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Dear Rahway City,
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 7-30-25
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 afternoon—
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(c) allows public agencies to impose special service
charges whenever the nature, format, manner of collation, or volume of a
government record embodied in the form to be inspected, examined, or
copied pursuant to this section is such that the record cannot be
reproduced by ordinary document copying equipment in ordinary business
size or when fulfilling a request requires an extraordinary expenditure of
time and effort. OPRA mandates that the requestor shall have the
opportunity to review and object to the charge prior to it being incurred.
We have attached a Special fee invoice for the videos to be redacted. If
you agree with the fee, please sign and date the invoice and return it to
us with the down payment fee (payable to the City of Rahway by MONEY ORDER
ONLY).
[1]RPD.jpg Monique T. Velazquez, RMC
Records Manager
Admin
1 City Hall Plaza Rahway, New Jersey 07065
Phone: 732-827-2141
Fax: 732-382-6113
Email: [2][email address]
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email, including any attachments, may contain
confidential and privileged information that is intended for the exclusive
use of the individual or entity to which the transmission is addressed. If
you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have
received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure,
dissemination, distribution or copying of this transmission is strictly
prohibited. If you received this communication in error, please notify me
immediately by replying to this message and delete the transmission from
your computer. Please treat this and all other communications from the
Rahway Police Department as LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE / FOR OFFICIAL USE
ONLY. NO REPORT OR SEGMENT THEREOF MAY BE RELEASED TO ANY MEDIA SOURCES.
Good morning --
With respect to the above-referenced OPRA request, if we do not receive
down payment by Monday, October 13, 2025, the request will be closed.
[1]RPD.jpg Records
Rahway Police Department
1 City Hall Plaza Rahway, New Jersey 07065
Phone: 732-827-2141
Fax: 732-382-6113
Email: [2][email address]
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email, including any attachments, may contain
confidential and privileged information that is intended for the exclusive
use of the individual or entity to which the transmission is addressed. If
you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have
received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure,
dissemination, distribution or copying of this transmission is strictly
prohibited. If you received this communication in error, please notify me
immediately by replying to this message and delete the transmission from
your computer. Please treat this and all other communications from the
Rahway Police Department as LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE / FOR OFFICIAL USE
ONLY. NO REPORT OR SEGMENT THEREOF MAY BE RELEASED TO ANY MEDIA SOURCES.
From: Monique T. Velazquez, RMC <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2025 12:22 PM
To: [OPRA #80770 email]
Cc: Records <[email address]>
Subject: Police OPRA Request 2025-0843; BWC for all Traffic Stops 7-30-25
Good afternoon—
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(c) allows public agencies to impose special service
charges whenever the nature, format, manner of collation, or volume of a
government record embodied in the form to be inspected, examined, or
copied pursuant to this section is such that the record cannot be
reproduced by ordinary document copying equipment in ordinary business
size or when fulfilling a request requires an extraordinary expenditure of
time and effort. OPRA mandates that the requestor shall have the
opportunity to review and object to the charge prior to it being incurred.
We have attached a Special fee invoice for the videos to be redacted. If
you agree with the fee, please sign and date the invoice and return it to
us with the down payment fee (payable to the City of Rahway by MONEY ORDER
ONLY).
[3]RPD.jpg Monique T. Velazquez, RMC
Records Manager
Admin
1 City Hall Plaza Rahway, New Jersey 07065
Phone: 732-827-2141
Fax: 732-382-6113
Email: [4][email address]
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email, including any attachments, may contain
confidential and privileged information that is intended for the exclusive
use of the individual or entity to which the transmission is addressed. If
you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have
received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure,
dissemination, distribution or copying of this transmission is strictly
prohibited. If you received this communication in error, please notify me
immediately by replying to this message and delete the transmission from
your computer. Please treat this and all other communications from the
Rahway Police Department as LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE / FOR OFFICIAL USE
ONLY. NO REPORT OR SEGMENT THEREOF MAY BE RELEASED TO ANY MEDIA SOURCES.