Dear Nicolai,

The Oceanport Police Department is in receipt of your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) Request, sent via email, dated Monday, September 2, 2024, and acknowledged on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is Thursday, September 12, 2024.

Records requested:

“Dear Oceanport Police Department,

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:
Courtney A. Menkin, 32, of Oceanport NJ was arrested on July 9 2024 around 7:53am at Lake Drive, Oceanport NJ by Pt. Carroll and Sgt. Lauretta.
Would you please provide the arresting officers' BWC video footage.

Yours faithfully,
Nicolai Hell.”

After reviewing your request, we will be sure to be in contact with you, as soon as possible, within the 7 business days.

Analis Nunez
Records Administrator
Oceanport Police Department
930 Oceanport Way, Oceanport NJ 07757
Office: (732) 222-6301 (ext. 3015)
Fax: (732) 222-0945
Email: [Oceanport Police Department 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 Oceanport Police Department. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized. 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 Oceanport Police Department, 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.

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September 12, 2024

Dear Nicolai,

The Oceanport Police Department is in receipt of your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) Request, sent via email, dated _Monday, September 2, 2024, and acknowledged on Tuesday, September 3, 2024__. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is Thursday, September 12, 2024_. This response to your request is being provided to you on the seventh (7th) business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request.

Records requested:

“Dear Oceanport Police Department,
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:
Courtney A. Menkin, 32, of Oceanport NJ was arrested on July 9 2024 around 7:53am at Lake Drive, Oceanport NJ by Ptl.Carroll and Sgt.Lauretta.

Would you please provide the arresting officers' BWC video footage.
Yours faithfully,
Nicolai Hell.”

Your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days to fulfill because records require an extensive medium conversion. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i. Specifically, OPRA states that, “the requestor shall be advised by the custodian when the record can be made available. If the record is not made available by that time, access shall be deemed denied.”

Your request requires an extension of time until Monday, September 23rd, 2024.

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 [insert name of Agency] to 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. 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 your County.

Sincerely,

Analis Nunez
Records Administrator
Oceanport Police Department
930 Oceanport Way
Oceanport NJ 07757

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Dear Nicolai,

The Oceanport Police Department is in receipt of your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) Request, sent via email, dated _Monday, September 2, 2024, and acknowledged on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is Thursday, September 12, 2024.

The Oceanport Police Department responded to your request and was provided to you on the seventh (7th) business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request, on Thursday, September 12, 2024 ----- advised that “Your request requires an extension of time until Monday, September 23rd, 2024”. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is Monday, September 23rd, 2024.

This response to your request is being provided to you on Monday, September 23rd, 2024, the 7th business day after the Oceanport Police Department’s request of an extension of said OPRA request.

Your OPRA request sought access to the following:
Records requested:

“Dear Oceanport Police Department,
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:
Courtney A. Menkin, 32, of Oceanport NJ was arrested on July 9 2024 around 7:53am at Lake Drive, Oceanport NJ by Ptl.Carroll and Sgt.Lauretta.
Would you please provide the arresting officers' BWC video footage.
Yours faithfully,
Nicolai Hell.”

Please consider this a formal request under the Open Public Records Act and common law right to know for the following:

__X___ Records available are attached below (Body Worn Camera video of each Officer – via a shared online link:

a. Ptl. Carroll
https://suspecttechprod.blob.core.window...

b. Lt. Fagliarone
https://suspecttechprod.blob.core.window...

c. Sgt. Lauretta (video 1 of 3)
https://suspecttechprod.blob.core.window...

d. Sgt. Lauretta (video 2 of 3)
https://suspecttechprod.blob.core.window...

e. Sgt. Lauretta (video 3 of 3)
https://suspecttechprod.blob.core.window...

______ Additional time is requested for the following reasons:

______ There are no records relating to your request:

______ See attached letter for denial.

Note: If there are redactions to the attached records, they were redacted as per NJ OPRA Law records redaction requirements NJSA 47:1A-1

If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact Oceanport Records Bureau/Clerk at 732-222-6301 extension 3015 or you can email at [Oceanport Police Department request email].

Analis Nunez
Records Administrator
Oceanport Police Department
930 Oceanport Way, Oceanport NJ 07757
Office: (732) 222-6301 (ext. 3015)
Fax: (732) 222-0945
Email: [Oceanport Police Department 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 Oceanport Police Department. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized. 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 Oceanport Police Department, 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.

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