Please be advised, I am currently out of the office.  Should you need any
assistance, please contact administration office at 201-387-4055 ext. 6.
Please forward any OPRA requests to [email address].

Thank you!

Marie Quinones

Borough Clerk

Good afternoon,

Your OPRA Request has been received and will be responded to within the statutory time frame.

Marie Quinones, MPA, RMC, QPA
Borough Clerk
Borough of Bergenfield
198 N. Washington Avenue
Bergenfield, New Jersey 07621
[Bergenfield Borough request email]
201-387-4055 ext. 6

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Good morning,

The Borough Clerk’s office received your recent OPRA request on July 17,
2018 for copies of the following:

1.       A copy of policies and/or procedures regulating the Bergenfield
Police Department’s public Facebook page, any and all Bergenfield Police
Department’s polices 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 Bergenfield Police Department’s public Facebook page.

3.       List (s) of any deleted, hidden, blocked, banned comments that
were on the Bergenfield Police Department’s Office’s public Facebook page
for the time period of 1-1-18 to 7-13-18.

4.       Copies of all messages and author’s names of any deleted, hidden,
blocked, banned comments that were on the Bergenfield Police Department’s
public Facebook page for the time period of 1-1-18 to 7-13-18.

5.       Copies of all messages and author’s names sent via the
Bergenfield Police Department’s Facebook messenger and responses for the
time period 1-1-18 to 7-13-18.

6.       Name and rank and/or position title of the Bergenfield Police
Department employee(s) responsible for maintaining any and all Bergenfield
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 1-1-18 to 7-13-18.

As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is
July 26, 2018.   This response is being provided to you on the sixth
(6^th) day of the custodian’s receipt of the said request.

The following records are being provided in their entirety and are
responsive to your request:

 1. Social Networking Policy and Procedure document titled “OPRA PD Policy
for Social Media” (6 pages)
 2. E-mails and Messages on Social Media document titled “OPRA PD Social
Media Messages” (19 pages)
 3. Police Chief Cathy Madalone and Captain Mustafa Rabboh

There are no further records pertaining to your request. 

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.b, there is no cost associated with this
request as the documents are being transmitted to you electronically. 

If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfulfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Borough of Bergenfield 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 website 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.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

Marie

Marie Quinones, MPA, RMC, QPA

Borough Clerk

Borough of Bergenfield

198 N. Washington Avenue

Bergenfield, New Jersey 07621

[3][Bergenfield Borough request email]

201-387-4055 ext. 6

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