Invoice of Body Camera Purchase in the Police Department
Dear Bordentown 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
We are in receipt of your OPRA Request (see below).
#3 -- Please advise the time period requested for the purchases.
Thank you,
Cindy Dziura, RMC/CMR
Deputy Clerk/Registrar/Alt. Planning Bd. Secretary
1 Municipal Drive
Bordentown, NJ 08505
609-298-2800 x2104
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RE: OPRA Request received on August 31, 2023; fulfilled on September 11, 2023.
TO: T. Kim
In regard to your recent OPRA request (see below):
1) As of August 30, 2023 the Bordentown Township Police Department has fifty body worn cameras available for deployment.
2) The first date on which body worn cameras were deployed by the Bordentown Township Police Department is December 2017.
3) See attached.
4) Bordentown Township Police Officers have been required to wear body worn cameras while on duty since the initial deployment of body worn cameras in December 2017. Police Officers hired subsequent to December 2017 are also required to wear a body worn cameras while on duty. Officers are required to wear a department owned body worn camera while on duty, however the department does not assign officers to a specific device.
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Cindy Dziura, RMC/CMR
Deputy Clerk/Registrar/Alt. Planning Bd. Secretary
1 Municipal Drive
Bordentown, NJ 08505
609-298-2800 x2104
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