Opra request
Dear Dumont Borough,
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-5(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.
All Police reports and documents associated with and for Case SC 2013-8162 which appears to be issued on 08/06/2013.
I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.
Yours faithfully,
Phil Nadler
As per Resolution #25-154, adopted at the 5/27/25 Mayor and Council meeting of the Borough of Dumont, all record requests for police records shall be requested directly to the Records Custodian of the Police Department, Lt. Steven Brown at [email address] .
Jeanine E. Siek, RMC
Borough Administrator
Municipal Clerk
Borough of Dumont
50 Washington Avenue
Dumont, NJ 07628
Phone: 201-387-5024
Fax: 201-387-5065
Notice: You are advised that this e-mail, all responses to this e-mail and all e-mail sent to the e-mail address above, including all attachments, will constitute “public records” obtainable by any person filing a request under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). There should be no expectation that the content of e-mails exchanged with municipal officials and employees will remain private.
Dear Jeanine Siek,
Can you provide the email address for Lt. Steven Brown for the OPRA request as it is not listed on email response.
Yours sincerely,
Phil Nadler
It was listed in my original email below, but here it is again:
Jeanine E. Siek, RMC
Borough Administrator
Municipal Clerk
Borough of Dumont
50 Washington Avenue
Dumont, NJ 07628
Phone: 201-387-5024
Fax: 201-387-5065
Notice: You are advised that this e-mail, all responses to this e-mail and all e-mail sent to the e-mail address above, including all attachments, will constitute “public records” obtainable by any person filing a request under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). There should be no expectation that the content of e-mails exchanged with municipal officials and employees will remain private.