OPRA: Purchase invoice of body worn cameras for the police department
Dear Lumberton 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
Good Afternoon Kim:
I am in receipt of both OPRA Requests that you submitted to Lumberton Township,
With regard to the below and item #3, please provide the timeframe you are looking for.
Thank you and I look forward to hearing back from you.
Bobbie Quinn, RMC/CMR
Lumberton Township Clerk/Registrar of Vital Statistics
Lumberton Township Municipal Building
35 Municipal Drive
Lumberton, NJ 08048
609-267-3217, ext. 102
[Lumberton Township request email]
Township of Lumberton received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on May 27, 2020. The official Records Custodian, Bobbie Quinn, 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 2nd business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request.
The following is responsive to your request:
* There are a total of 22 body cameras currently deployed in the Police Department.
* Date on which Body Cameras were Deployed to any of the Police officers for the first time (Year and Month):
The Township has no specific document or electronic reports which contain the information you requested regarding assignment to specific officers, however, in an endeavor to assist you, the Township provides, as a courtesy, the following information: In April, 2014, certain officer's began testing different types of Body Cameras. In 2016, Axon Body Cameras (formerly TASER) were assigned to the officer's. Body Worn Cameras are now assigned, as equipment, and each new officer is assigned one when hired.
* Lumberton Township Invoices of Body Cameras purchased.
This response is being transmitted to you via email. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.b., the total cost associated with this request is zero.
Bobbie Quinn, RMC/CMR
Lumberton Township Clerk/Registrar of Vital Statistics
Lumberton Township Municipal Building
35 Municipal Drive
Lumberton, NJ 08048
609-267-3217, ext. 102
[Lumberton Township request email]