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Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2018 16:34:45 +0000
Subject: Open Public Records Act request - Facebook Policies and Procedures
From: "ASK NJ Media Co." <[OPRA #2123 email]>
To: Kim Krauss <[Middle Township request email]>

Dear Middle Township,

This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:

1. A copy of policies and/or procedures regulating the Middle Township Police Department's public facebook page, any and all Middle Township Police Department's policies regarding the maintenance and/or content retention of township maintained social media forums.

2. List(s) of names of people who are/were hidden, blocked, banned from the Middle Township Police Department's public facebook page.

3. List(s) of any deleted, hidden, blocked, banned comments that were on the Middle Township Police Department's Office's public facebook page for the time period of 1-1-2018 to 7-13-2018.

4. List(s) of the authors' names of any deleted, hidden, blocked, banned comments that were on the Middle Township Police Department's public facebook page for the time period of 1-1-2018 to 7-13-2018.

5. Copies of all messages and author's names sent via the Middle Township Police Department's facebook messenger and responses for the time period of 1-1-2018 to 7-13-2018.

6. Name and rank and/or position title of the Middle Township Police Department employee(s) responsible for maintaining any and all Middle Township Police Department's social media forums.

7. Any emails sent to/from the employee(s) in question regarding the deleting/removing of content, or the limiting of access to content on any and all social media forums for the time period of 1-1-2018 to 7-13-2018.

Yours faithfully,

ASK NJ Media Co.

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Requestor,

Also see attached a screen shot of the Middle Township Police Department
Facebook Code of Conduct, relative to item 1 below. Due to size we were
unable to provide this with the original email below.

We await your response regarding item 5.

From: Kim Krauss
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 1:35 PM
To: '[OPRA #2123 email]'
<[OPRA #2123 email]>
Cc: Emily Bowman <[email address]>
Subject: OPRA - Facebook Policies and Procedures

The Township of Middle has received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request dated July 14, 2018. The official Records Custodian, Kimberly
Krauss, received your OPRA request on July 16, 2018, of which you provided
an extension until August 17, 2018 on said request.

Your OPRA request dated 07/14/2018 request the following items:

1. A copy of policies and/or procedures regulating the Middle Township
Police Department's public facebook page, any and all Middle Township
Police Department's policies regarding the maintenance and/or content
retention of township maintained social media forums.

2. List(s) of names of people who are/were hidden, blocked, banned from
the Middle Township Police Department's public facebook page.

3. List(s) of any deleted, hidden, blocked, banned comments that were on
the Middle Township Police Department's Office's public facebook page for
the time period of 1-1-2018 to 7-13-2018.

4. List(s) of the authors' names of any deleted, hidden, blocked, banned
comments that were on the Middle Township Police Department's public
facebook page for the time period of 1-1-2018 to 7-13-2018.

5. Copies of all messages and author's names sent via the Middle Township
Police Department's facebook messenger and responses for the time period
of 1-1-2018 to 7-13-2018.

6. Name and rank and/or position title of the Middle Township Police
Department employee(s) responsible for maintaining any and all Middle
Township Police Department's social media forums.

7. Any emails sent to/from the employee(s) in question regarding the
deleting/removing of content, or the limiting of access to content on any
and all social media forums for the time period of 1-1-2018 to 7-13-2018.

The table below identifies the records that being released, denied in
whole or in part, as well as the legal basis for each denial, as is
required by N.J.S.A. 47:1A-6, and are attached to this email response:

List of all List of all If records are If records List the legal
records records provided, disclosed with were denied in explanation
responsive to with redactions, redactions, their and statutory
OPRA request or denied in their give a general entirety, give citation for
(include the entirety. nature a general the denial of
number of pages description of nature access to
for each the description of records in
record). redactions. the record. their entirety
or with
redactions.
 1. A copy of        
policies and/or
procedures        
regulating the
Middle Township        
Police
Department's        
public facebook
page, any and        
all Middle
Township Police      
Department's
policies      
regarding the
maintenance      
and/or content
retention of      
township
maintained      
social media
forums.      

 ( SOP 127 –      
5pgs / SOP 14 –
9pgs)      

  2. List(s) of   No such
names of people record on
  who are/were   file
hidden, blocked, relative to
  banned from the   this
Middle Township request.
  Police  
Department's  
  public facebook  
page.  
   
 - No such record  
  on file relative  
to this request.  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. List(s) of any  
  deleted, hidden,  
blocked, banned  
  comments that were
on the Middle  
  Township Police
Department's  
  Office's public
facebook page for  
  the time period of
1-1-2018 to  
  7-13-2018.  
No such
  – No such record record on
on file relative file
  to this request. relative to
this
    request.

  4. List(s) of the  
authors' names of
  any deleted,  
hidden, blocked,
  banned comments  
that were on the
  Middle Township  
Police
  Department's  
public facebook
  page for the time  
period of 1-1-2018
  to 7-13-2018.  
 
  - No such record  
on file relative
  to this request.  

    No such
record on
    file
relative to
    this
request.
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
  7. Any emails sent
to/from the  
  employee(s) in
question regarding  
  the
deleting/removing  
  of content, or the
limiting of access  
  to content on any
and all social  
  media forums for
the time period of  
  1-1-2018 to
7-13-2018.  
 
- No such record  
6. Name and rank on file relative
and/or position to this request.  
title of the
Middle Township    
Police
Department    
employee(s)
responsible for    
maintaining any
and all Middle    
Township Police
Department's  
social media
forums. – 1pg  

No such
record on
file
relative to
this request

With regards to item 5, “Copies of all messages and author's names sent
via the Middle Township Police Department's facebook messenger and
responses for the time period of 1-1-2018 to 7-13-2018,” there are a total
of 55 pages of messages received. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, Criminal
investigatory records, we will be withholding 24 pages of those messages
that contain criminal activity tips and information. With regards to the
other 31 pages that are eligible for release, we will be required to
redacting the names and profile pictures of those individuals that have
provided the exempt tips, therefore, although you have requested that
these records be provided electronically the cost associated with this
request is $1.55 due to required redactions.  We ask that you please
acknowledge this fee via email first, then make payment payable to the
Township of Middle, addressed to the mailing address listed below. Once
received we will then forward the documents to your email address
provided.

Thank you.

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 [insert name of agency] 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 [1][email address], or
at their web site at [2]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.

Kimberly D. Krauss, R.M.C., C.M.R.

Township Clerk / Registrar of Vital Statistics

Deputy Business Administrator

Township of Middle

33 Mechanic Street

Cape May Court House, NJ 08210

phone (609) 465-8721

fax (609) 465-9659

[3][Middle Township request email]

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