OPRA - police officer-involved lawsuits 2012-2019
Dear South River 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
The Borough received the below request. While it doesn't maintain such a list and is not obligated to create a record in response to an OPRA request, for the sake of transparency, we ask our insurance carrier to compile the following relevant information:
2 Police Professional Claims for South River for 2012 to 2019.
James & Tricia Surina 3/24/2016, Illegal Entry, Failure to Investigate. File Closed No Suit Filed
Christopher Clark; 5/6/2019, Illegal Stop and Arrest, File Open, No Suit Filed Yet.
This complete this request. Should you require any additional information please submit a new request.
Bill Bray, RMC
Borough Clerk
Borough of South River
48 Washington Street
South River, NJ 08882
(732) 257-1999, ext. 525
Fax (732) 613-6105
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From: Taeho Kim <[OPRA #12920 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 10:18 PM
To: Bill Bray <[email address]>
Subject: OPRA request - OPRA - police officer-involved lawsuits 2012-2019
Dear South River 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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