PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED RESPONSE OF THE BOROUGH CLERK OF THE BOROUGH OF
MORRIS PLAINS, DATED May 23, 2023, WHICH IS ANNEXED HERETO AND
INCORPORATED HEREIN.

Here is the link for the Morris Plains Police Department website which
shows the identified reports which are accessible through the link.

[1]https://morrisplainspolice.org/internal-...

In addition I have also provided you with those reports.

2020 IA Summary Report

2021 IA Summary Report

2022 IA Summary Report

2020 Major Discipline Report

2021 Major Discipline Report

If you have any questions feel free to reach out at a time of your
convenience.

Rosanne Denman, RMC, CMR

Borough Clerk

973-538-2224

Morris Plains Borough

531 Speedwell Ave

-----Original Message-----
From: John Paff
[mailto:[OPRA #44291 email]]
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2023 3:17 PM
To: Denman, Rosanne <[Morris Plains Borough request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Morris Plains Borough, Morris 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:

Please note that I am making this request based on my belief that certain
mandatory reports are either missing or inadequate on the Morris Plains
Police Department's website at
[2]https://morrisplainspolice.org/internal-... or may be located
elsewhere on a different webpage or website. If the records I am referring
to are indeed available elsewhere, or if the police department has
recently updated its website and the reports can be found in a place I
haven't checked, kindly inform me of the URL where the "missing" files can
be accessed. In such a case, please consider this OPRA (Open Public
Records Act) request withdrawn.

To provide some context, according to Internal Affairs Policy & Procedures
(IAPP) Section 9.11.1, the Morris Plains Police Department is required to
file annual reports with the Morris County Prosecutor and publish them on
its webpage. These reports should summarize the types of complaints
received and their dispositions in a statistical format. The department
has been obligated to publish these reports on its webpage since at least
2020, even though the IAPP has undergone amendments. Notably, as of 2022,
the summary reports must adhere to the format specified in the Annual
Internal Affairs Summary provided in Appendix K. Prior to 2022, the use of
Appendix K was optional.

Furthermore, as background information, IAPP Section 9.11.2 states that
the Morris Plains Police Department must file and publish annual reports
on its website by January 31st, documenting instances of "major
discipline" imposed during the previous year. Similar to the previous
requirement, the department has been responsible for publishing these
major discipline reports online in some form and submitting them to the
Morris County Prosecutor since at least 2020. Starting with the 2022
report, these reports are required to follow the format outlined in
Appendix L.

Today, I visited the aforementioned webpage to access the Department's
Internal Affairs reports, which are mandated to be available on the
webpage according to IAPP Section 9.11.1 and 9.11.2. However, I discovered
that the reports I am requesting below are either missing or inadequate.
It is my belief that the Morris Plains Police Department is in violation
of IAPP Section 9.11.1 and 9.11.2 for not having appropriate versions of
these reports on its website.  (Inadequacies are noted in the comments.)

I want to clarify that the purpose of this request is not to obtain the
following records for myself. Instead, it is intended to kindly prompt the
Morris Plains Police Department to upload the missing or inadequate
reports to its website, thereby ensuring compliance with the IAPP and
making these important reports accessible to the public. THEREFORE, THE
Morris Plains POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN FULFILL 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, for any reason, the Morris
Plains Police Department is unwilling to upload the identified reports,
please provide them to me in response to this request.

RECORDS REQUESTED:

2020 IA Summary Report

2021 IA Summary Report

2022 IA Summary Report

2020 Major Discipline Report

2021 Major Discipline Report

COMMENTS: 2022 IA Summary not in the form of Appendix K.

--end of request

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