Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County: Promoting compliance with Internal Affairs Reporting.
Please accept this as my request for government records under both OPRA and the common law right of access. Thank you very much for your commitment to transparent government.
BACKGROUND:
At the outset, please be advised that this request is based on my belief that certain mandatory reports are missing from the Lower Alloways Creek Police Department's website at https://www.lowerallowayscreek-nj.gov/po... or are otherwise deficient. If the records that I claim to be missing are present on a different website or webpage (perhaps the police department recently changed its website or perhaps the reports are in a place that I didn't check), please inform me of the URL where the "missing" files reside and consider this OPRA request withdrawn.
By way of background, Internal Affairs Policy & Procedures (IAPP) Section 9.11.1 requires the Lower Alloways Creek Police Department to file with the Salem County Prosecutor and to publish on its webpage annual "report[s] summarizing the types of complaints received and the dispositions of those complaints" which reports "should be statistical in nature." Even though the IAPP has been amended from time to time, the Department has been under a duty to publish these reports on its webpage since at least 2020. Notably, beginning in 2022, the summary reports are required to be in the form of the Annual Internal Affairs Summary attached to Appendix K. Prior to 2022, the use of Appendix K was optional.
Also, by way of background, IAPP Section 9.11.2 requires the Lower Alloways Creek Police Department, on or prior to January 31st, to file and publish on its website annual reports collecting instances of "major discipline" imposed during the previous year. Again, although the IAPP has gone through a few amendments, it has been a duty of the Lower Alloways Creek Police Department to publish those major discipline reports on-line, in one form or another, and to file them with the Salem County Prosecutor since at least 2020. Notably, the reports, beginning with the 2022 report, "shall follow the format provided in Appendix L."
I visited the above noted webpage today to read the Department's Internal Affairs reports that are required to be on the webpage by IAPP Section 9.11.1 and 9.11.2. However, the reports that I am requesting below are missing or otherwise deficient. I believe that the Lower Alloways Creek Police Department is in violation of IAPP Section 9.11.1 and 9.11.2 for not having proper versions of these reports on the site.
The object of this request is not to obtain the following records for myself. Rather, it is to gently urge the Lower Alloways Creek Police Department to upload the missing or deficient reports to its website to bring it into compliance with the IAPP and to ensure that these important reports are available to the public. THUS, THE LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK POLICE DEPARTMENT MAY SATISFY THIS REQUEST BY UPLOADING THE REQUESTED REPORTS TO ITS WEBPAGE OR WEBSITE AND NOTIFYING ME, IN RESPONSE TO THIS OPRA REQUEST, THAT IT HAS DONE SO. If the Lower Alloways Creek Police Department, for whatever reason, is not inclined to upload the reports identified below, please provide them to me in response to this request.
RECORDS REQUESTED:
2022 IA Summary Report (Note that the 2022 IA Summary Report, while present on your department's website, is not in the form of "Annual Internal Affairs Summary attached to Appendix K" as required by IAPP Section 9.11.1.) Please provide the required form of this report or upload it to your website.
--end of request
Hello,
Your concern has been addressed and updated on our website.
Thank you,
Sergeant First Class Michael DeParre
Lower Alloways Creek Police Department
501 Locust Island Road/ P.O. Box 142
Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
856-935-4177 / Fax- 856-935-8127
[1][email address]
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From: LAC Clerk <[Lower Alloways Creek Township request email]>
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To: Richard Venable <[email address]>; Michael DeParre
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Subject: [EXTERNAL]Fw: OPRA request - Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem
County: Promoting compliance with Internal Affairs Reporting.
see the below and attached OPRA request.
Ronald L Campbell Sr
LAC Clerk
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From: John Paff <[3][OPRA #42016 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 1:15 PM
To: LAC Clerk <[4][Lower Alloways Creek Township request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County:
Promoting compliance with Internal Affairs Reporting.
Please accept this as my request for government records under both OPRA
and the common law right of access. Thank you very much for your
commitment to transparent government.
BACKGROUND:
At the outset, please be advised that this request is based on my belief
that certain mandatory reports are missing from the Lower Alloways Creek
Police Department's website at
[5]https://www.lowerallowayscreek-nj.gov/po...
or are otherwise deficient. If the records that I claim to be missing are
present on a different website or webpage (perhaps the police department
recently changed its website or perhaps the reports are in a place that I
didn't check), please inform me of the URL where the "missing" files
reside and consider this OPRA request withdrawn.
By way of background, Internal Affairs Policy & Procedures (IAPP) Section
9.11.1 requires the Lower Alloways Creek Police Department to file with
the Salem County Prosecutor and to publish on its webpage annual
"report[s] summarizing the types of complaints received and the
dispositions of those complaints" which reports "should be statistical in
nature." Even though the IAPP has been amended from time to time, the
Department has been under a duty to publish these reports on its webpage
since at least 2020. Notably, beginning in 2022, the summary reports are
required to be in the form of the Annual Internal Affairs Summary attached
to Appendix K. Prior to 2022, the use of Appendix K was optional.
Also, by way of background, IAPP Section 9.11.2 requires the Lower
Alloways Creek Police Department, on or prior to January 31st, to file and
publish on its website annual reports collecting instances of "major
discipline" imposed during the previous year. Again, although the IAPP has
gone through a few amendments, it has been a duty of the Lower Alloways
Creek Police Department to publish those major discipline reports on-line,
in one form or another, and to file them with the Salem County Prosecutor
since at least 2020. Notably, the reports, beginning with the 2022 report,
"shall follow the format provided in Appendix L."
I visited the above noted webpage today to read the Department's Internal
Affairs reports that are required to be on the webpage by IAPP Section
9.11.1 and 9.11.2. However, the reports that I am requesting below are
missing or otherwise deficient. I believe that the Lower Alloways Creek
Police Department is in violation of IAPP Section 9.11.1 and 9.11.2 for
not having proper versions of these reports on the site.
The object of this request is not to obtain the following records for
myself. Rather, it is to gently urge the Lower Alloways Creek Police
Department to upload the missing or deficient reports to its website to
bring it into compliance with the IAPP and to ensure that these important
reports are available to the public. THUS, THE LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK
POLICE DEPARTMENT MAY SATISFY THIS REQUEST BY UPLOADING THE REQUESTED
REPORTS TO ITS WEBPAGE OR WEBSITE AND NOTIFYING ME, IN RESPONSE TO THIS
OPRA REQUEST, THAT IT HAS DONE SO. If the Lower Alloways Creek Police
Department, for whatever reason, is not inclined to upload the reports
identified below, please provide them to me in response to this request.
RECORDS REQUESTED:
2022 IA Summary Report (Note that the 2022 IA Summary Report, while
present on your department's website, is not in the form of "Annual
Internal Affairs Summary attached to Appendix K" as required by IAPP
Section 9.11.1.) Please provide the required form of this report or
upload it to your website.
--end of request
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Sergeant DeParre and Mr. Campbell:
Sorry to be troublesome, but the report that's now on-line covers just the 4th Quarter of 2022. Can you post the one that covers the entire year of 2022?
Thank you.
John Paff
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Mr. Paff,
It is my understanding that the Police Department has now placed all the
necessary reports on their website
Ronald L Campbell Sr
LAC Clerk
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From: John Paff <[OPRA #42016 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 1:15 PM
To: LAC Clerk <[Lower Alloways Creek Township request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County:
Promoting compliance with Internal Affairs Reporting.
Please accept this as my request for government records under both OPRA
and the common law right of access. Thank you very much for your
commitment to transparent government.
BACKGROUND:
At the outset, please be advised that this request is based on my belief
that certain mandatory reports are missing from the Lower Alloways Creek
Police Department's website at
[1]https://www.lowerallowayscreek-nj.gov/po...
or are otherwise deficient. If the records that I claim to be missing are
present on a different website or webpage (perhaps the police department
recently changed its website or perhaps the reports are in a place that I
didn't check), please inform me of the URL where the "missing" files
reside and consider this OPRA request withdrawn.
By way of background, Internal Affairs Policy & Procedures (IAPP) Section
9.11.1 requires the Lower Alloways Creek Police Department to file with
the Salem County Prosecutor and to publish on its webpage annual
"report[s] summarizing the types of complaints received and the
dispositions of those complaints" which reports "should be statistical in
nature." Even though the IAPP has been amended from time to time, the
Department has been under a duty to publish these reports on its webpage
since at least 2020. Notably, beginning in 2022, the summary reports are
required to be in the form of the Annual Internal Affairs Summary attached
to Appendix K. Prior to 2022, the use of Appendix K was optional.
Also, by way of background, IAPP Section 9.11.2 requires the Lower
Alloways Creek Police Department, on or prior to January 31st, to file and
publish on its website annual reports collecting instances of "major
discipline" imposed during the previous year. Again, although the IAPP has
gone through a few amendments, it has been a duty of the Lower Alloways
Creek Police Department to publish those major discipline reports on-line,
in one form or another, and to file them with the Salem County Prosecutor
since at least 2020. Notably, the reports, beginning with the 2022 report,
"shall follow the format provided in Appendix L."
I visited the above noted webpage today to read the Department's Internal
Affairs reports that are required to be on the webpage by IAPP Section
9.11.1 and 9.11.2. However, the reports that I am requesting below are
missing or otherwise deficient. I believe that the Lower Alloways Creek
Police Department is in violation of IAPP Section 9.11.1 and 9.11.2 for
not having proper versions of these reports on the site.
The object of this request is not to obtain the following records for
myself. Rather, it is to gently urge the Lower Alloways Creek Police
Department to upload the missing or deficient reports to its website to
bring it into compliance with the IAPP and to ensure that these important
reports are available to the public. THUS, THE LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK
POLICE DEPARTMENT MAY SATISFY THIS REQUEST BY UPLOADING THE REQUESTED
REPORTS TO ITS WEBPAGE OR WEBSITE AND NOTIFYING ME, IN RESPONSE TO THIS
OPRA REQUEST, THAT IT HAS DONE SO. If the Lower Alloways Creek Police
Department, for whatever reason, is not inclined to upload the reports
identified below, please provide them to me in response to this request.
RECORDS REQUESTED:
2022 IA Summary Report (Note that the 2022 IA Summary Report, while
present on your department's website, is not in the form of "Annual
Internal Affairs Summary attached to Appendix K" as required by IAPP
Section 9.11.1.) Please provide the required form of this report or
upload it to your website.
--end of request
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Dear LAC Clerk,
I just checked the link below and it still shows just the 4th Quarter IA Summary not the one for the entire year. Could you please upload the correct file?
https://www.lowerallowayscreek-nj.gov/si...
Yours sincerely,
John Paff
Good morning Mr. Paff,
You’ll just have to use the tabs at the bottom of the page for the Annual
Report. I uploaded the entire Appendix K which may exceed what is
required.
Thank you,
Sergeant First Class Michael DeParre
Lower Alloways Creek Police Department
501 Locust Island Road/ P.O. Box 142
Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
856-935-4177 / Fax- 856-935-8127
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see message from Mr. Paff.
Ronald L Campbell Sr
LAC Clerk
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From: John Paff <[3][OPRA #42016 email]>
Sent: Friday, May 5, 2023 3:24 PM
To: LAC Clerk <[4][Lower Alloways Creek Township request email]>
Subject: Re: OPRA request - Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County:
Promoting compliance with Internal Affairs Reporting.
Dear LAC Clerk,
I just checked the link below and it still shows just the 4th Quarter IA
Summary not the one for the entire year. Could you please upload the
correct file?
[5]https://www.lowerallowayscreek-nj.gov/si...
Yours sincerely,
John Paff