BWC footage from 3/17/25 case 25014987.
Dear Edison Township 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:
BWC footage from 3/17/25, case number 25014987. Joshua Vanwart was the officer, Ajay Verma was the driver.
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,
Tiffany Merrifield
Ms. Merrifield,
Unfortunately, the information provided does not match the incident provided. Please provide the correct case number or more information regarding the incident (ie: time, location).
Best,
Edison Police Records
Dear Police OPRA,
My apologies. The case number is 25014967.
Yours sincerely,
Tiffany Merrifield
Ms. Merrifield,
Your OPRA request to obtain the BWC for a motor vehicle accident 25014967 has been completed and attached as a DropBox link. Due to citizen's expectation of privacy under NJSA 47:1A-1.1, pedigree (ie: driver's license, insurance, registration, computer, residential numeric via radio transmission) have been redacted throughout both audio and visual. For further clarification, Officer Vanwarts BWC contains the following audio redactions: 2m, 3m15s, 7m ---pedigree.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/s105ggu6m...
Respectfully,
Edison Police Records