Invoice of Body Camera Purchase in the Police Department
Dear Emerson 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. Total number of body cameras currently deployed in the police department.
2. Date on which body cameras were deployed to any of the police officers for the first time (year and month).
3. All invoices of body cameras purchases (if body cameras were purchased).
4. Dates of initial body camera assignment for each police officer currently employed.
Yours faithfully,
T. Kim
Good morning Mr. Kim,
The Borough of Emerson received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on Thursday, August 31, 2023. As such, the seven (7) business day
deadline to respond to your request is September 12, 2023. This response
to your request is being provided to you on the same business day as the
custodian’s receipt of said request.
Your OPRA request sought access to the following:
1. Total number of body cameras currently deployed in the police
department.
2. Date on which body cameras were deployed to any of the police officers
for the first time (year and month).
3. All invoices of body cameras purchases (if body cameras were
purchased).
4. Dates of initial body camera assignment for each police officer
currently employed.
Currently, your request fails to identify with reasonable clarity the
specific government records sought, as is required by Bent v. Stafford
Police Department, 381 N.J. Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005). At this time,
we request clarification of your OPRA request. Please respond in writing
and identify the specific government records sought so that we may process
your request by providing a date range for the documents requested in item
3. Failure to provide written clarification of item 3 will result in the
closure of this portion of your OPRA request.
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 Borough of Emerson 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,
Jane Dietsche, RMC
Emerson Borough Clerk
201-262-6086 x1200
[Emerson Borough request email]