OPRA: Purchase invoice of body worn cameras for the police department
Dear Woodbridge 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
Your request has been received and has been forwarded to the Police Department for review and response.
Woodbridge Police OPRA 20-283
Taeho Kim,
The Woodbridge Township PD received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on May 27, 2020, requesting the following information
1. Total number of body cameras currently deployed in the police
department.
WPD has three (3) BWC’s
2. Date on which body cameras were deployed to any of the police
officers for the first time (year and month).
The BWC’s became active in September 2015. The BWC are used by the
parking enforcement personnel who are not sworn officers.
3. Invoice of body cameras purchase (if body cameras were
purchased).
See attached PDF labeled BWC purchase order.
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deny access. At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the
Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government
Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form.
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If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Respectfully,
Sgt. Daniel Perovic
Woodbridge Police Department
Communications Division
Records Bureau
1 Main Street
Woodbridge, NJ 07095
[3][email address]
732-602-7310
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