EMS Data 1/5/22
Dear Old Bridge Township,
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:
All CAD data involving EMS response including Response Times, Name of Agency Responding and Disposition. I do not need any protected health information, which may be redacted. Please supply all records on January 5, 2022. Thank you
Yours faithfully,
NJ4119
Good afternoon,
We need clarification on the below OPRA Request are you asking for CAD EMS Data?
Take care,
Sonya Harrison
Good afternoon NJ4119,
The Township of Old Bridge received an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on 1/11/2022. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is 1/24/2022.
The request was for: “All CAD data involving EMS response including Response Times, Name of Agency Responding and Disposition. I do not need any protected health information, which may be redacted. Please supply all records on January 5, 2022. Thank you, Yours faithfully, NJ4119.
Thank you for your clarification of the above OPRA Request. We have no records responsive to your request for EMS CAD Data.
Take care,
Sonya Harrison
Administrative Assistant & Alt. Registrar
Township Clerk’s Office
Township of Old Bridge
1 Old Bridge Plaza
Old Bridge, NJ 08857
P. (732) 721-5600 ext. 2205
F. (732) 607-7944
[email address]
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 Township of Old Bridge to deny access. At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. 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 [email address], or at their web site at www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other questions about the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.
Dear Sonya Harrison,
How do you not have any cad reports for 1/5/22? Your police department dispatched ambulances that day correct?
Yours sincerely,
NJ4119
Good morning NJ4119,
That is not what you asked for. In your clarification email you stated you were looking for CAD Data.
Take care,
Sonya Harrison
Dear Sonya Harrison,
Thats where the CAD data come from. Please forward me those records.
Yours sincerely,
NJ4119
Dear NJ4119,
Data is not a document so you will need to submit another OPRA request requesting records.
Take care,
Sonya Harrison
Dear Sonya Harrison,
I will but I would just like to advise that none of the other municipalities that I submitted the same requests to had difficulty responding to them.
Yours sincerely,
NJ4119