Cherry Hill Police Department Open Records Request
Dear Cherry Hill 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:
Arrest reports/Incident reports including officer narrative from 7/1/2024 to 7/8/2024.
If possible, please send the results of the request electronically to [email address].
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,
Ciaran Johnson
Dear Cherry Hill Township,
Gentle follow-up on this please. Thank you!
Yours faithfully,
Ciaran Johnson
Ciaran -
Here is a link to the responsive documents that was sent on Monday, February 3.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2a81v1n3h...
Here is the body of the email
Ciaran,
In response to your OPRA Request received January 22, 2025, we have attached the documents you requested and also determined that a portion of the documents are considered exempt as noted below:
Pursuant to the Domestic Violence Act, N.J.S.A. 2C:25-33, all domestic violence records are “confidential and shall not be made available to any individual or institution except as otherwise provided by law.” The Government Records Council (GRC), affirmed that this principle applies to the rightful denial of OPRA requests in Butala v. Township of Aberdeen, GRC Complaint No.: 2014-194.
N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-60 No.) 2A:4A-60 Disclosure of juvenile information; penalties for disclosure.
The following redactions have been made, to the attached documents, pursuant N.J.S.A. 47:1A et seq. Specifically No. 1 - Privacy Interest - “a public agency has a responsibility and an obligation to safeguard from public access a citizen's personal information with which it has been entrusted when disclosure thereof would violate the citizen's reasonable expectation of privacy.” And No. 19 – Personal Identifying Information:
Unlisted Phone Numbers
Dates of Birth
Driver's License Numbers
License Plate Numbers
Home Addresses
Social Security Numbers
By way of this e-mail, we have marked your OPRA request received January 22, 2025 as satisfied and closed.
A copy of the Denial Poster with instructions to applicants who wish to appeal any denial or part thereof is attached hereto. You have the right to appeal the decision that the document or documents are not public records. You may take your appeal to the Government Records Council or the New Jersey Superior Court, as provided by N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.
If you have any additional questions and/or concerns, or if we can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact our office at (856) 488-7892.
Thank you for your time.
Patti Chacker, RMC
Township Clerk
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From: Ciaran Johnson <[OPRA #70955 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 4, 2025 11:33 PM
To: Patti Chacker <[email address]>
Subject: Re: OPRA request - Cherry Hill Police Department Open Records Request
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Dear Cherry Hill Township,
Gentle follow-up on this please. Thank you!
Yours faithfully,
Ciaran Johnson
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