OPRA: police officer-involved lawsuits 2012-2019
Dear Upper Township,
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:
1. A list of all lawsuits and cases in which any officer of the police department was involved between 2012 and 2019. For each lawsuit/case, please provide the date (month and year) of the alleged incident at issue, whether the alleged incident was excessive force, settlement amount (if any), and final compensation amount ruled (if any).
2. Please provide copies of the complaint in any lawsuits and cases described above.
Yours faithfully,
UC Research
RECEIVED
Barbara L. Young, RMC/CMR
[1][Upper Township request email]
Municpal Clerk/Registrar
Township of Upper
P.O. Box 205
2100 Tuckahoe Road
Tuckahoe, NJ 08250
Good afternoon:
This email is in reply to your request #051-2020 received in my office on
May 27, 2020 for information in that you ask for the following:
“Records requested:
1. A list of all lawsuits and cases in which any officer of the police
department was involved between 2012 and 2019. For each lawsuit/case,
please provide the date (month and year) of the alleged incident at issue,
whether the alleged incident was excessive force, settlement amount (if
any), and final compensation amount ruled (if any).
2. Please provide copies of the complaint in any lawsuits and cases
described above”.
In response to your above request for records, please be advised that
Upper Township does not have a municipal police department. Police
coverage for Upper Township is provided by the New Jersey State Police.
Upper Township is not the custodian of the requested records and does not
possess them.
I do however have the contact information for the NJ State Police Division
Headquarters which I have provided below:
New Jersey State Police
Per my conversation with the Station Commander at the New Jersey State
Police Woodbine Barracks, OPRA requests have to go through the Division HQ
in West Trenton.
The telephone number is 609-882-2000.
That is the main line in, they will have all the procedures to follow
regarding this request.
Should you have questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to call my
office.
Thank you,
Barbara
Barbara L. Young, RMC/CMR
Municipal Clerk/Registrar
Township of Upper
2100 Tuckahoe Rd
P.O. Box 205
Tuckahoe, NJ 08250
(609) 628-2011 ext. 280 (ph)
(609) 628-1836 (f)