OPRA and Common Law
Dear Chatham Borough,
Pursuant to OPRA and right under the common law, we are seeking access to and a copy of:
(A) Complaint-Summons (CDR-1) from January 1, 2022 to January 31, 2022.
Very Respectfully,
Rise Against Hate, a 501(C)(3) Public Charity
Good morning,
We are in receipt of your request, however, it is very vague. Could you please rephrase your request to be more specific?
Thank you.
Anthony Farfalla
Assistant to the Clerk
p: 973-635-0674, ext. 210
e: [email address]
Chatham Borough Clerk’s Office
54 Fairmount Avenue
Chatham, NJ 07928
Dear Anthony Farfalla,
Police officers file records in their official duties called: (A) Complaint-Summons (CDR-1), we are seeking them from January 1, 2022 to January 31, 2022.
Yours sincerely,
Rise Against Hate
Good afternoon,
This is in response to your OPRA and Common Law request for Complaint Summonses written from January 1 - January 31, 2022. Chatham Borough Police Department wrote one complaint summons in the time frame you requested but that record is denied to you under N.J.S.A 2C:25-33. If you wish to pursue this record under common law, you must justify the reason it will be beneficial for you to have that record over the protection of the victim so that we may perform a balancing test for that record.
I consider this request closed and complete at this time. Please contact me directly for police records.
Kind Regards,
Kellie A. McGuire
Chatham Borough Police Department
Admin Assnt. / Records Custodian
54 Fairmount Avenue
Chatham, NJ 07928
(973) 701-6821
[email address]