Clark Police Department Open Records Request
Dear Clark 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:
Incident reports including officer narrative that have been coded as a fight /dispute from 11/08/2024 to 11/22/2024.
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
OPRA: Johnson, Ciaran
[OPRA #69257 email]
The Clark Police Department received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on November 27, 2024.
The official Records Custodian, Joann Concina received your OPRA request
on November 27, 2024.
As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is
December 9, 2024.
This response to your request is being provided to you on the second
business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request.
Your OPRA request sought access to the following: Incident reports
including officer narrative that have been coded as a fight /dispute from
11/08/2024 to 11/22/2024.
The records requested do not exist.
There are not any reports responsive to your request for Incident reports
coded as a fight/dispute from 11/08/2024 to 11/22/2024.
Please see attachment.
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Clark Police Department to deny
access. At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the
Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government
Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form.
You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at
P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at
their web site at www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other
questions about the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in
Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.
Joann Concina
Records Custodian
Clark Police Department
315 Westfield Avenue
Clark, NJ 07066
Records 732-381-5696
Fax: 732-388-5376
Non-Emergency: 732-388-3434