Diversity statistics, hiring, promoting, my stops, and arrests
Dear Camden County,
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:
Please provide the following information for the Camden Metro Police Department sworn law enforcement:
1)Diversity statistics broken down by race and sex for current sworn, non-supervision positions.
2)Diversity statistics broken down by race and sex for current sworn, supervisory positions.
3) Your hiring policy, procedures, guidelines, etc.
4)Any record which originated from a County employees and recommended the hiring of a specific employee from Jan 1, 2018 to present.
5)Your promotion policy, procedures, guidelines, etc.
6) Any record which originated from a County employees and recommended the promotion of a specific employee from Jan 1, 2018 to present
7)Diversity statistics broken down by race and sex for the occupants during motor vehicles for the last 12 months.
8)Diversity statistics broken down by race and sex for all individuals arrested during the last 12 months.
This request should be considered to to cover any non-privileged document in the broadest meaning of the term “document”, including without limitation handwritten notes, memoranda, correspondence, electronic and facsimile communications, documents maintain in paper or electronic format, and drafts.
Yours faithfully,
Equality Now
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Maria Efstratiades
Custodian of Records Telephone: (856) 225 – 2131
Camden County Administration
520 Market Street, 11th Floor
Camden, NJ 08102-1375
Dear Equity Now :
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Custodian of Records
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Custodian of Records Telephone: (856) 225 – 2131
Camden County Administration
520 Market Street, 11th Floor
Camden, NJ 08102-1375
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11/16/2020
RE: OPRA REQUEST of 11/4/2020, Reference # W017239-110420
Dear Equity Now,
The Camden County Custodian of Records received your Open Public Records
Act request on 11/4/2020. To access your request and retrieve your records
please click [2]here.
The Camden County Police Department (CCPD) provided the following
responses to each portion of your request:
For parts 1, 2, 3, and 5 of your request “1)Diversity statistics broken
down by race and sex for current sworn, non-supervision positions.
2)Diversity statistics broken down by race and sex for current sworn,
supervisory positions.
3)Your hiring policy, procedures, guidelines, etc.
5)Your promotion policy, procedures, guidelines, etc.”
The CCPD provided records responsive to these portions of your request.
For parts 4, 6, and 7 of your request “4)Any record which originated from
a County employees and recommended the hiring of a specific employee from
Jan 1, 2018 to present.
6)Any record which originated from a County employees and recommended the
promotion of a specific employee from Jan 1, 2018 to present.
7)Diversity statistics broken down by race and sex for the occupants
during motor vehicles for the last 12 months.”
These portions of your request are too broad or contains insufficient
information and seeks documents that are not specifically “identifiable”
for the CCPD to gather a response. As such, the request submitted is a
wholesale request for information that is not encompassed by the intent of
OPRA as has been articulated in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, et. seq. and MAG
Entertainment v. Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J. Super.
534 (App. Div. 2005).
The staff at the Camden County Police Department notified me that they
would like an extension of time to respond to part 8 of your OPRA request
“8)Diversity statistics broken down by race and sex for all individuals
arrested during the last 12 months.”. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i, we
require an extension of time to allow the Department's personnel to
conduct an extensive search for the requested records.
We anticipate that we will have a response ready for you on or about
December 4, 2020.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, et seq. if your request for access to a
government record has been denied or unfilled within the seven (7)
business days required by law, you have a right to challenge the decision
by the County of Camden to deny access. As provided by law, you have the
right to either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court of New Jersey
or file a complaint with the Government Records Council (GRC) by
completing their Denial of Access Complaint Form located at the GRC’s
website at [3]www.state.nj.us/grc.
You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at
P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [4][email address]. The
GRC can also answer other questions about the law. All questions regarding
complaints filed in Superior Court should be directed to the Superior
Court.
Should you have any questions, please contact the Custodian of Records at
(856) 225-2131.
Sincerely,
Steffani Lon or
Maria Efstratiades
Maria Efstratiades
Custodian of Records
Camden County
Office of Archives & Records Management
Courthouse, 11th Floor
520 Market Street
Camden, NJ 08102-1375
Phone: (856) 225-2131
E-mail: [5][email address]
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Maria Efstratiades
Custodian of Records Telephone: (856) 225 – 2131
Camden County Administration
520 Market Street, 11th Floor
Camden, NJ 08102-1375
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11/23/2020
RE: OPRA REQUEST of 11/4/2020, Reference # W017239-110420
Dear Equity Now,
The Camden County Custodian of Records received your Open Public Records
Act request on 11/4/2020.
The Camden County Police Department conducted a search of their files and
provided records responsive to part 8 of your request "8)Diversity
statistics broken down by race and sex for all individuals arrested during
the last 12 months.".
As such, this correspondence, the records previously provided on November
16, 2020, and the records provided today constitutes completion of your
request. To access your request and retrieve your records please
click [2]here.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, et seq. if your request for access to a
government record has been denied or unfilled within the seven (7)
business days required by law, you have a right to challenge the decision
by the County of Camden to deny access. As provided by law, you have the
right to either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court of New Jersey
or file a complaint with the Government Records Council (GRC) by
completing their Denial of Access Complaint Form located at the GRC’s
website at [3]www.state.nj.us/grc.
You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at
P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [4][email address]. The
GRC can also answer other questions about the law. All questions regarding
complaints filed in Superior Court should be directed to the Superior
Court.
Should you have any questions, please contact the Custodian of Records at
(856) 225-2131.
Sincerely,
Steffani Lon for
Maria Efstratiades
Maria Efstratiades
Custodian of Records
Camden County
Office of Archives & Records Management
Courthouse, 11th Floor
520 Market Street
Camden, NJ 08102-1375
Phone: (856) 225-2131
E-mail: [5][email address]
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