OPRA Request
Dear Scotch Plains 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:
Would you please provide the BWC video footage for the incidents below.
On 8-4-24 Jose L. Cardenas-Loja, a 33-year-old-man who resides at 402 Market St., Newark, was arrested by P/O Joyner for DUI.
On 8-6-24 Hipolito R. Avilaavila, a 46-year-old-male, who resides at 92 Stone St., Newark, NJ was arrested for DUI as the result of a motor vehicle stop by P/O Conti.
Yours faithfully,
Nick
Thank you for your email! I will be out of the office 8/26 - 9/2. If you
require further assistance, please contact Township Clerk, Bonnie Lacina
at [email address] or 908-322-6700 ext. 211.
Nick:
The Township of Scotch Plains received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on August 26, 2024. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is September 5, 2024.
Thank you.
Maryann Matteo
OPRA Compliance Clerk
Township of Scotch Plains
430 Park Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
908.322.6700 (office) ext. 213
908.322.1663 (fax)
[Scotch Plains Township request email]
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Nick:
The Township of Scotch Plains will be taking an Extension of time to provide the items per your OPRA Request received on August 26, 2024.
The Township expects to be abled to provide the items no later than September 27, 2024.
Thank you.
Maryann Matteo
OPRA Compliance Clerk
Township of Scotch Plains
430 Park Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
908.322.6700 (office) ext. 213
908.322.1663 (fax)
[Scotch Plains Township request email]
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Dear OPRA,
I am very grateful for your time & effort ma'am. Any due date is perfectly fine.
Yours sincerely,
Nick
Axon - Scotch Plains Police Dept. - NJ
Evidence.com - Case Download Link
Gerard Rites from Scotch Plains Police Dept. - NJ
(https://scotchplainspdnj.evidence.com) has sent you a link to download
the case 2024-137907 on Evidence.com. You will download 1 zip or iso
file(s) containing the pieces of evidence in this case. This download
may take a while depending on your internet connection.
You have just received a temporary link to download the information you
requested. The link will expire after five days, at the end of the five
days you will not have the ability to download the information. You can
download the requested information multiple times during the five-day
time frame and save the video(s) to your local computer for review any
time later.
Please note that your access to this link will expire on September 30,
2024 17:8:32 (-04:00).
Afterwards, you will need to contact the sender to request access.
Download link:
[1][Click here to download]
Thank you,
The Axon Team
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Axon - Scotch Plains Police Dept. - NJ
Evidence.com - Case Download Link
Gerard Rites from Scotch Plains Police Dept. - NJ
(https://scotchplainspdnj.evidence.com) has sent you a link to download
the case 2024-136272 on Evidence.com. You will download 1 zip or iso
file(s) containing the pieces of evidence in this case. This download
may take a while depending on your internet connection.
You have just received a temporary link to download the information you
requested. The link will expire after five days, at the end of the five
days you will not have the ability to download the information. You can
download the requested information multiple times during the five-day
time frame and save the video(s) to your local computer for review any
time later.
Please note that your access to this link will expire on September 30,
2024 17:9:51 (-04:00).
Afterwards, you will need to contact the sender to request access.
Download link:
[1][Click here to download]
Thank you,
The Axon Team
SECURITY NOTICE: Axon will not send you emails that request your
username, password, security questions, or any other sensitive
information. If you receive an email requesting information, it is most
likely an attempt to gain access to your account. Furthermore, please
verify that any hyperlinks in the message above begin with the proper
URL e.g. "https://agencyname.evidence.com". Please forward emails that
appear suspicious to [email address].
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Nick:
The Township of Scotch Plains received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on August 26, 2024. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request was September 5, 2024 with an approved EXTENSION to September 27, 2024. This response to your request is being provided to you on September 25, 2024, after the custodians receipt of said request.
Request: For BWC Video of 8/4/24 Jose L. Cardenas and 8/6/24 of Hipolito R. Avilaavila: See attached OPRA Request Email.
Response: The material you requested will be sent via Email from Evidence.com. The emails will contain a download link for the requested material. Please check your Inbox as well as your Spam/Junk folder for this email.
Any questions can be directed to Sgt. Rites at [email address].
END OF REQUESTED ITEMS
By this letter of response, the Township of Scotch Plains will consider your OPRA request received on August 26, 2024, complete unless otherwise informed.
If you have any questions, please contact Sgt. Gerard Rites in the Police Department at 908-322-7100 ext. 140.
Thank you.
Maryann Matteo
OPRA Compliance Clerk
Township of Scotch Plains
430 Park Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
908.322.6700 (office) ext. 213
908.322.1663 (fax)
[Scotch Plains Township request email]
NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Township of Scotch Plains. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the sender is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way and you should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this message in error.