OPRA: Purchase invoice of body worn cameras for the police department
Dear Garwood Borough,
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,
Taeho Kim
The requested document/info is:
1. Total number of body cameras currently deployed in the police
department. 16
2. Date on which body cameras were deployed to any of the police officers
for the first time (year and month). 01/2016
3. Invoice of body cameras purchase (if body cameras were purchased).
Attached
Captain Douglas A. Stoffer
Garwood Police Department
403 South Avenue
Garwood, NJ 07027
908-789-1500 (Main)
908-789-2212 (Office)
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Dear Captain Stoffer,
I received your response. Thank you.
I noticed that the date of deployment is before the first purchase of body cameras.
Is any purchase history missing? If not, which record are you getting the deployment date from?
Thank you for your help.
Yours sincerely,
Taeho Kim