OPRA - police officer-involved lawsuits 2012-2019
Dear Seaside Park 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
Good Afternoon,
Please be advised your request has been referred to an outside agency who
may have the information necessary. Your request requires additional time
beyond the seven (7) business days to fulfill, until June 19,
2020. Please be advised OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time
according to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i. I am working diligently to fulfill your
request. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to
contact me.
Thank you, Sandy Martin
Seaside Park Clerk's Office
1701 N. Ocean Avenue
Seaside Park, NJ 08752
(732) 793-3700 ext. 106
Good Afternoon,
As previously indicated your request has been referred to an outside
agency. The agency has informed that due to the expansiveness of the
requests and the need to locate records that may be in storage, additional
time will be required to retrieve all of the documents. Your request will
require additional time to fulfill until July 10, 2020. I appreciate your
patience. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to
contact me. Thank you, Sandy Martin
Seaside Park Clerk's Office
1701 N. Ocean Avenue
Seaside Park, NJ 08752
(732) 793-3700 ext. 106
On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 3:12 PM Clerk's Office <[1][email address]>
wrote:
Good Afternoon,
Please be advised your request has been referred to an outside agency
who may have the information necessary. Your
request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days to
fulfill, until June 19, 2020. Please be advised OPRA allows custodians
to seek extensions of time according to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i. I
am working diligently to fulfill your request. If you have any
questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you, Sandy Martin
Seaside Park Clerk's Office
1701 N. Ocean Avenue
Seaside Park, NJ 08752
(732) 793-3700 ext. 106
[1][IMG][2] OPRA-PD_20200706092233.pdf
Good Afternoon,
Attached please find your request made for A list of all lawsuits and
cases for the police department involved between 2012 and 2019 and copies
of the complaints. Please be advised confidential personal identifiers
have been redacted: N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Please feel free to contact me
should you have any additional requests. Thank you, Sandy Martin
Seaside Park Clerk's Office
1701 N. Ocean Avenue
Seaside Park, NJ 08752
(732) 793-3700 ext. 106