Different Police Department Annual Summary Reports and recertification certificates for all police officers
Time to Change- Jersey Style made this OPRA request to Independence Township This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Independence Township,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I certify under penalty of NJSA 2C:28-3 that I have not been convicted of an indictable offense. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
1. I seek your police department’s Internal Affairs Annual Summary Reports for years 2014 to 2017.
2. I seek a copy of the police department's Public Synopsis of Disciplinary Actions for years 2014 to 2017. This report is required pursuant to Requirement 10 of the Attorney General’s Internal Affairs Police.
3. I seek a copy of the police department’s Vehicular Pursuit Summary Reports for years 2014 to 2017.
4. I would like all of your police department’s Use of Force Reports from January 1, 2014 to present date.
5. I would like all of your police department’s Police Use of Deadly Force Attorney General Deadly Notification Reports for years 2014 to 2017.
6. I seek the annual basic police academy training, annual firearms requalification training, use of force training, vehicular pursuit training, domestic violence training, cultural diversity training, bias intimidation crimes training, Breathalyzer training, 911 dispatcher and call-taker training, K-9 training recertification certificates for all of the police officers in your police department for the year 2017.
Yours faithfully,
Time to Change- Jersey Style
Dear Requestor:
Please be advised that I represent the Township of Independence. In
response to your request below, the Township responds as follows:
1) See attached
2) See attached
3) See attached. Reports for 2017 have not yet been prepared and
submitted.
4) See attached
5) None
6) K-9 and 911 Dispatcher training records do not apply to the Township
of Independence. Attached are records pertaining to firearms
qualifications, basic police academy training, and Breathalyzer
training. The Township requires an additional 15 days in which to
provide the remaining responsive training records as it is in the
process of obtaining same from the Warren County Prosecutor's Office.
If there is anything you believe to be missing, please contact me
directly. Leslie Parikh
Dear Leslie Parikh,
I'm granting the extension that you have requested.
Yours sincerely,
Time to Change- Jersey Style
Dear Kaitlin Ouverson,
Thank you for your response. This confirms my receipt of the records and I consider this request fulfilled.
Yours sincerely,
Time to Change- Jersey Style