Emergency services personnell ID programme
Dear Atlantic County,
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, documents, and files kept by your county and agencies regarding your first responder identification card programme from January 1, 2013 until the December 31, 2023.
please send a list of all ID cards issued, the document number, card, id or badge number, first, middle, and last name of the person it was issued to, date of issuance, date(s) of renewal, their title(s), department, and details kept by your county and program excepting those details that are excluded by the records law; any application forms; documents generated in the process of issuing an ID; photographs along with name, date, title, and department; the file(s) (paper or electronic) kept on each person issued an ID; the profile of each person issued an ID; name, badge/PIN/ID number, rank/title, status, etc., demographic information about the gender and race/ethnicity, Salary history, performance reviews or information, benefits information such as leave balances and usage dates, date of hire of each person if available for each person issued an ID any emails, letters, correspondences, contracts, agreements, or other written communications from January 1, 2013 until the December 31, 2023.
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,
blueraspberry lemonade
Thank you for your email. I am currently out of the office for an extended
period of time. Regarding contracts or resolutions, please contact Kari
Scull at [email address]. For all other legal matters, please
contact Lynne Hughes at [email address] AND Arthur Murray at
[email address].
Kindest regards,
Kaitlyn Flynn
Assistant County Counsel,
Atlantic County Department of Law
CUSTODIAN EXTENSION REQUEST TO OPRA REQUEST 811-2024
October 16, 2024
You have submitted an Open Public Records Request and have indicated your
preferred method of deliver is email.
Your request: records, documents, and files kept by your county and
agencies regarding your first responder identification card programme from
January 1, 2013 until the December 31, 2023.
please send a list of all ID cards issued, the document number, card, id
or badge number, first, middle, and last name of the person it was issued
to, date of issuance, date(s) of renewal, their title(s), department, and
details kept by your county and program excepting those details that are
excluded by the records law; any application forms; documents generated in
the process of issuing an ID; photographs along with name, date, title,
and department; the file(s) (paper or electronic) kept on each person
issued an ID; the profile of each person issued an ID; name, badge/PIN/ID
number, rank/title, status, etc., demographic information about the gender
and race/ethnicity, Salary history, performance reviews or information,
benefits information such as leave balances and usage dates, date of hire
of each person if available for each person issued an ID any emails,
letters, correspondences, contracts, agreements, or other written
communications from January 1, 2013 until the D!
ecember 31, 2023.
Please be advised, I am still in the process of obtaining records
responsive to your request, therefore I am requesting an extension. I will
respond to your request on or before 10/24/2024.
Sincerely,
Giuseppina Vetrano
Atlantic County Dept. of Law
County Counsel Office
1333 Atlantic Avenue., 8th Floor
Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401
Phone: (609) 345-6700, ext. 2505
Fax: (609) 343-2373
Email: [1][email address]
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CUSTODIAN CLARIFICATION REQUEST TO OPRA REQUEST 811-2024
October 23rd, 2024
Your request: records, documents, and files kept by your county and
agencies regarding your first responder identification card programme from
January 1, 2013 until the December 31, 2023.
please send a list of all ID cards issued, the document number, card, id
or badge number, first, middle, and last name of the person it was issued
to, date of issuance, date(s) of renewal, their title(s), department, and
details kept by your county and program excepting those details that are
excluded by the records law; any application forms; documents generated in
the process of issuing an ID; photographs along with name, date, title,
and department; the file(s) (paper or electronic) kept on each person
issued an ID; the profile of each person issued an ID; name, badge/PIN/ID
number, rank/title, status, etc., demographic information about the gender
and race/ethnicity, Salary history, performance reviews or information,
benefits information such as leave balances and usage dates, date of hire
of each person if available for each person issued an ID any emails,
letters, correspondences, contracts, agreements, or other written
communications from January 1, 2013 until the D!
ecember 31, 2023.
At this time, your request is overly broad and unclear, and I am therefore
requesting clarification. Your request is overly broad, unclear and fails
to specify the documents you are seeking with particularity and would
require the custodian to research which documents are responsive.
Currently, your request is for a class of various documents rather than a
request for a specific identifiable government record and OPRA does not
require custodians to research files to discern which records may be
responsive to a request. The request you have submitted fails to identify
with reasonable clarity the specific government records sought, as is
required by Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37
(App. Div. 2005). The New Jersey Superior Court has held that “OPRA … is
not intended as a research tool litigants may use to force government
officials to identify and siphon useful information. Rather, OPRA simply
operates to make identifiable government records ‘readily accessible for
inspection, copying, or examination.’ N.J.S.A. § 47:1A-1.” MAG
Entertainment, LLC v. Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J.
Super. 534, 546 (App. Div. 2005). In short, OPRA does not countenance
open-ended searches of an agency’s files.” (Emphasis added.) Id. at
549. Further, in Bent, the Appellate Division held that a proper request
under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are
desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting
all of an agency’s documents.” Please identify with reasonable clarity
the documents that you are seeking on or before DATE, 2024.
Sincerely,
Giuseppina Vetrano
Atlantic County Dept. of Law
County Counsel Office
1333 Atlantic Avenue., 8th Floor
Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401
Phone: (609) 345-6700, ext. 2505
Fax: (609) 343-2373
Email: [email address]
CUSTODIAN CLARIFICATION REQUEST TO OPRA REQUEST 811-2024
October 23rd, 2024
Your request: records, documents, and files kept by your county and
agencies regarding your first responder identification card programme from
January 1, 2013 until the December 31, 2023.
please send a list of all ID cards issued, the document number, card, id
or badge number, first, middle, and last name of the person it was issued
to, date of issuance, date(s) of renewal, their title(s), department, and
details kept by your county and program excepting those details that are
excluded by the records law; any application forms; documents generated in
the process of issuing an ID; photographs along with name, date, title,
and department; the file(s) (paper or electronic) kept on each person
issued an ID; the profile of each person issued an ID; name, badge/PIN/ID
number, rank/title, status, etc., demographic information about the gender
and race/ethnicity, Salary history, performance reviews or information,
benefits information such as leave balances and usage dates, date of hire
of each person if available for each person issued an ID any emails,
letters, correspondences, contracts, agreements, or other written
communications from January 1, 2013 until the D!
ecember 31, 2023.
At this time, your request is overly broad and unclear, and I am therefore
requesting clarification. Your request is overly broad, unclear and fails
to specify the documents you are seeking with particularity and would
require the custodian to research which documents are responsive.
Currently, your request is for a class of various documents rather than a
request for a specific identifiable government record and OPRA does not
require custodians to research files to discern which records may be
responsive to a request. The request you have submitted fails to identify
with reasonable clarity the specific government records sought, as is
required by Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37
(App. Div. 2005). The New Jersey Superior Court has held that “OPRA … is
not intended as a research tool litigants may use to force government
officials to identify and siphon useful information. Rather, OPRA simply
operates to make identifiable government records ‘readily accessible for
inspection, copying, or examination.’ N.J.S.A. § 47:1A-1.” MAG
Entertainment, LLC v. Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J.
Super. 534, 546 (App. Div. 2005). In short, OPRA does not countenance
open-ended searches of an agency’s files.” (Emphasis added.) Id. at
549. Further, in Bent, the Appellate Division held that a proper request
under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are
desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting
all of an agency’s documents.” Please identify with reasonable clarity
the documents that you are seeking on or before November 1st , 2024.
Sincerely,
Giuseppina Vetrano
Atlantic County Dept. of Law
County Counsel Office
1333 Atlantic Avenue., 8th Floor
Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401
Phone: (609) 345-6700, ext. 2505
Fax: (609) 343-2373
Email: [email address]
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From: Vetrano_Giuseppina
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 2:54 PM
To: [OPRA #67382 email]
<[OPRA #67382 email]>
Cc: Remaley_Alysia <[email address]>; Holland_Monica
<[email address]>; DelRosso_Jerry <[email address]>
Subject: CUSTODIAN CLARIFICATION REQUEST TO OPRA REQUEST 811-2024
CUSTODIAN CLARIFICATION REQUEST TO OPRA REQUEST 811-2024
October 23rd, 2024
Your request: records, documents, and files kept by your county and
agencies regarding your first responder identification card programme from
January 1, 2013 until the December 31, 2023.
please send a list of all ID cards issued, the document number, card, id
or badge number, first, middle, and last name of the person it was issued
to, date of issuance, date(s) of renewal, their title(s), department, and
details kept by your county and program excepting those details that are
excluded by the records law; any application forms; documents generated in
the process of issuing an ID; photographs along with name, date, title,
and department; the file(s) (paper or electronic) kept on each person
issued an ID; the profile of each person issued an ID; name, badge/PIN/ID
number, rank/title, status, etc., demographic information about the gender
and race/ethnicity, Salary history, performance reviews or information,
benefits information such as leave balances and usage dates, date of hire
of each person if available for each person issued an ID any emails,
letters, correspondences, contracts, agreements, or other written
communications from January 1, 2013 until the D!
ecember 31, 2023.
At this time, your request is overly broad and unclear, and I am therefore
requesting clarification. Your request is overly broad, unclear and fails
to specify the documents you are seeking with particularity and would
require the custodian to research which documents are responsive.
Currently, your request is for a class of various documents rather than a
request for a specific identifiable government record and OPRA does not
require custodians to research files to discern which records may be
responsive to a request. The request you have submitted fails to identify
with reasonable clarity the specific government records sought, as is
required by Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37
(App. Div. 2005). The New Jersey Superior Court has held that “OPRA … is
not intended as a research tool litigants may use to force government
officials to identify and siphon useful information. Rather, OPRA simply
operates to make identifiable government records ‘readily accessible for
inspection, copying, or examination.’ N.J.S.A. § 47:1A-1.” MAG
Entertainment, LLC v. Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J.
Super. 534, 546 (App. Div. 2005). In short, OPRA does not countenance
open-ended searches of an agency’s files.” (Emphasis added.) Id. at
549. Further, in Bent, the Appellate Division held that a proper request
under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are
desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting
all of an agency’s documents.” Please identify with reasonable clarity
the documents that you are seeking on or before DATE, 2024.
Sincerely,
Giuseppina Vetrano
Atlantic County Dept. of Law
County Counsel Office
1333 Atlantic Avenue., 8th Floor
Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401
Phone: (609) 345-6700, ext. 2505
Fax: (609) 343-2373
Email: [email address]
CUSTODIAN EXTENSION REQUEST TO OPRA REQUEST 811-2024
November 1st, 2024
You have submitted an Open Public Records Request and have indicated your
preferred method of deliver is email.
Your request: records, documents, and files kept by your county and
agencies regarding your first responder identification card programme from
January 1, 2013 until the December 31, 2023.
please send a list of all ID cards issued, the document number, card, id
or badge number, first, middle, and last name of the person it was issued
to, date of issuance, date(s) of renewal, their title(s), department, and
details kept by your county and program excepting those details that are
excluded by the records law; any application forms; documents generated in
the process of issuing an ID; photographs along with name, date, title,
and department; the file(s) (paper or electronic) kept on each person
issued an ID; the profile of each person issued an ID; name, badge/PIN/ID
number, rank/title, status, etc., demographic information about the gender
and race/ethnicity, Salary history, performance reviews or information,
benefits information such as leave balances and usage dates, date of hire
of each person if available for each person issued an ID any emails,
letters, correspondences, contracts, agreements, or other written
communications from January 1, 2013 until the D!
ecember 31, 2023.
Please be advised, I am still in the process of obtaining records
responsive to your request, therefore I am requesting an extension. I will
respond to your request on or before 11/14/2024.
Sincerely,
Giuseppina Vetrano
Atlantic County Dept. of Law
County Counsel Office
1333 Atlantic Avenue., 8th Floor
Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401
Phone: (609) 345-6700, ext. 2505
Fax: (609) 343-2373
Email: [1][email address]
References
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CUSTODIAN RESPONSE TO OPRA 811-2024
November 12th, 2024
You have submitted an Open Public Records Request and have indicated your
preferred method of delivery is email.
Your request: records, documents, and files kept by your county and
agencies regarding your first responder identification card programme from
January 1, 2013 until the December 31, 2023.
please send a list of all ID cards issued, the document number, card, id
or badge number, first, middle, and last name of the person it was issued
to, date of issuance, date(s) of renewal, their title(s), department, and
details kept by your county and program excepting those details that are
excluded by the records law; any application forms; documents generated in
the process of issuing an ID; photographs along with name, date, title,
and department; the file(s) (paper or electronic) kept on each person
issued an ID; the profile of each person issued an ID; name, badge/PIN/ID
number, rank/title, status, etc., demographic information about the gender
and race/ethnicity, Salary history, performance reviews or information,
benefits information such as leave balances and usage dates, date of hire
of each person if available for each person issued an ID any emails,
letters, correspondences, contracts, agreements, or other written
communications from January 1, 2013 until the D!
ecember 31, 2023.
Please be advised that your request is being denied as overly broad and
for failure to provide clarification. We were unable to process your
request because you failed to provide the clarification that was requested
on 10/23/2024. As explained in the 10/23 email, your request is broad,
unclear and fails to specify the documents you are seeking with
particularity and would require the custodian to research which documents
are responsive. Your request fails to identify with reasonable clarity the
specific government records sought, as is required by Bent v. Stafford
Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005). The New Jersey
Superior Court has held that “OPRA … is not intended as a research tool
litigants may use to force government officials to identify and siphon
useful information. Rather, OPRA simply operates to make identifiable
government records ‘readily accessible for inspection, copying, or
examination.’ N.J.S.A. § 47:1A-1.” MAG Entertainment, LLC v. Division of
Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J. Super. 534, 546 (App. Div. 2005). In
short, OPRA does not countenance open-ended searches of an agency’s
files.” (Emphasis added.) Id. at 549. Further, in Bent, the Appellate
Division held that a proper request under OPRA must identify with
reasonable clarity those documents that are desired, and a party cannot
satisfy this requirement by simply requesting all of an agency’s
documents.”
Sincerely,
Giuseppina Vetrano
Atlantic County Dept. of Law
County Counsel Office
1333 Atlantic Avenue., 8th Floor
Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401
Phone: (609) 345-6700, ext. 2505
Fax: (609) 343-2373
Email: [1][email address]
References
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1. mailto:[email address]
Dear Vetrano_Giuseppina,
i have marked this thread as 'resolved' in the opra machine system.
Yours sincerely,
blueraspberry lemonade