Invoice of Body Camera Purchase in the Police Department
Dear Bloomfield Township,
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
The Township of Bloomfield received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
Request on August 31, 2023. An extension was granted until September 21,
2023. This response to your request is being provided to you on September
20, 2023.
The following is being provided by the Township responsive to your
request:
· From the Township’s Police Department: See Attached.
** Security measures and surveillance techniques will not be released in
accordance with the OPRA statute N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 et seq.
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of New Jersey, or file a complaint with the Government Records Council
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