Bridgewater Township Police Department Open Records Request
Dear Bridgewater Township,
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:
Incident reports including officer narrative that have been coded as a fight /dispute from 11/18/2024 to 11/22/2024.
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
Dear Bridgewater Township,
Gentle follow-up on this please. Thank you!
Yours faithfully,
Ciaran Johnson
Good Morning, Ciaran -
Would this OPRA be under a different name? I searched our OPRA portal and do not see your name. Also, I cannot open your request that you sent in the email below. Would you be able to re-submit it?
Thank you,
Aly
Alyson Gust
Records Specialist/Administrative Assistant
Clerk’s Office
[email address]
Township of Bridgewater
100 Commons Way
Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807
Phone (908) 725-6300 ext. 5021
Fax (908) 707-1235
www.bridgewaternj.gov
Dear Alyson Gust,
Should be from Ciaran Johnson. Please see below original request made on 11/25/2024
Dear Bridgewater Township,
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:
Incident reports including officer narrative that have been coded as a fight /dispute from 11/18/2024 to 11/22/2024.
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
Ciaran,
I did not receive this request through my email.
I will put this into our Next Request portal right now!
Thank you,
Aly
Alyson Gust
Records Specialist/Administrative Assistant
Clerk’s Office
[email address]
Township of Bridgewater
100 Commons Way
Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807
Phone (908) 725-6300 ext. 5021
Fax (908) 707-1235
www.bridgewaternj.gov
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #24-2383:
This request is overly broad and/or unclear. Please provide
clarification by identifying a specific document that you are
seeking. Below is an excerpt from the General Records Council
explaining further.
What is a broad and/or unclear request?
A broad and/or unclear request fails to name specific
government records, or requires the custodian to conduct
research.
Example of an overly broad request: "Any and all records
related to the construction of the new high school."
The term "records" does not reasonably identify a specific
government record.
Example of a valid request: "Any and all e-mails between Jane
Doe and John Smith regarding the construction of the new high
school from January 1, 2009 to February 28, 2009."
This request identifies a specific type of record, parties to
the correspondence, dates and subject matter.
Example of a request that requires research: "all meeting
minutes from 2011 in which the Council discussed Jane Doe,
Human Resource Manager."
This request is invalid because it requires the custodian to
research/read through all the 2011 minutes to determine when
the Council discussed Jane Doe, Human Resource Manager.
Example of a valid request: "all meeting minutes from 2011."
The requestor would then have to conduct his own research to
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Record request #24-2383 has been closed. The closure reason
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Thank you for submitting your request to Bridgewater Township.
Please find attached all records responsive to your request.
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