OPRA: police officer-involved lawsuits 2012-2019
Dear Commercial 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
Response to your OPRA request of Wednesday, May 27, 2020 2:05 PM
Mr. Kim;
Commercial Township does not have a municipal police force. We have no police department that we fund by tax payers in Commercial Township. Our law enforcement is provided by State of New Jersey Troopers. The performance of their duties and the services they provide to the residents of Commercial Township are determined by the State. I would suggest that you contact New Jersey Courts, www.njcourts.gov Possibly this website can offer requirements of filing an OPRA with the courts for the information that you want. As Municipal Clerk of Commercial Township I do not have any lawsuits on file that I can provide to you, I do not have any lawsuits filed against any officers of a Commercial Township Police Department. I do not have a police department and to my knowledge Commercial Township never did have a police department.
Hannah Nichols
Township Clerk
Commercial Township
1768 Main Street
Port Norris, NJ 08349