OPRA: Purchase invoice of body worn cameras for the police department
Dear Watchung 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
Request received.
Michelle DeRocco, RMC, CMR
Clerk
Borough of Watchung
15 Mountain Boulevard
Watchung, NJ 07069
908-756-0080, ext. 213
Attention: Taeho Kim:
This is in response to your OPRA request dated May 27, 2020.
Your request was for:
1. Total number of body cameras currently deployed in the
police department.
Response: 0
2. Date on which body cameras were deployed to any of the
police officers for the first time (year and month).
Response: N/A
3. Invoice of body cameras purchase (if body cameras were
purchased).
Response: No documents responsive to your request
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Borough of Watchung to deny access.
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. You may contact the GRC by
toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ,
08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at their web site at
www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other questions about the
law. All questions regarding complaints filed in superior Court should be
directed to the Court Clerk in Somerset County.
Your request is now complete.
Please acknowledge receipt of this transmission.
Sincerely,
Michelle DeRocco, RMC, CMR
Clerk
Custodian of Records
Borough of Watchung
15 Mountain Boulevard
Watchung, NJ 07069
908-756-0080, ext. 213
Taeho:
In my eagerness to respond to your request, I inadvertently attached a
response template that I use as a guideline – please disregard.
Regards,
Michelle
Michelle DeRocco, RMC, CMR
Clerk
Borough of Watchung
15 Mountain Boulevard
Watchung, NJ 07069
908-756-0080, ext. 213
From: Michelle DeRocco
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 11:42 AM
To: Taeho Kim <[OPRA #11803 email]>
Cc: Regina Angelo <[email address]>; Edith Gil
<[email address]>
Subject: OPRA request - OPRA: Purchase invoice of body worn cameras for
the police department
Attention: Taeho Kim:
This is in response to your OPRA request dated May 27, 2020.
Your request was for:
1. Total number of body cameras currently deployed in the
police department.
Response: 0
2. Date on which body cameras were deployed to any of the
police officers for the first time (year and month).
Response: N/A
3. Invoice of body cameras purchase (if body cameras were
purchased).
Response: No documents responsive to your request
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Borough of Watchung to deny access.
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. You may contact the GRC by
toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ,
08625, by e-mail at [1][email address], or at their web site at
[2]www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other questions about the
law. All questions regarding complaints filed in superior Court should be
directed to the Court Clerk in Somerset County.
Your request is now complete.
Please acknowledge receipt of this transmission.
Sincerely,
Michelle DeRocco, RMC, CMR
Clerk
Custodian of Records
Borough of Watchung
15 Mountain Boulevard
Watchung, NJ 07069
908-756-0080, ext. 213
Attn: Taeho:
This is in response to your OPRA request dated May 27, 2020.
Your request was for: All purchase order history for purchases by the
police department from 2012 to 2019. For each order, please include the
date, description, vendor,
and amount of the purchase.
The documents you have requested are attached.
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Borough of Watchung to deny access.
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. You may contact the GRC by
toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ,
08625, by e-mail at [1][email address], or at their web site at
[2]www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other questions about the
law. All questions regarding complaints filed in superior Court should be
directed to the Court Clerk in Somerset County.
Your request is now complete.
Please acknowledge receipt of this transmission.
Sincerely,
Michelle DeRocco, RMC, CMR
Clerk
Custodian of Records
Borough of Watchung
15 Mountain Boulevard
Watchung, NJ 07069
908-756-0080, ext. 213
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