OPRA - police officer-involved lawsuits 2012-2019
Dear Raritan 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
Hello Mr. Kim,
Our departments are still working to fulfill your remaining four OPRA requests. I provided a response to one of your five OPRA requests earlier today by email.
As you can imagine, having just reopened to employees June 22, gathering all of this information is taking some time, especially considering the timeframes and quantity of information in your requests. Rest assured, we are working diligently.
We will need an extension until Wednesday, July 8, 2020 for this request, in our records as OPRA 2020 DC 006. I apologize for the delay, we are doing the best we can with the short staff we have.
You can reach me at the contact information below.
Best,
Eric
Eric M. Colvin, RMC, QPA, CMR
Municipal Clerk / Assistant Borough Administrator
Borough of Raritan, NJ 08869
[Raritan Borough request email]
908-231-1300 ext. 13
Hello Mr. Kim,
We will need an extension until Friday, July 17 to complete this request.
Thank you.
In response to your recent OPRA request, in our records as OPRA 2020-DC006, the Borough will need an extension of one week, until July 24, to complete this request because the information is still being compiled as we are open half days.
Eric M. Colvin, RMC, QPA, CMR
Municipal Clerk
Borough of Raritan, NJ 08869
[Raritan Borough request email]
908-231-1300 ext. 13
Mr. Kim,
I am awaiting a response from our Borough professionals for this information and will have it to you as soon as I receive it. For now, we will need an extension until July 30.
Mr. Kim, here is the response I received related to your request for police department lawsuits from the time period requested:
"3/9/2015 GCRAR050679 3 GENERAL LIABILITY 9/11/2015 MITTERMAIER CLMT ESTATE ALLEGES THAT OFFICER FAILED TO PROVIDE LIFE SAVING $0.00 CL
12/6/2015 GCRAR052186 3 GENERAL LIABILITY 12/31/2015 JIMINEZ CLAIMANT ALLEGES THAT HE WAS ASSAULTED BY THE POLICE $0.00 CL
12/6/2015 16114720 LEL 2/3/2016 Beth Buchko Excessive Force (Law Enforcement Liability) $0 Closed 7/31/2017
12/6/2015 16114717 LEL 2/3/2016 Johnnie Jimenez Excessive Force (Law Enforcement Liability $0 Closed"