Thank you. Please allow this email to confirm that we are in receipt of your OPRA Request.

Please note that the Police Chief is NOT the custodian of records and all OPRA requests for the Borough should be directed to me, as the Municipal Clerk.

You will receive a response within 7 full business days.

PLEASE NOTE: OPRA Responses will likely come from Marcy Kissane ([email address]) or Coleen Goddel ([email address]) and not from me. Please also check your SPAM/JUNK folder for your response. Thank you.

Respectfully,

Nick
Nicholas Magarelli, RMC
Municipal Clerk
Borough of Fair Lawn
8-01 Fair Lawn Avenue
Fair Lawn, New Jersey 07410
201-794-5340 – Phone
201-475-1581 – Fax
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From: Coleen Goddel
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 10:12 AM
To: 'Pamelina Manna '
Subject: Borough of Fair Lawn OPRA 377-2024

Good morning,

In response to your OPRA Request, attached are redacted responsive
records, including a CAD report, the booking reports, and
Complaint-Warrants/Complaint-Summonses.

-        Please be advised that these documents have been redacted to
protect the disclosure of personal identifying information including
social security numbers, driver’s license number, and street addresses
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, which 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.”  Serrano v. South Brunswick Twp., 358 N.J. Super. 352, 368-69
(App. Div. 2003).  Moreover, the CAD report has been redacted to protect
expunged records, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:52-15, which prohibits the
disclosure of expunged records.  OPRA does not abrogate the provisions of
N.J.S.A. 2C:52-15. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-9a.  In addition, “… photographs and
other similar criminal investigation records,” are similarly exempt from
disclosure under OPRA and thus, mugshots found in the booking reports have
been redacted.  See Executive Order No. 21 (McGreevey 2002).  Finally,
please be advised that the Borough is in possession of an Incident Report
related to the attached CAD report, however this record is exempt from
disclosure because it is a criminal investigatory record, and
specifically, incident reports are protected from disclosure pursuant to
N. Jersey Media Grp., Inc. v. Twp. of Lyndhurst, 229 N.J. 541 (2017) and
Paff v. Ocean Cty.  Prosecutor’s Office, 235 N.J. 1 (2018). 

This request is now considered closed.

Thank you,

Coleen Goddel, RMC

Deputy Municipal Clerk

Borough of Fair Lawn

8-01 Fair Lawn Avenue

(o) 201-794-5340

(f) 201-475-1581

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