Open Records Request 0352
Open Records Request
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:
Under the Public Records Act, I am formally requesting to receive copies of all police reports and dispatch logs for landlord-tenant disputes between 01/01/2019 to 5/01/2021.
Please provide requested records in Excel format if available.
If up-to-date data is not available, please provide the most recently available information.
Please include a Record Index with your response.
*A record index that identifies each record requested and the specific legal basis for a denial of access (including redactions) to each record.
Thank you,
Jack Smith
The Township of Livingston’s Municipal Clerk's Department has reopened to the public and will respond to your email as soon as possible. However, if submitting an OPRA request or inquiring about a previously submitted OPRA request, please realize that pursuant to P.L. 2020 Ch 10, OPRA deadlines are inapplicable during a State of Emergency and that record custodians ”must make a reasonable effort, as the circumstances permit to respond to a request for a government record within 7 business days or as soon as possible."
Dear Jack Smith,
This comes in response to your OPRA Request for:
"Records requested:
Under the Public Records Act, I am formally requesting to receive copies
of all police reports and dispatch logs for landlord-tenant disputes
between 01/01/2019 to 5/01/2021."
The Police Department has advised that there is no search parameter
for Landlord Tenant Disputes in their CAD System. These are civil matters
and the Police department only gets involved if we have to respond to keep
the peace. Depending on what the Officers find at the scene the incident
could be categorized in several different ways. This would require us to
read each of the reports during that time period to see if it matches the
requested criteria and then create the requested excel document. This
would be considered research and is beyond the scope of the Custodian's
responsibilities under OPRA and the Common Law. If you can identify the
specific police reports you are seeking, they can be individually provided
to you.
Thank you again for your patience in awaiting this reply.
Sincerely,
Renee Resky
Township Clerk's Office
Township of Livingston
357 S Livingston Ave
Livingston, NJ 07039
phone (973) 992-5000 ext 5405
fax (973) 535-7967
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You are welcome!
Sincerely,
Renee Resky
Township Clerk's Office
Township of Livingston
357 S Livingston Ave
Livingston, NJ 07039
phone (973) 992-5000 ext 5405
fax (973) 535-7967
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may contain information which is privileged, confidential and exempt from
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