Good Morning Cameron,

Your OPRA Request has been denied as it is information based and records based. Significantly for present purposes, OPRA only allows requests for records, not requests for information. MAG Entm't, LLC v. Div. of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J. Super. 534, 546-49 (App. Div. 2005). In this regard, OPRA "is not intended as a research tool ... to force government officials to identify and siphon useful information." Id. at 546. In other words, a records custodian is not required "to conduct research among its records... and correlate data from various government records in the custodian's possession." Id. at 546-47. To qualify under OPRA then, the request must reasonably identify a record and not generally data, information or statistics.

-----Original Message-----
From: Cameron John Oliver <[OPRA #77386 email]>
Sent: Monday, June 9, 2025 9:11 AM
To: Lauren Grogan <[Cranbury Township Police Department request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Crime data on drug crimes and staff roster -nj

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Dear Cranbury 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:

Records requested:

Good Day.

I hope you are doing well.

I am requesting the following records from your agency.

Can you please provide a list of officers currently employed by the police department by name and rank. Also by District/ time period.

Drug crimes possession of all illegal drugs.

I want a list of the suspects' drugs charges and the officer who made the arrest.

I want crime data on this crime from the years 2022-2025.

Also, a list of the most frequent crimes your community faces.

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

I look forward to hearing from you.

If possible please send all requested records by email.

Thank you.

Take care and be well.

Best regards,

Cameron Oliver

904-489-9118

[email address]

[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,

Cameron John Oliver

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