Internal Affairs and Disciplinary Records
Dear Haledon Borough,
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:
1) Your police department’s Internal Affairs Annual Summary Report for 2014 to 2018.
2) Your police department's Public Synopsis of Disciplinary Actions for years 2014 to 2018. This report is required pursuant to Requirement 10 of the Attorney General’s Internal Affairs Police.
Yours faithfully,
Concerned Citizen
Borough of Haledon
Open Public Records Request
Reference # OPRA-2019-00073
Dear Concerned Citizen ,
Borough of Haledon acknowledges the receipt of your Open Public Records
Act (OPRA) record request and will respond to your request within 7
business days starting tomorrow or the next business day.
Your OPRA request sought access to the following information:
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:
1) Your police department’s Internal Affairs Annual Summary Report for
2014 to 2018.
2) Your police department`s Public Synopsis of Disciplinary Actions for
years 2014 to 2018. This report is required pursuant to Requirement 10 of
the Attorney General’s Internal Affairs Police.
(Do not reply to the sending address of this email as this account is not
monitored).
A copy of your request is attached.
Thank You,
Allan Susen, RMC, MMC
Municipal Clerk/Administrator
Borough of Haledon
Open Public Records Request
Reference # OPRA-2019-00073
Dear Concerned Citizen ,
Borough of Haledon has received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request dated 03/18/2019. The official Records Custodian received your
request on 03/18/2019. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to
respond to your request is 03/27/2019.
Your OPRA request sought access to the following information:
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:
1) Your police department’s Internal Affairs Annual Summary Report for
2014 to 2018.
2) Your police department`s Public Synopsis of Disciplinary Actions for
years 2014 to 2018. This report is required pursuant to Requirement 10 of
the Attorney General’s Internal Affairs Police.
Your request is in review as of 03/18/2019 and will be responded to within
7 business days.
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 Borough of Haledon 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.
Sincerely,
Allan Susen, RMC, MMC
Municipal Clerk/Administrator
Borough of Haledon
Open Public Records Request
Dear Concerned Citizen ,
With reference to your OPRA Request Reference OPRA-2019-00073, please be
advised that an extension is required due to due to the Volume of requests
we have been receiving OPRA request time frames are delayed. The extension
period has been extended to 04/10/2019.
Should the documentation become available sooner, we will provide same to
you prior to the date referred to above.
If you have any questions about the handling of the request, please
contact us at (973) 595-7766 and quote the reference number stated above.
Thank you,
Allan Susen, RMC, MMC
Municipal Clerk/Administrator
Borough of Haledon
Open Public Records Request
Reference # OPRA-2019-00073
Dear Concerned Citizen ,
Borough of Haledon has fulfilled your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request as of 03/28/2019.
Your OPRA request sought access to the following information:
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:
1) Your police department’s Internal Affairs Annual Summary Report for
2014 to 2018.
2) Your police department`s Public Synopsis of Disciplinary Actions for
years 2014 to 2018. This report is required pursuant to Requirement 10 of
the Attorney General’s Internal Affairs Police.
The records are being transmitted to you via Email. Pursuant to N.J.S.A.
47:1A-5.b. the cost associated with this request is $0.00.
You have a right to challenge the decision by Borough of Haledon 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.
Sincerely,
Allan Susen, RMC, MMC
Municipal Clerk/Administrator
Dear Haledon Borough,
By letter dated March 25, 2019, Lt. George Guzman responded to my OPRA request for "Public Synopsis of Disciplinary Actions for years 2014 to 2018" as follows:
"Please be advised that, pursuant to Requirement 10 of the New Jersey Attorney
General’s Internal Affairs Policy and Procedures (Page 44), a Public Synopsis of
Disciplinary Actions is generated when an officer is fined or suspended for ten (10)
or more days. This office does not have any record of an officer being fined or
suspended for ten (10) or more days between 2014 and 2018. As such, a Public
Synopsis of Disciplinary Actions does not exist. "
Requirement 10, on Page 44, provides: "Each agency must release reports to the public summarizing the allegations received and the investigations concluded for that period. In addition, the agency shall periodically release a brief synopsis of all complaints where a fine or suspension of 10 days or more was
assessed to an agency member." Please note the language "In addition, . . ."
My request, therefore, encompasses the reports that Requirement 10 mandate be kept and released to the public (that is, those reports "summarizing the allegations received and investigations concluded during the relevant period."). To the extent the Haledon Police Department maintains those reports in a document separate from the Public Synopsis, those reports are respectfully requested. To the extent Haledon Police Department is not compliant with the Attorney General's Internal Affairs Policy, please disclose the same.
Yours faithfully,
Concerned Citizen
Borough of Haledon
Open Public Records Request
Reference # OPRA-2019-00073
Dear Concerned Citizen ,
Borough of Haledon has fulfilled your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request as of 04/02/2019.
Your OPRA request sought access to the following information:
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:
1) Your police department’s Internal Affairs Annual Summary Report for
2014 to 2018.
2) Your police department`s Public Synopsis of Disciplinary Actions for
years 2014 to 2018. This report is required pursuant to Requirement 10 of
the Attorney General’s Internal Affairs Police.
Please see additional records added.
The records are being transmitted to you via Email. Pursuant to N.J.S.A.
47:1A-5.b. the cost associated with this request is $0.00.
You have a right to challenge the decision by Borough of Haledon 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.
Sincerely,
Allan Susen, RMC, MMC
Municipal Clerk/Administrator
Borough of Haledon
Open Public Records Request
Reference # OPRA-2019-00073
Dear Concerned Citizen ,
Borough of Haledon has received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request dated 04/02/2019. The official Records Custodian received your
request on 04/02/2019. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to
respond to your request is 04/11/2019.
Your OPRA request sought access to the following information:
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:
1) Your police department’s Internal Affairs Annual Summary Report for
2014 to 2018.
2) Your police department`s Public Synopsis of Disciplinary Actions for
years 2014 to 2018. This report is required pursuant to Requirement 10 of
the Attorney General’s Internal Affairs Police.
Your request is in review as of 04/02/2019 and will be responded to within
7 business days.
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 Borough of Haledon 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.
Sincerely,
Allan Susen, RMC, MMC
Municipal Clerk/Administrator