OPRA - police officer-involved lawsuits 2012-2019
Dear South Plainfield 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
Dear Taeho Kim and/or UC Research,
We received your request for the below mentioned open public records on Thursday May 28, 2020. As such the response to your request is being provided to you on the 4th business day of said request received by my office. The Borough of South Plainfield is obligated to provide records that exist, but it is not required to prepare and create new records that do not exist. Please be advised that as it applies to both items #1 and #2 shown below as per your request the Borough does not have any lists or complaint records that are responsive to your request. Therefore no such record(s) exists in our municipality.
Amy L. Antonides, RMC/CMC/CMR
Borough of South Plainfield
2480 Plainfield Avenue
South Plainfield, NJ 07080
Tel: 908-226-7606
(You have the right to challenge the decision by the Borough of South Plainfield and at your option you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government Records Council by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. You may contact the Government Records Council at 866-850-0511. All questions regarding complaints filed in Superior Court should be directed to the Middlesex County Court Clerk.)
Dear Taeho Kim and/or UC Research,
We received your request for the below mentioned open public records on
Thursday May 28, 2020. As such the response to your request is being
provided to you on the 4th business day of said request received by my
office. The Borough of South Plainfield is obligated to provide records
that exist, but it is not required to prepare and create new records that
do not exist. Please be advised that as it applies to both items #1 and #2
shown below as per your request the Borough does not have any lists or
complaint records that are responsive to your request. Therefore no such
record(s) exists in our municipality.
Amy L. Antonides, RMC/CMC/CMR
Borough of South Plainfield
2480 Plainfield Avenue
South Plainfield, NJ 07080
Tel: 908-226-7606
(You have the right to challenge the decision by the Borough of South
Plainfield and at your option you may either institute a proceeding in the
Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government
Records Council by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. You
may contact the Government Records Council at 866-850-0511. All questions
regarding complaints filed in Superior Court should be directed to the
Middlesex County Court Clerk.)