How many arrest since 2023?
Dear Bloomfield Township,
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:
Crime arrest rate and amount of arrests
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 for future reference.
Yours faithfully,
Jada
Good Morning:
Please ascertain what Government Record are you seeking and please provide
a timeframe for those records. Your original request is asking a question
and not asking for a specific government document.
Thank you.
Andrea Schneider
Municipal Clerk’s Office
973-680-4014
Good Morning:
Please ascertain what Government Record are you seeking and please provide
a timeframe for those records. Your original request is asking a question
and not asking for a specific government document.
Andrea
From: Andrea Schneider
Sent: Friday, November 1, 2024 8:24 AM
To: [OPRA #68474 email]
Subject: FW: 2024-10-80 - OPRA Request - How many arrest since 2023?
Good Morning:
Please ascertain what Government Record are you seeking and please provide
a timeframe for those records. Your original request is asking a question
and not asking for a specific government document.
Thank you.
Andrea Schneider
Municipal Clerk’s Office
973-680-4014
The Township of Bloomfield received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
Request on November 1, 2024. This response to your request is being
provided to you on November 12, 2024
Your response is due on November 12, 2024. However your request requires
additional time to fulfill. The Department needs additional time. OPRA
allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A.
47:1A-5.i. Specifically, OPRA states that, “the requestor shall be
advised by the custodian when the records can be made available. If the
record is not made available by that time, access shall be deemed denied.”
Your request requires an extension of time until on or before November 25,
2024.
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 Township of Bloomfield 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, New Jersey, 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 the Superior Court should be directed to the
Court Clerk.
Andrea Schneider
Confidential Secretary
Township of Bloomfield
Municipal Clerk’s Office
973-680-4014
References
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1. mailto:[email address]
2. http://www.state.nj.us/grc
The Township of Bloomfield received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
Request. This response to your request is being provided to you on
November 25, 2024.
· From the Township’s Police Department - in 2023, the Bloomfield
Police Department had 840 Arrests. I have attached the 2023 Group A
Offense Report provided by the New Jersey State Police showing the number
of crimes that had occurred in the Township of Bloomfield in 2023, and the
number of crimes that were that were cleared by arrests.
This is being transmitted to you via email, as per your request. 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 Township of Bloomfield 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, New Jersey, 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 the
Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.