OPRA: Purchase invoice of body worn cameras for the police department
Dear Logan 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. Total number of body cameras currently deployed in the police department.
2. Date on which body cameras were deployed to any of the police officers for the first time (year and month).
3. Invoice of body cameras purchase (if body cameras were purchased).
Yours faithfully,
Kim
Taeho / Kim,
This is Chief Lombardo, I am officially advising you that we will need more time to complete this request. You will be advised when the documents are ready.
Chief Joe Lombardo
Logan Twp. Police Dept.
Total # of BWC - 8
Date Deployed - 1/2018
Invoice is enclosed
Jenn Spinella
Logan Twp. Police Department
Police Secretary
125 Main St.
PO Box 250
Bridgeport, NJ 080814
856-467-0061 ext. 3010
fax 856-467-2614
The following pertains to the pending OPRA requests received from your
agency:
1. Police involved lawsuits
2. Use of force reports
3. Payroll records
4. Purchase order history
5. Purchase order invoice of body warn cameras
Please be advised that we have reviewed the above referenced requests, and
we are in the process of retrieving the documents that are responsive to
these requests. However, additional time will be required to retrieve all
of the documents.
"At this time, your requests require an additional forty-five (45) 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 requests, which includes an
extension of time as needed."
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Chief Joe Lombardo
Logan Twp. Police Department
125 Main St.
Bridgeport NJ 08014
Dear Chief Lombardo,
Thank you for your response. I noticed that the first purchase date of body cameras was in 2015, but the deployment was 2018. Could you please give insights into why there was the delay? Did officers not use body cameras during that period? Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Taeho Kim
Taeho,
The document that you requested was provided. I am not obligated under OPRA to answer individual questions pertaining to a document. Therefore at this time I am denying a response to your questions.
Thank You,
Chief Lombardo
This is in response to your OPRA request which was filed on May 27, 2020,
which is quoted here:
“Dear Logan 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”
Our response is as follows:
1. This request is denied since it is a request for research and
information, and does not identify any specific government record.
2. See attached records.
Thank you,
Capt. Joseph V. Flatley
Logan Township Police Department
Emergency Management Coordinator
125 Main St
Bridgeport, NJ 08014
856-467-0061
[1]Patch
From: Joe Lombardo
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2020 10:35 AM
To: [OPRA #11368 email]
Cc: Joe Flatley <[email address]>; Linda Oswald
<[email address]>
Subject: OPRA Requests
The following pertains to the pending OPRA requests received from your
agency:
1. Police involved lawsuits
2. Use of force reports
3. Payroll records
4. Purchase order history
5. Purchase order invoice of body warn cameras
Please be advised that we have reviewed the above referenced requests, and
we are in the process of retrieving the documents that are responsive to
these requests. However, additional time will be required to retrieve all
of the documents.
"At this time, your requests require an additional forty-five (45) 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 requests, which includes an
extension of time as needed."
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Chief Joe Lombardo
Logan Twp. Police Department
125 Main St.
Bridgeport NJ 08014
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