We don't know whether the most recent response to this request contains information or not – if you are Ciaran Johnson please sign in and let everyone know.

Morris Plains Police Department Records Request

Ciaran Johnson made this OPRA request to Morris Plains Borough Automatic anti-spam measures are in place for this older request. Please let us know if a further response is expected or if you are having trouble responding.

We're waiting for Ciaran Johnson to read a recent response and update the status.

Ciaran Johnson
Unknown

Dear Morris Plains Borough,

Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-6(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.

I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.

I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.

I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.

Records requested:
Incident/arrest reports including officer narrative that have been coded as resisting arrest from 05/16/2024 to 05/29/2024.

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.

Yours faithfully,

Ciaran Johnson

Link to this Report
Denman, Rosanne, Morris Plains Borough

PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED RESPONSE OF THE BOROUGH CLERK OF THE BOROUGH OF MORRIS PLAINS, DATED May 29, 2025, WHICH IS ANNEXED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN.

Ms. Johnson,

Your request seeks information that is overly broad and requires clarifications as it does not identify specific government records. As such, your request is an invalid OPRA request and is denied. When a request is “complex” because it fails to specifically identify the documents sought, then that request is not “encompassed” by OPRA. See New Jersey Builders Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J. Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007). A proper request under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement simply by requesting all of an agency’s documents. See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J. Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005). Custodians are not required to conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA request.

Rosanne Denman, RMC, CMR
Borough Clerk
973-538-2224
Morris Plains Borough
531 Speedwell Ave

show quoted sections

Link to this Report
We don't know whether the most recent response to this request contains information or not – if you are Ciaran Johnson please sign in and let everyone know.