OPRA - police officer-involved lawsuits 2012-2019
Dear Wildwood Crest 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
At this time, your request requires an additional thirty (30) days beyond
the seven (7) business days to review, and if appropriate, provide the
documents to fulfill your request. As you know, OPRA allows custodians to
seek extensions of the time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(i). In addition,
the statute has recently been amended to provide that the normal deadlines
shall not apply, provided however, that the custodian of a governmental
record shall make a reasonable effort, as the circumstances permit, to
respond to a request for access to a governmental record within seven (7)
business days or as soon as possible thereafter. Be advised that we are
making a reasonable effort, as the circumstances permit, to review and
respond to your request, which includes an extension of time as needed.
Kindly acknowledge receipt of this email.
Regards,
Patricia A. Feketics, RMC, CMR
Municipal Clerk
Borough of Wildwood Crest
6101 Pacific Avenue
Wildwood Crest, NJ 08260
Office: (609) 522-5176 x 110 or (609) 729-8040
Facsimile: (609) 522-7108
Email: [1][email address]
Website: [2]www.wildwoodcrest.org
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Good morning:
The first part of your request is for a list of all lawsuits and cases…
etc. The Borough does not maintain a list; therefore, there is no
responsive record.
The second part of the request:
We have located one (1) litigated file which is responsive to the OPRA
request:
1) Lindholm-date of loss: 7/23/15-Complaint attached.
Settlement-$75,000 - See attached complaint.
I trust this satisfies your OPRA request in entirety. Please be kind
enough to respond that you are in receipt of the attached.
Regards,
Patricia A. Feketics, RMC, CMR
Municipal Clerk
Borough of Wildwood Crest
6101 Pacific Avenue
Wildwood Crest, NJ 08260
Office: (609) 522-5176 x 110 or (609) 729-8040
Facsimile: (609) 522-7108
Email: [1][email address]
Website: [2]www.wildwoodcrest.org
E-MAIL CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this e-mail message and any
attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain
confidential and/or legally privileged information. If you are not the
intended recipient of this message or if this message has been addressed
to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and
then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended
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