Dash camera and body camera
Dear Scotch Plains 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:
all communications not limited to but including, body camera, dash camera, and radio call regarding a traffic stop with officer P. Durante (badge#0164 ) around 3:45pm on November 30th, 2025, involving Eaton Brown Sr.
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,
Michael Vintzileos
The Township of Scotch Plains received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on December 1, 2025. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is December 10, 2025.
Thank you.
OPRA Compliance Clerk
Township of Scotch Plains
430 Park Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
908.322.6700 (office) ext. 213
908.322.1663 (fax)
[Scotch Plains Township request email]
NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Vintzileos <[OPRA #83833 email]>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2025 3:59 PM
To: OPRA <[Scotch Plains Township request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Dash camera and body camera
Dear Scotch Plains 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:
all communications not limited to but including, body camera, dash camera, and radio call regarding a traffic stop with officer P. Durante (badge#0164 ) around 3:45pm on November 30th, 2025, involving Eaton Brown Sr.
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,
Michael Vintzileos
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[OPRA #83833 email]
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Good afternoon,
Please be advised that the Township of Scotch Plains will be taking an Extension on this Request until Friday, December 19, 2025.
Thak you,
OPRA Compliance Clerk
Township of Scotch Plains
430 Park Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
908.322.6700 (office) ext. 213
908.322.1663 (fax)
[Scotch Plains Township request email]
NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Township of Scotch Plains. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the sender is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way and you should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this message in error
-----Original Message-----
From: OPRA
Sent: Monday, December 1, 2025 12:26 PM
To: 'Mike Vintzileos' <[OPRA #83833 email]>
Subject: RE: OPRA request - Dash camera and body camera
The Township of Scotch Plains received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on December 1, 2025. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is December 10, 2025.
Thank you.
OPRA Compliance Clerk
Township of Scotch Plains
430 Park Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
908.322.6700 (office) ext. 213
908.322.1663 (fax)
[Scotch Plains Township request email]
NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Township of Scotch Plains. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the sender is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way and you should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this message in error
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Vintzileos <[OPRA #83833 email]>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2025 3:59 PM
To: OPRA <[Scotch Plains Township request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Dash camera and body camera
Dear Scotch Plains 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:
all communications not limited to but including, body camera, dash camera, and radio call regarding a traffic stop with officer P. Durante (badge#0164 ) around 3:45pm on November 30th, 2025, involving Eaton Brown Sr.
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,
Michael Vintzileos
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Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE address for all replies to this request:
[OPRA #83833 email]
Is [Scotch Plains Township request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to Scotch Plains Township? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://opramachine.com/change_request/n...
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://opramachine.com/help/officers
View this OPRA request & responses online:
https://opramachine.com/request/dash_cam...
Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will be delayed.
If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's website.
"OPRAmachine’s mission is to give people easy and affordable access to New Jersey public records.
For more information, contact us at: (732) 707-1628 or PO Box 3180, New Brunswick, NJ 08903."
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Axon - Scotch Plains Police Dept. - NJ
Evidence.com - Case Download Link
Gerard Rites from Scotch Plains Police Dept. - NJ
(https://scotchplainspdnj.evidence.com) has sent you a link to download
the case 2025-209603 on Evidence.com. You will download 1 zip or iso
file(s) containing the pieces of evidence in this case. This download
may take a while depending on your internet connection.
You have just received a temporary link to download the information you
requested. The link will expire after five days, at the end of the five
days you will not have the ability to download the information. You can
download the requested information multiple times during the five-day
time frame and save the video(s) to your local computer for review any
time later.
Please note that your access to this link will expire on December 15,
2025 17:08:28 (-05:00).
Afterwards, you will need to contact the sender to request access.
Download link:
[1][Click here to download]
Thank you,
The Axon Team
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Good afternoon,
This email is in response to your OPRA request received on December 1, 2025.
Please be advised that the material you requested will be sent via email from Evidence.com. That email will contain a download link for the body worn camera footage. Please check your inbox as well as your spam/junk folder for this message.
The vehicle utilized during the stop was not equipped with a dash camera.
Radio transmissions can be heard on the body worn camera recording; however, if you wish to receive an independent copy of the radio transmissions, a separate request must be made directly to Union County Dispatch, as they maintain and handle our radio communications system.
Any appeals or disputes regarding this response may be filed with the Government Records Council (GRC) pursuant to the applicable New Jersey statutes, including N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.
Please let me know if you require anything further. This email serves as the response to your request.
Sergeant Gerard Rites #119
Support Services Bureau
Training Unit
Community Policing Unit
Information Technology Unit
Scotch Plains Police Department
430 Park Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
908-322-7100 Ext: 140
-----Original Message-----
From: OPRA <[Scotch Plains Township request email]>
Sent: Monday, December 1, 2025 12:26 PM
To: Mike Vintzileos <[OPRA #83833 email]>
Cc: Gerard Rites <[email address]>; Andrea Azzarello <[email address]>
Subject: RE: OPRA request - Dash camera and body camera
The Township of Scotch Plains received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on December 1, 2025. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is December 10, 2025.
Thank you.
OPRA Compliance Clerk
Township of Scotch Plains
430 Park Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
908.322.6700 (office) ext. 213
908.322.1663 (fax)
[Scotch Plains Township request email]
NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Township of Scotch Plains. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the sender is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way and you should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this message in error
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Vintzileos <[OPRA #83833 email]>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2025 3:59 PM
To: OPRA <[Scotch Plains Township request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Dash camera and body camera
Dear Scotch Plains 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:
all communications not limited to but including, body camera, dash camera, and radio call regarding a traffic stop with officer P. Durante (badge#0164 ) around 3:45pm on November 30th, 2025, involving Eaton Brown Sr.
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,
Michael Vintzileos
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE address for all replies to this request:
[OPRA #83833 email]
Is [Scotch Plains Township request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to Scotch Plains Township? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://opramachine.com/change_request/n...
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://opramachine.com/help/officers
View this OPRA request & responses online:
https://opramachine.com/request/dash_cam...
Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will be delayed.
If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's website.
"OPRAmachine’s mission is to give people easy and affordable access to New Jersey public records.
For more information, contact us at: (732) 707-1628 or PO Box 3180, New Brunswick, NJ 08903."
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