency" means a public agency, or part
thereof, the primary responsibility of which is providing services,
including but not limited to food, shelter, or clothing, medical,
psychiatric, psychological or legal services or referrals, information
and referral services, counseling and support services, or financial
services to victims of crimes, including victims of sexual assault,
domestic violence, violent crime, child
endangerment, child abuse or child neglect, and the Victims of Crime
Compensation Board. Please see attachments.
 3. Mugshot: The Record requested is being denied as it does not exist.

If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Clark Police Department to deny
access. At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the
Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government
Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form.
You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at
P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at
their web site at www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other
questions about the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in
Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County. 
Joann Concina​  
Records Custodian
Clark Police Department
315 Westfield Avenue
Clark, NJ 07066
Records 732-381-5696      
Fax: 732-388-5376
Non-Emergency: 732-388-3434