The Division of Local Government Services is in receipt of your request for:

Any and all sent, forwarded, and received emails to and from the following DCA, LGS employees:

1. Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver
2. Richard Richardella
3. any other employee of the DCA: LGS

concerning and/or containing the subjects of:

1. Atlantic City Police
2. Atlantic City Promotions
3. Police Promotions
4. Atlantic City diversity

During the date range: December 2, 2018 to December 2, 2019.

The Division of Local Government Services conducted a search for emails responsive to your request. The Division's search returned over thousands of emails, which would need to be reviewed for responsiveness and any applicable privileges and exemptions.

Therefore, the Division has determined that your OPRA request is overly broad and substantially disruptive.

OPRA does not allow a blanket request for every document a public agency has on file or a wholesale request for general information. Gannett N.J. Partners, LP v. Cty. of Middlesex, 379 N.J. Super. 205, 212 (App. Div. 2005); MAG Entm’t, LLC v. Div. of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J. Super. 534, 549 (App. Div. 2005); Bent v. Twp. of Stafford Police Dep’t, 381 N.J. Super. 30, 36-37 (App. Div. 2005); Spectraserv, Inc. v. Middlesex Cty. Utils. Auth., 416 N.J. Super. 565, 578 (App. Div. 2010); N.J. Builders Ass’n v. N.J. Council on Affordable Hous., 390 N.J. Super. 166, 178-79 (App. Div. 2007). Requests for correspondence must identify the individuals or accounts to be searched and be confined to a discrete and limited subject matter. Burke v. Brandes, 429 N.J. Super. 169, 176–78 (App. Div. 2012); see also Elcavage v. West Milford Twp. (Passaic), GRC Complaint No. 2009-08 (Apr. 8, 2010) (stating that a proper request for email correspondence must contain “(1) the content and/or subject of the e-mail, (2) the specific date or range of dates during which the e-mail was transmitted or the emails were transmitted, and (3) a valid e-mail request must identify the sender and/or the recipient thereof”).

The terms that you provided are too general and broad to allow the Division of Local Government Services to locate responsive records. Reviewing the results for responsive records is substantially disruptive to agency operations. Thus, we ask that you narrow the scope of your request.

Please identify the specific records you are seeking including the specific recipients whose records are to be searched, a discrete and limited subject matter, and a specific timeframe.

Please be advised that the Division of Local Government Services will not take any further action with regard to this request until it is narrowed by you. Please respond in writing within 7 business days, by January 6, 2019, or your request will be denied and closed as overbroad.

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A response by the Division will require additional time to fulfill. For that reason an extension of seven business days until January 15, 2020, is required.

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A response by the Division will require additional time to fulfill. For that reason an extension of seven business days until January 27, 2020, is required.

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A response by the Division will require additional time to fulfill. For that reason an extension of seven business days until February 5, 2020, is required.

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Good afternoon,

Attached please find a letter from the Division of Local Government Services.

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