Dear Asbury Park City,

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-5(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:

Dear Records Custodian:

Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq., I request electronic copies of the following existing government records:

Any blank/template employment application, Police Officer application, Personal History Questionnaire (“PHQ”), background investigation questionnaire, applicant background packet, criminal-history questionnaire, applicant certification, or supplemental application form used by the City of Asbury Park and/or Asbury Park Police Department for applicants seeking appointment as Police Officers from January 1, 1993 through December 31, 1995.

This request specifically includes any blank/template forms requiring police-officer applicants to disclose or provide information concerning arrests or prior contacts with law enforcement; criminal charges; criminal convictions; court dispositions; sentences or penalties imposed; incarceration, including jail or prison confinement; probation or parole; moral character; and criminal-history or background-investigation information.

If different versions of any responsive form were used during 1993, 1994, or 1995, please provide each version.

This request seeks blank/template historical forms only. It does not seek any particular applicant's completed application or personnel file and does not seek medical or psychological records, Social Security numbers, home addresses, dates of birth, or other personal information.

ARCHIVAL SEARCH

Because these records date from 1993 through 1995, please conduct the search across the locations and formats in which responsive historical records are maintained, including paper archives, archived recruitment/hiring materials, off-site storage, microfilm, microfiche, electronic archives, and any other archival media maintained by or on behalf of the City.

This request is not limited to records contained in the City's current electronic records-management system.

If responsive records have been transferred to another City department, archival facility, records center, or governmental repository, please identify that location or repository to the extent reflected in existing City records.

If the City determines that responsive records no longer exist because they were destroyed pursuant to an applicable records-retention schedule, please identify the applicable retention schedule and, if maintained, any existing record documenting the disposition or destruction of the responsive record series.

The requested records constitute a specifically identifiable category of historical government records. This request does not require the City to research or analyze the contents of individual personnel files. Rather, it seeks only the blank/template forms used by the City or Police Department during a defined three-year period.

Electronic production is preferred. If a responsive record exists only on paper, microfilm, microfiche, or another archival medium, an electronic scan or reproduction is acceptable.

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,

Trevor