OPRA: Purchase invoice of body worn cameras for the police department
Dear Spring Lake Heights 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
received
Janine Gillis, RMC, CMR
Borough Clerk
Assistant Borough Administrator
Certified Municipal Registrar
Borough of Spring Lake Heights
555 Brighton Avenue
Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey 07762
732.449.3500 phone
732.449.3535 fax
June 8, 2020
Taeho Kim
I am in receipt of your Open Public Records Request dated Wednesday May
27, 2020 @ 2:52am for the following records. My response is marked in
BOLD.
Records requested:
1. Total number of body cameras currently deployed in the police
department. 15
2. Date on which body cameras were deployed to any of the police officers
for the first time (year and month). July 2016
3. Invoice of body cameras purchase (if body cameras were purchased). 2
files attached
Please be advised that N.J.S.A. 47:1A-6 provides that a person who is
denied access to a government record by the custodian of the record, at
the option of the requestor, may institute a proceeding to challenge the
custodian's decision by filing an action in Superior Court which shall be
heard in the vicinage where it is filed by a Superior Court Judge who has
been designated to hear such cases because of that judge's knowledge and
expertise in matters relating to access to government records; or in lieu
of filing an action in Superior Court, file a complaint with the
Government Records Council established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-7.
The right to institute any proceeding shall be solely that of the
requestor. Any such proceeding shall proceed in a summary or expedited
manner. The public agency shall have the burden of proving that the denial
of access is authorized by law. If it is determined that access has been
improperly denied, the court or agency head shall order that access be
allowed. A requestor who prevails in any proceeding shall be entitled to a
reasonable attorney's fee.
Very truly yours,
Janine Gillis
Borough Clerk
Janine Gillis, RMC, CMR
Borough Clerk
Assistant Borough Administrator
Certified Municipal Registrar
Borough of Spring Lake Heights
555 Brighton Avenue
Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey 07762
732.449.3500 phone
732.449.3535 fax
Janine Gillis, RMC, CMR
I totally agree with you and its also self regulating. It just should not
acrry over to permanency I would think
Dennis A. Collins, Esq.
Collins, Vella and Casello
2317 Highway 34, Suite 1A
Manasquan, NJ 08736
P: 732-751-1766
F: 732-751-1866
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From: Gillis, Janine
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2020 5:12 PM
To: Taeho Kim <[OPRA #11762 email]>
Subject: Re: OPRA request - OPRA: Purchase invoice of body worn cameras
for the police department
June 8, 2020
Taeho Kim
I am in receipt of your Open Public Records Request dated Wednesday May
27, 2020 @ 2:52am for the following records. My response is marked in
BOLD.
Records requested:
1. Total number of body cameras currently deployed in the police
department. 15
2. Date on which body cameras were deployed to any of the police officers
for the first time (year and month). July 2016
3. Invoice of body cameras purchase (if body cameras were purchased). 2
files attached
Please be advised that N.J.S.A. 47:1A-6 provides that a person who is
denied access to a government record by the custodian of the record, at
the option of the requestor, may institute a proceeding to challenge the
custodian's decision by filing an action in Superior Court which shall be
heard in the vicinage where it is filed by a Superior Court Judge who has
been designated to hear such cases because of that judge's knowledge and
expertise in matters relating to access to government records; or in lieu
of filing an action in Superior Court, file a complaint with the
Government Records Council established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-7.
The right to institute any proceeding shall be solely that of the
requestor. Any such proceeding shall proceed in a summary or expedited
manner. The public agency shall have the burden of proving that the denial
of access is authorized by law. If it is determined that access has been
improperly denied, the court or agency head shall order that access be
allowed. A requestor who prevails in any proceeding shall be entitled to a
reasonable attorney's fee.
Very truly yours,
Janine Gillis
Borough Clerk
Janine Gillis, RMC, CMR
Borough Clerk
Assistant Borough Administrator
Certified Municipal Registrar
Borough of Spring Lake Heights
555 Brighton Avenue
Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey 07762
732.449.3500 phone
732.449.3535 fax
Janine Gillis, RMC, CMR