OPRA - police officer-involved lawsuits 2012-2019

Taeho Kim made this OPRA request to Hawthorne Borough as part of a batch sent to 312 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

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Taeho Kim
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Dear Hawthorne Borough,

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 in above.

Yours faithfully,

UC Research

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