OPRA: police officer-involved lawsuits 2012-2019
Dear Freehold Township,
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 above.
Yours faithfully,
UC Research
Good morning:
In response to your OPRA request, attached is the claim report provided by
the Township’s insurance carrier related to matters that involve the
Police Department. Please be advised that as to your request for copies
of the complaint in any responsive lawsuits, the Township hereby requests
an extension of time to respond until June 30, 2020. Copies of such
complaints are maintained by the Township’s Insurance Carrier, Monmouth
JIF- Qual-Lynx. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic Qual-Lynx is working on
staggered schedule, and they are short-staffed. In addition Qual-Lynx
represents multiple municipalities which throughout the State that have
received the same OPRA; due to the expansiveness of the requests and the
need to locate records that may be in storage, Qual-Lynx requires
additional time to retrieve all potentially responsive documents.
Thank you,
Sanabel Abouzeina, RMC, CMR, CTC
Township Municipal Clerk
Township of Freehold
732-294-2011
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Dear Mr. Kim,
In response to your above referenced OPRA request, The JIF has advised that after searching their files, the claim administrator has determined that there are no records responsive to this OPRA request.
Thank you.
Kristin Bartolomeo
Deputy Clerk
Freehold Township
One Municipal Plaza
Freehold, NJ 07728
Office - 732-294-2014
Fax – 732-462-7910
[email address]