On 8/31/2023 you submitted an OPRA request to Montville Township. The statutory deadline for response is 9/12/2023. This response is being sent to you on the 4^th day after receipt.

The Township provides responsive records to your request item as follows:

Items 1, 3 and 4 (total number of body cameras currently deployed in the police department; year and month of initial deployment of body cameras to police officers; and dates of initial body camera assignment for each officer currently employed) are invalid under OPRA since they ask a question or seek information rather than identifiable records. (New Jersey Builders Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J.Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007).

However, in an effort to respond to your request, the Township is providing the attached documents from which you should be able to determine the information you are seeking.

Item 2 - All invoices of body camera purchases (if body cameras were purchased) – attached

This concludes your request. Kindly acknowledge receipt.

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 [insert name of agency] 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.

Margaret Shepard, RMC

Deputy Municipal Clerk

Montville Township

195 Changebridge Road

Montville, NJ 07045

973-331-3345

973-402-0787 (fax)

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