Invoice of Body Camera Purchase in the Police Department
Dear Fair Hills 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
Dear Mr. Kim:
I received your OPRA request dated August 31, 2023 on August 31, 2023, as
such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond is September 12,
2023. I am responding to you on the 6th day after receipt of your request.
Your OPRA request sought access to the following records:
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.
When a request is “complex” because it fails to specifically identify the
documents sought, then that request is not “encompassed” by OPRA. See New
Jersey Builders Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing,
390 N.J.Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007). A proper request under OPRA
must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are desired,
and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting all of an
agency's documents. See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381
N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005). Custodians are not required to
conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA request. As
such, your request is an invalid OPRA request and is denied.
I will consider this OPRA request closed.
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 Far Hills 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 web site 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.
Sincerely,
Marina Yoler, CMR
Deputy Borough Clerk
Borough of Far Hills
6 Prospect Street
Far Hills, NJ 07931
Office: 908-234-0611 Ext. 10
Fax: 908-234-0918
[3]WWW.FARHILLSNJ.ORG
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2. http://www.state.nj.us/grc
3. http://www.farhillsnj.org/
Dear Mr. Kim:
I received your OPRA request via email dated August 31, 2023 on August 31,
2023, as such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond is September
12, 2023. I am responding to you on the 6th day after receipt of your
request.
Your OPRA request sought access to the following records:
Please provide all purchase order history for purchases by the police
department from January 2020 to September 2023. For each order, please
include the date, description, vendor, and amount of the purchase.
Excel form (e.g., csv, xlsx) is preferred, but other electronic forms
(e.g., pdf) are fine if that is not feasible.
The records are attached.
I will consider this OPRA request closed.
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 Far Hills 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 web site 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.
Sincerely,
Marina Yoler, CMR
Deputy Borough Clerk
Borough of Far Hills
6 Prospect Street
Far Hills, NJ 07931
Office: 908-234-0611 Ext. 10
Fax: 908-234-0918
[3]WWW.FARHILLSNJ.ORG
References
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1. mailto:[email address]
2. http://www.state.nj.us/grc
3. http://www.farhillsnj.org/