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Dear Morris County Sheriff's Office,

Gentle follow-up on this please. Thank you!

Yours faithfully,

Ciaran Johnson

Mark Chiarolanza

Confidential Assistant – Public Information

BWCs – OPRA Management

Class II Special Law Enforcement Officer

MCSO Det. Capt. – ret.

Morris County Sheriff's Office

P.O. Box 900

Morristown, New Jersey [1]07963-0900

Office: [2]973.285.6819

Fax: [3]973.285.6609

Email: [4][email address]

MCSO web: [5]www.sheriff.morriscountynj.gov

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From: Chiarolanza, Mark
Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2024 2:30 PM
To: [email address]
Subject: Ciaran Johnson - OPRA - CAD Detail Reports - Response

Dear Ms. Johnson:

The Morris County Sheriff’s Office (“Sheriff’s Office”) records custodian
received your Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) request on November 20,
2024. The seven business day deadline to respond to your request is
December 3, 2024. As such, the Sheriff’s Office is timely responding to
your OPRA request in accordance with New Jersey law.

Your OPRA request seeks the following records:

Under OPRA/FOIA/Public Records laws, I am requesting the following
documents:

CAD Detail Reports with Officer narratives from 11/08/2024 to 11/15/2024.

Please note that your request is overly broad, as it fails to identify
with reasonable clarity any particular records sought. OPRA operates to
make identifiable government records “readily accessible for inspection,
copying, or examination.” N.J.S.A. § 47:1A-1. New Jersey courts have
consistently held that OPRA does not countenance open-ended searches of an
agency’s files. MAG Entm’t, LLC v. Div. of ABC, 375 N.J. Super. 534, 549
(App. Div. 2005); New Jersey Builders Ass’n v. New Jersey Council on
Affordable Housing, 390 N.J. Super. 166 (App. Div.), cert. denied, 190
N.J. 394 (2007). Consequently, a proper request under OPRA “must identify
with reasonable clarity those documents that are desired, and a party
cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting all of an agency’s
documents.” See e.g., Spectraserv, Inc. v. Middlesex Cty. Utilities Auth.,
416 N.J. Super. 565, 576 (App. Div. 2010); Bent v. Twp. of Stafford Police
Dep’t, 381 N.J. Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005). OPRA requests may not be a
broad generic description of documents that require the custodian to
search the agency’s files and “analyze, compile, and collate” the
requested information. Id.; see also Lagerkvist v. Office of Governor of
State, 443 N.J. Super. 230, 237 (App. Div. 2015) (holding that OPRA does
not convert a custodian into a researcher, which would have been the
effect of the request). Here, your request is clearly deficient as it
seeks range of reports, by stating “CAD Detail Reports with Officer
narratives from 11/08/2024 to 11/15/2024 ”, and purports to require the
Sheriff’s Office records custodian to conduct research with respect to
same. See Parreott v. Asbury Park School District, GRC Complaint Nos.
2016-20 & 2016-39 (Sept. 2017) (holding that the portion of the request
seeking “all relevant documents” was invalid because it sought a class of
various records and would have required the records custodian to conduct
research in order to locate responsive records); see also Burke v. Ocean
Cty., 2013 WL 6169154 (App. Div. 2013) (holding that an OPRA request is
not the equivalent of law suit discovery).

Your request is now deemed answered and closed. Thank you for your
understanding and attention to this matter.

Very truly yours,

Mark Chiarolanza

Confidential Assistant – Public Information

BWCs – OPRA Management

Class II Special Law Enforcement Officer

MCSO Det. Capt. – ret.

Morris County Sheriff's Office

P.O. Box 900

Morristown, New Jersey [6]07963-0900

Office: [7]973.285.6819

Fax: [8]973.285.6609

Email: [9][email address]

MCSO web: [10]www.sheriff.morriscountynj.gov

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