BWC Footage
Dear South Plainfield Police Department,
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
Attached is the estimate for fulfilling this request. Please advise on
how you would like to proceed. Due to the nature of this request, it will
take me an unknown amount of time to fulfill this. I will have to compare
and contrast our BWC footage to our CAD entries for motor vehicle stops,
many of which have multiple officers involved. Once I have completed that
task, I will then have to redact each video, which requires me to watch it
in it's entirety three(3) times to ensure it was done correctly. If there
is something more specific you would like, please send a new request.
Respectfully,
Lieutenant Lloyd McNelly
South Plainfield Police Department
908-616-6019
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From: Tony Michael <[OPRA #80963 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2025 4:21 PM
To: Lloyd McNelly <[SPPD request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - BWC Footage
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Dear South Plainfield Police Department,
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
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