Kean University Employees
Dear Kean University,
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. Photographs of Officers David Balanta, Christopher Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Brad Dustin, Roberto Cruz, Sergeant Keith Graham, Annie Coll, Lieutenant Darren Simms, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, Detective Sergeant Michael J. Gorman, III, and Bijan Rastegarpanah.
2. All records, reports, documents, emails to and from Bijan Rastegarpanah from March 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 with keywords: Pennsylvania, Obidi Anamdi, state trooper, Darren Simms, Keith Graham, David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, baton, obstruction, arrest, camera, video, assault, disorderly conduct, hindering, racism, bias, harassment, trespass, custody and bigotry.
3. All records regarding Bijan Rasegarpanah's date of hire, official title, position, training records, salary, paryroll record, length of service, date of separation, the reason for separation, letter of recommendation, letter of resignation, amount of pension, type of pension, resume and application for employment.
4. All emails to and from Stephanie Willix from March 1, 2013 to December 2018 with keywords: Bijan Rastegarpanah, Pennsylvania, Obidi Anamdi, state trooper, Darren Simms, Keith Graham, David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, baton, obstruction, arrest, camera, video, assault, disorderly conduct, hindering, racism, bias, harassment, trespass, custody, and bigotry.
5. All emails to and from David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Keith Graham, Adam Shubsda, Darren Simms, Brad Dustin, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, and Adam Shubsda from March 1, 2013 to December 2018 with Keywords: Stephanie Willix, Bijan Rastegarpanah, Pennsylvania, Obidi Anamdi, state trooper, Darren Simms, Keith Graham, David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, baton, obstruction, arrest, camera, video, assault, disorderly conduct, hindering, racism, bias, harassment, trespass, custody, and biogtry.
This request is being made on behalf of a client. I request that all records be forwarded by email. I certify that I have not been convicted of an indictable offense under the laws of the State of New Jersey or any other state, or the federal laws of the United States, and I am not seeking government records containing personal information pertaining to the victim of a crime or the victim's family.
Yours faithfully,
Adrienne
May 29, 2019
Dear Adrienne:
Kean University originally received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on May 20, 2019. As such, the initial seven (7) business day
deadline to respond to your request is Wednesday, May 29, 2019.
Your request sought access to the following government records:
1. Photographs of Officers David Balanta, Christopher Blath, Dylan
Cosgrove, Brad Dustin, Roberto Cruz, Sergeant Keith Graham, Annie Coll,
Lieutenant Darren Simms, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, Detective Sergeant
Michael J. Gorman, III, and Bijan Rastegarpanah.
2. All records, reports, documents, emails to and from Bijan
Rastegarpanah from March 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 with keywords:
Pennsylvania, Obidi Anamdi, state trooper, Darren Simms, Keith Graham,
David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney,
baton, obstruction, arrest, camera, video, assault, disorderly conduct,
hindering, racism, bias, harassment, trespass, custody and bigotry.
3. All records regarding Bijan Rasegarpanah's date of hire, official
title, position, training records, salary, payroll record, length of
service, date of separation, the reason for separation, letter of
recommendation, letter of resignation, amount of pension, type of pension,
resume and application for employment.
4. All emails to and from Stephanie Willix from March 1, 2013 to
December 2018 with keywords: Bijan Rastegarpanah, Pennsylvania, Obidi
Anamdi, state trooper, Darren Simms, Keith Graham, David Balanta, Chris
Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, baton, obstruction,
arrest, camera, video, assault, disorderly conduct, hindering, racism,
bias, harassment, trespass, custody, and bigotry.
5. All emails to and from David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan
Cosgrove, Keith Graham, Adam Shubsda, Darren Simms, Brad Dustin,
Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, and Adam Shubsda from March 1, 2013 to
December 2018 with Keywords: Stephanie Willix, Bijan Rastegarpanah,
Pennsylvania, Obidi Anamdi, state trooper, Darren Simms, Keith Graham,
David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney,
baton, obstruction, arrest, camera, video, assault, disorderly conduct,
hindering, racism, bias, harassment, trespass, custody, and bigotry.
Please be advised that due to the time frame and scope of your request, an
extension of time will be required. During this time, your request will
be reviewed and assessed to determine whether a special service charge
will be required to process your request. OPRA allows public agencies to
impose special service charges whenever the nature, format, manner of
collation, or volume of a government record embodied in the form of
printed matter to be inspected, examined or copied pursuant to this
section is such that the record cannot be reproduced by ordinary document
copying equipment in ordinary business size or when fulfilling a request
requires an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort. See N.J.S.A.
47:1A-5c. OPRA mandates that the requestor shall have the opportunity to
review and accept or reject the charge prior to it being incurred.
Accordingly, the special service charge, should one apply, will be
communicated to you once it has been calculated.
In the interim, your request will be extended until June 19, 2019. OPRA
allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:
IA-Si. Specifically, OPRA states that "the requestor shall be advised by
the custodian when the record can be made available. If the record is not
made available by that time, access shall be deemed denied."
Should you have questions regarding this request, feel free to contact me
or Custodian of Records, Laura Barkley-Haelig, at 908-737-3300.
Heather Brandao
On behalf of Laura Barkley-Haelig
Custodian of Records Kean University
June 19, 2019
Dear Adrienne:
Kean University originally received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on May 20, 2019.
Your request sought access to the following government records:
1. Photographs of Officers David Balanta, Christopher Blath, Dylan
Cosgrove, Brad Dustin, Roberto Cruz, Sergeant Keith Graham, Annie Coll,
Lieutenant Darren Simms, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, Detective Sergeant
Michael J. Gorman, III, and Bijan Rastegarpanah.
2. All records, reports, documents, emails to and from Bijan
Rastegarpanah from March 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 with keywords:
Pennsylvania, Obidi Anamdi, state trooper, Darren Simms, Keith Graham,
David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney,
baton, obstruction, arrest, camera, video, assault, disorderly conduct,
hindering, racism, bias, harassment, trespass, custody and bigotry.
3. All records regarding Bijan Rasegarpanah's date of hire, official
title, position, training records, salary, payroll record, length of
service, date of separation, the reason for separation, letter of
recommendation, letter of resignation, amount of pension, type of pension,
resume and application for employment.
4. All emails to and from Stephanie Willix from March 1, 2013 to
December 2018 with keywords: Bijan Rastegarpanah, Pennsylvania, Obidi
Anamdi, state trooper, Darren Simms, Keith Graham, David Balanta, Chris
Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, baton, obstruction,
arrest, camera, video, assault, disorderly conduct, hindering, racism,
bias, harassment, trespass, custody, and bigotry.
5. All emails to and from David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan
Cosgrove, Keith Graham, Adam Shubsda, Darren Simms, Brad Dustin,
Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, and Adam Shubsda from March 1, 2013 to
December 2018 with Keywords: Stephanie Willix, Bijan Rastegarpanah,
Pennsylvania, Obidi Anamdi, state trooper, Darren Simms, Keith Graham,
David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney,
baton, obstruction, arrest, camera, video, assault, disorderly conduct,
hindering, racism, bias, harassment, trespass, custody, and bigotry.
Please be advised that due to the time frame and scope of your request, an
additional extension of time will be required. During this time, your
request will be reviewed and assessed to determine whether a special
service charge will be required to process your request. OPRA allows
public agencies to impose special service charges whenever the nature,
format, manner of collation, or volume of a government record embodied in
the form of printed matter to be inspected, examined or copied pursuant to
this section is such that the record cannot be reproduced by ordinary
document copying equipment in ordinary business size or when fulfilling a
request requires an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort. See
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5c. OPRA mandates that the requestor shall have the
opportunity to review and accept or reject the charge prior to it being
incurred. Accordingly, the special service charge, should one apply, will
be communicated to you once it has been calculated.
In the interim, your request will be extended until July 25, 2019. OPRA
allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:
IA-Si. Specifically, OPRA states that "the requestor shall be advised by
the custodian when the record can be made available. If the record is not
made available by that time, access shall be deemed denied."
Should you have questions regarding this request, feel free to contact me
or Custodian of Records, Laura Barkley-Haelig, at 908-737-3300.
Heather Brandao
On behalf of Laura Barkley-Haelig
Custodian of Records Kean University
July 25, 2019
Dear Adrienne:
Kean University originally received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on May 20, 2019.
Your request sought access to the following government records:
1. Photographs of Officers David Balanta, Christopher Blath, Dylan
Cosgrove, Brad Dustin, Roberto Cruz, Sergeant Keith Graham, Annie Coll,
Lieutenant Darren Simms, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, Detective Sergeant
Michael J. Gorman, III, and Bijan Rastegarpanah.
2. All records, reports, documents, emails to and from Bijan
Rastegarpanah from March 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 with keywords:
Pennsylvania, Obidi Anamdi, state trooper, Darren Simms, Keith Graham,
David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney,
baton, obstruction, arrest, camera, video, assault, disorderly conduct,
hindering, racism, bias, harassment, trespass, custody and bigotry.
3. All records regarding Bijan Rasegarpanah's date of hire, official
title, position, training records, salary, payroll record, length of
service, date of separation, the reason for separation, letter of
recommendation, letter of resignation, amount of pension, type of pension,
resume and application for employment.
4. All emails to and from Stephanie Willix from March 1, 2013 to
December 2018 with keywords: Bijan Rastegarpanah, Pennsylvania, Obidi
Anamdi, state trooper, Darren Simms, Keith Graham, David Balanta, Chris
Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, baton, obstruction,
arrest, camera, video, assault, disorderly conduct, hindering, racism,
bias, harassment, trespass, custody, and bigotry.
5. All emails to and from David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan
Cosgrove, Keith Graham, Adam Shubsda, Darren Simms, Brad Dustin,
Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, and Adam Shubsda from March 1, 2013 to
December 2018 with Keywords: Stephanie Willix, Bijan Rastegarpanah,
Pennsylvania, Obidi Anamdi, state trooper, Darren Simms, Keith Graham,
David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney,
baton, obstruction, arrest, camera, video, assault, disorderly conduct,
hindering, racism, bias, harassment, trespass, custody, and bigotry.
Please be advised that due to the time frame and scope of your request, an
additional extension of time will be required. During this time, your
request will be reviewed and assessed to determine whether a special
service charge will be required to process your request. OPRA allows
public agencies to impose special service charges whenever the nature,
format, manner of collation, or volume of a government record embodied in
the form of printed matter to be inspected, examined or copied pursuant to
this section is such that the record cannot be reproduced by ordinary
document copying equipment in ordinary business size or when fulfilling a
request requires an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort. See
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5c. OPRA mandates that the requestor shall have the
opportunity to review and accept or reject the charge prior to it being
incurred. Accordingly, the special service charge, should one apply, will
be communicated to you once it has been calculated.
In the interim, your request will be extended until August 19, 2019. OPRA
allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:
IA-Si. Specifically, OPRA states that "the requestor shall be advised by
the custodian when the record can be made available. If the record is not
made available by that time, access shall be deemed denied."
Should you have questions regarding this request, feel free to contact me
or Custodian of Records, Laura Barkley-Haelig, at 908-737-3300.
Sincerely,
Heather Brandao
On behalf of Laura Barkley-Haelig
Custodian of Records Kean University
August 19, 2019
Dear Adrienne:
Kean University originally received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on May 20, 2019.
Your request sought access to the following government records:
1. Photographs of Officers David Balanta, Christopher Blath, Dylan
Cosgrove, Brad Dustin, Roberto Cruz, Sergeant Keith Graham, Annie Coll,
Lieutenant Darren Simms, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, Detective Sergeant
Michael J. Gorman, III, and Bijan Rastegarpanah.
2. All records, reports, documents, emails to and from Bijan
Rastegarpanah from March 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 with keywords:
Pennsylvania, Obidi Anamdi, state trooper, Darren Simms, Keith Graham,
David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney,
baton, obstruction, arrest, camera, video, assault, disorderly conduct,
hindering, racism, bias, harassment, trespass, custody and bigotry.
3. All records regarding Bijan Rasegarpanah's date of hire, official
title, position, training records, salary, payroll record, length of
service, date of separation, the reason for separation, letter of
recommendation, letter of resignation, amount of pension, type of pension,
resume and application for employment.
4. All emails to and from Stephanie Willix from March 1, 2013 to
December 2018 with keywords: Bijan Rastegarpanah, Pennsylvania, Obidi
Anamdi, state trooper, Darren Simms, Keith Graham, David Balanta, Chris
Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, baton, obstruction,
arrest, camera, video, assault, disorderly conduct, hindering, racism,
bias, harassment, trespass, custody, and bigotry.
5. All emails to and from David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan
Cosgrove, Keith Graham, Adam Shubsda, Darren Simms, Brad Dustin,
Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, and Adam Shubsda from March 1, 2013 to
December 2018 with Keywords: Stephanie Willix, Bijan Rastegarpanah,
Pennsylvania, Obidi Anamdi, state trooper, Darren Simms, Keith Graham,
David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney,
baton, obstruction, arrest, camera, video, assault, disorderly conduct,
hindering, racism, bias, harassment, trespass, custody, and bigotry.
Please be advised that due to the time frame and scope of your request, an
additional extension of time will be required. During this time, your
request will be reviewed and assessed to determine whether a special
service charge will be required to process your request. OPRA allows
public agencies to impose special service charges whenever the nature,
format, manner of collation, or volume of a government record embodied in
the form of printed matter to be inspected, examined or copied pursuant to
this section is such that the record cannot be reproduced by ordinary
document copying equipment in ordinary business size or when fulfilling a
request requires an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort. See
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5c. OPRA mandates that the requestor shall have the
opportunity to review and accept or reject the charge prior to it being
incurred. Accordingly, the special service charge, should one apply, will
be communicated to you once it has been calculated.
In the interim, your request will be extended until September 16, 2019.
OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:
IA-Si. Specifically, OPRA states that "the requestor shall be advised by
the custodian when the record can be made available. If the record is not
made available by that time, access shall be deemed denied."
Should you have questions regarding this request, feel free to contact me
at 908-737-3300.
Sincerely,
Laura Barkley-Haelig
Custodian of Records
Kean University
Laura Barkley-Haelig
Office of Human Resources
Kean University | 1000 Morris Avenue | Union, NJ 07083
Phone: (908) 737-3303 | Fax: (908) 737-3305 | Email: [1][Kean University request email]
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September 16, 2019
Dear Adrienne:
Kean University originally received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on May 20, 2019.
Your request sought access to the following government records:
1. Photographs of Officers David Balanta, Christopher Blath, Dylan
Cosgrove, Brad Dustin, Roberto Cruz, Sergeant Keith Graham, Annie Coll,
Lieutenant Darren Simms, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, Detective Sergeant
Michael J. Gorman, III, and Bijan Rastegarpanah.
2. All records, reports, documents, emails to and from Bijan
Rastegarpanah from March 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 with keywords:
Pennsylvania, Obidi Anamdi, state trooper, Darren Simms, Keith Graham,
David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney,
baton, obstruction, arrest, camera, video, assault, disorderly conduct,
hindering, racism, bias, harassment, trespass, custody and bigotry.
3. All records regarding Bijan Rasegarpanah's date of hire, official
title, position, training records, salary, payroll record, length of
service, date of separation, the reason for separation, letter of
recommendation, letter of resignation, amount of pension, type of pension,
resume and application for employment.
4. All emails to and from Stephanie Willix from March 1, 2013 to
December 2018 with keywords: Bijan Rastegarpanah, Pennsylvania, Obidi
Anamdi, state trooper, Darren Simms, Keith Graham, David Balanta, Chris
Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, baton, obstruction,
arrest, camera, video, assault, disorderly conduct, hindering, racism,
bias, harassment, trespass, custody, and bigotry.
5. All emails to and from David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan
Cosgrove, Keith Graham, Adam Shubsda, Darren Simms, Brad Dustin,
Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, and Adam Shubsda from March 1, 2013 to
December 2018 with Keywords: Stephanie Willix, Bijan Rastegarpanah,
Pennsylvania, Obidi Anamdi, state trooper, Darren Simms, Keith Graham,
David Balanta, Chris Blath, Dylan Cosgrove, Lieutenant Vincent Kearney,
baton, obstruction, arrest, camera, video, assault, disorderly conduct,
hindering, racism, bias, harassment, trespass, custody, and bigotry.
In response to Item 3, please be advised that Bijan Rastegarpanah was
hired on May 23, 2011 in the title of Public Safety Telecommunicator. His
most recent salary was $43,698.22. Mr. Rastegarpanah voluntarily
separated from the University on July 31, 2013. Please note that training
records, letters of recommendation, letters of resignation and employment
applications are exempt from disclosure pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-10 and
the requested post-employment retiree/pension data resides with the State
of New Jersey.
Due to the time span and breadth of records sought in the remainder your
request, additional time will be required to appropriately process Items
1, 2, 4 & 5. Additionally, a special service charge will also be
required. Accordingly, at this time, we seek confirmation that you still
wish to pursue this request. Please respond in writing by September 30,
2019 to either amend your request, narrowing the scope, or to confirm that
you would like us to assess the special service fee for the request as
currently stated. Upon receipt of confirmation from you, the special
service fee will be calculated and assessed. Please note that if we do
not hear from you by that date we will close out our file.
In the interim, should you have questions regarding this request, feel
free to contact me or Custodian of Records, Laura Barkley-Haelig, at
908-737-3300.
Sincerely,
Meaghan Lenahan
On behalf of Laura Barkley-Haelig
Kean University Custodian of Records