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Dear Princeton 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:
Body worn camera footage of all traffic stops performed on 7-4-25
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.
The maximum authorized cost is $0.
Yours faithfully,
Tony Michael
Good morning Tony,
Received & submitted for processing.
Best,
Graceann Schweitzer-Gatto
Administrative Assistant
Municipality of Princeton
400 Witherspoon Street | Princeton, NJ
08540
[email address]
Phone: 609-924-5704
Fax: 609-688-2031
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Dear Tony Michael:
Your request has been received and is being processed. Your request was
received in this office on 9/17/2025 and given the reference number
P000417-091725 for tracking purposes.
Records Requested: All Body Worn camera footage stops performed on
07/04/25
Your request will be forwarded to the relevant department(s) to locate the
information you seek and to determine the volume and any costs associated
with satisfying your request. You will be contacted about the availability
and/or provided with copies of the records in question.
You can monitor the progress of your request at the link below and you'll
receive an email when your request has been completed.
Princeton, NJ
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RE: Police Records Request of September 17, 2025, Reference #
P000417-091725
Dear Tony Michael,
Princeton, NJ received a public records request from you on September 17,
2025. Your request mentioned:
All Body Worn camera footage stops performed on 07/04/25
Further clarification is required to complete your request:
Please note that OPRA requires requests for specific, identifiable
records. Requests that are determined to be insufficiently specific and
overbroad are therefore denied. Brent v. Stafford Police Department, 381
N.J. Super. 30 (App. Div. 2005); MAG Entertainment, LLC v. Division of
Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J. Super. 534, 546 (App. Div. 2005).
“OPRA does not countenance open-ended searches of an agency’s files” or
“[w]holesale requests for general information.” MAG Entertainment, 375
N.J. Super. at 549. “While OPRA provides an alternative means of access to
government documents not otherwise exempted from its reach, it is not
intended as a research tool litigants may use to force government
officials to identify and siphon useful information. Rather, OPRA simply
operates to make identifiable government records ‘readily accessible for
inspection, copying, or examination.’” Id. at 546 (citation omitted)
(emphasis added). “Nothing in OPRA requires … that the custodian ‘conduct
research among its records and correlate data from various government
records in the custodian’s possession.’” Lagerkvist v. Office of Governor,
443 N.J. Super. 230, 237 (App. Div. 2015).
That said, and in an effort to help you be more specific about what you
are looking for, please clarify the location of the stop performed on
07/04/25. Respond to this email with the details requested above.
Upon receipt of clarification, Princeton, NJ will further respond to your
public records request as required by law.
For questions or additional information, please reply to this email.
Sincerely,
Municipality of Princeton
Office of the Clerk
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