OPRA Request For Bodycam Footage & Incident Reports

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Hello,

Under penalty of NJSA 2C-28-3.1 I certify that I, Keith Moreno of Houston, Texas, have not been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state or the United States.

Under the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to obtain all body-cam footage, dash-cam footage from police vehicles, and any incident reports pertaining to Incident #2025-000197 on 1/3/2025 involving officer David Kong UOF25-1-1 and a minor african american male suspect

If multiple officers with active BWC responded to this incident, I would appreciate footage POVs of a primary and secondary arresting officer. I apologize for not being able to provide you with the arrestee's name, or time and location of incident, I hope the information provided will nonetheless be enough to retrieve these records.

These records are not being sought for commercial purposes, or legal purposes. I'm extremely grateful for all of your assistance in this matter. Please don't hesitate to contact me via email if there is additional information you require from me, or to provide me with digital access to the records: [email address]

If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.

Thank you and best regards,

Signed Keith Moreno,
8917 S Gessner Dr
Houston, Texas 77074
(281) 496-1588

oprarequests, Essex County

 

 

Good Morning,

 

Your OPRA Request was received and was submitted to Sheriff’s Office.

 

Your OPRA Request number is 13968.

 

The County’s response is due by 3/6/25.

 

Regards,

 

George Seylaz

OPRA Records Manager

Office of County Counsel

Hall of Records, Room 535

465 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Newark, NJ 07102

{973} 621-5007

 

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