OPRA: police officer-involved lawsuits 2012-2019
Dear Hopewell Township (Mercer),
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
Hopewell Township received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on May 27, 2020. The official Records Custodian, Laurie Gompf, received your OPRA request on May 27, 2020. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is June 5, 2020. This response to your request is being provided to you on the 7th business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request.
Your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days to fulfill because the records requested are kept by a third party organization who is requesting additional time to fulfill the request. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i. Specifically, OPRA states that, “the requestor shall be advised by the custodian when the record can be made available. If the record is not made available by that time, access shall be deemed denied.”
Your request requires an extension of time until June 19, 2020.
Sincerely,
Laurie E. Gompf, RMC, CMC
Municipal Clerk
Township of Hopewell
201 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road
Titusville, NJ 08560
609-737-0605, ext. 6760
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Hopewell Township Official Website
Hopewell Township on Facebook
Hopewell Township has received your Open Public Records Request dated May
27, 2020 in which we previously requested an extension through June
19^th. We are in the process of gathering those records together but will
require an additional two weeks to supply those documents.
We are hereby requesting another extension to provide those records on or
before July 1, 2020.
Katherine Fenton-Newman, RMC, CMR
Deputy Municipal Clerk, JIF Fund Commissioner
Township of Hopewell
201 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road
Titusville, NJ 08560
609-737-0605, Ext. 6620
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[3]Hopewell Township on Facebook
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Hopewell Township has received your Open Public Records Request dated
April 25, 2020 and you have granted us two extensions to that request.
Our attorney is currently reviewing the responsive documents for any
redactions and advise us that they will have the documents ready for you
by July 10, 2020. We apologize for the delay.
Katherine Fenton-Newman, RMC, CMR
Deputy Municipal Clerk, JIF Fund Commissioner
Township of Hopewell
201 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road
Titusville, NJ 08560
609-737-0605, Ext. 6620
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[2]Hopewell Township Official Website
[3]Hopewell Township on Facebook
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Attached please find Hopewell Township’s responsive documents to your May
27, 2020 Open Public Records request.
Katherine Fenton-Newman, RMC, CMR
Deputy Municipal Clerk, JIF Fund Commissioner
Township of Hopewell
201 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road
Titusville, NJ 08560
609-737-0605, Ext. 6620
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[2]Hopewell Township Official Website
[3]Hopewell Township on Facebook
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