This OPRA request has been received on Thursday, April 1, 2021.  It will
be reviewed and will be processed.  A response will be sent within seven
(7) business days after the City’s custodian of records receives the
request.

We are making every effort to respond to OPRA requests.  However, please
be advised that response time may be delayed. 

Enacted on March 20, 2020, P.L. 2020, c.10 amended N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(i) as
follows:

During a period declared pursuant to the laws of this State as a state of
emergency, public health emergency, or state of local disaster emergency,
the deadlines by which to respond to a request for, or grant or deny
access to, a government record under paragraph (1) of this subsection or
subsection e. of this section shall not apply…

Thank you for your cooperation with this matter.  Your understanding with
any delayed response is appreciated.  Please contact me should you have
any questions or concerns.

Office of The City Clerk

Phone: (732) 827-2100 

Fax: (732) 815-1417

Email: [1][Rahway City request email]

1 City Hall Plaza, Rahway, NJ 07065

[2]www.CityOfRahway.org

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From: Dani Uno <[4][OPRA #21435 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 11:19:54 PM
To: Rayna Harris <[5][email address]>
Subject: OPRA request - Copy of police report

Dear Rahway City,

This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law
right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please
acknowledge receipt of this message.

Records requested: copy of police report dated 3/17/2021  for Jacob
Seidof  whom was arrested in Rahway, NJ 07065.

Yours faithfully,

A concerned citizen

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A response was sent on the 9th.

Dear Mr. Uno:

                The undersigned is the Custodian of Records for the City
of Rahway (the “City”). Your Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”), N.J.S.A.
47:1A-1.1. et seq., request, submitted via electronic mail sent on March
31, 2021 has been forwarded to me for response.  Please accept this letter
in response to your request.

Please be advised that a request pursuant to the Open Public Records Act,
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq. (“OPRA”) must identify the records sought with
specificity. Bart v. Passaic County Pub. Hous. Agency, 406 N.J. Super.
445, 451 (App. Div. 2009). OPRA does not permit open-ended requests for
every document an agency has on file. Spectraserv, Inc. v. Middlesex Cnty.
Utilities Auth., 416 N.J. Super. 565, 576 (App. Div. 2010). OPRA, “is not
intended as a research tool litigants may use to force government
officials to identify and siphon useful information.”  MAG Entertainment,
LLC vs. Division of Alcohol Beverage Control, 375, N.J. Super. 534, 546
(App. Div. 2005). A request that compels a government entity to “research,
analyze, collate, and compile general information” has been held to be
improper.  Id. at 548.  As such, requests for “any and all” documents on a
specific subject are considered overly broad.  Bent v. Stafford Twp.
Police Dept., 381 N.J. Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005).  A custodian may
reject a request that is overly broad or vague so as to prevent
identification of the records sought.  New Jersey Builders Ass'n v. New
Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J. Super. 166, 172 (App. Div.
2007).  Moreover, OPRA does not require the creation of a new government
record that does not exist at the time of the request.  Paff v. Galloway
Tp., 444 N.J.Super. 495, 504 (App. Div. 2016).

Given that the above-captioned OPRA request, the City is unable to fulfill
your request at this time as it relates to documents exempt from OPRA per
N.J.S.A. 2C: 25-33, where all records maintained pursuant to this act
shall be confidential and shall not be made available to any individual or
institution except as otherwise provided by law.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the
undersigned.

Thank you for your anticipated courtesies with this matter.

Office of The City Clerk

Phone: (732) 827-2100 

Fax: (732) 815-1417

Email: [1][Rahway City request email]

1 City Hall Plaza, Rahway, NJ 07065

[2]www.CityOfRahway.org

[3]www.cityofrahway.org/departments/municipal-clerk/

Hours: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (M – F)

This e-mail and any attachments are CONFIDENTIAL and may contain legally
privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient of this
e-mail message, please telephone or e-mail us immediately, delete this
message from your system and do not read, copy, distribute, disclose or
otherwise use this e-mail message and any attachments. Although we have
taken reasonable precautions to ensure this e-mail and any attachments are
free of any virus or other defect that may affect your computer, it is the
responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and the
above company does not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage
arising in any way from its use. Finally, you should be aware that we
reserve the right and may intercept and monitor incoming and outgoing
e-mail correspondence, so you should not expect any e-mail communications
to be private in nature.

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