City of Garfield

Open Records Request

Reference # OPRA-2025-01162

Date Entered: 9/29/2025 11:31:30 AM

Dear Chase Faulkner-Parchment,

This email is to confirm receipt of your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request.

The Custodian of Records received your request on 09/29/2025. As such, the
seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is 10/09/2025.

The request seeks access to the following records:

Dear Garfield City,
    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-6(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.
Records requested: I am kindly requesting the following:
1.) All body cam and dash cam footage from all officers involved.
2.) All footage from surveillance cameras of the incident.
3.) Incident report or reports
4.) Arrest footage and/or footage searching suspects` homes
After two men engaged in a shootout in Bergen County during rush hour
Tuesday morning, one has been arrested and one is at large, prosecutors
said Friday.
Mikhi Maddox Doum, 20, of Garfield was arrested and Jonathan M. Ortiz, 20,
of Garfield is at large, said the Bergen County Prosecutor`s Office.
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. Prosecutors
said the Garfield Police Department received several calls around 9 a.m.
about a shooting at Palisade Avenue and Somerset Street. When they
arrived, they found evidence of gunfire, but no victims or perpetrators.
Yours faithfully,
Chase Faulkner-Parchment

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 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.

Please do not reply directly to this email; this address is not monitored.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely,

City of Garfield

Dear Chase Faulkner-Parchment,

    Upon review of your OPRA request (OPRA-2025-01162) that was submitted
on September 29^th, 2025 with a due date of October 9^th, 2025, seventy
(70) Video File of Officer’s Body Worn Camera Footage containing
approximately 2,404 Minutes of footage were located. Due to the amount of
footage, The City is exercising its right to implement a “special service
charge” pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(c).  Accommodating your request will
require an “extraordinary expense of time and effort” of City resources. 
If you still wish to receive the responsive records, the City will be
charging you the City’s estimated cost of our employees’ time expended in
fulfilling your OPRA request.  The City estimates that DSgt. Brian Porco
will expend 2,404 minutes in compiling and preparing the responsive
materials for production. DSgt. Brian Porco’s hourly wage is $82.63, and
thus we estimate that the charge for DSgt. Brian Porco’s time is
$3,310.00. As such, you will be charged a special service charge of
$3,310.00 if you still wish to receive the responsive records.

The breakdown of this BWC Footage is as follows:

Initial Incident (PD Case #25-023154) (1,917 Minutes of Footage $2,640.00)

1. BWC – Lt. G. Wich – 92
Minutes                                           23. BWC – P.O. G.
Altamirano-Jimenez – 10 Minutes 32 Seconds

2. BWC – P.O. B. Marceca – 126 Minutes                               24.
BWC – P.O. K. Otero 4 – 27 Minutes 58 Seconds

3. BWC – P.O. C. Doud – 108 Minutes                                     
25. BWC – Sgt. M. Lopez-Houck – 27 Minutes 56 Seconds

4. BWC – Lt. W. Houck – 129 Minutes                                    
26. BWC – Capt. A. Koptyra 2 – 33 Minutes 45 Seconds

5. BWC – P.O. F. Drazek – 4 Minutes 35 Seconds                27. BWC –
DSgt. R. Napolitano 3 – 18 Minutes 6 Seconds

6. BWC – P.O. K. Otero 1 – 42 Minutes 17 Seconds            28. BWC – Det.
D. Serritella 2 – 3 Minutes 41 Seconds

7. BWC – DSgt. R. Napolitano 1 – 5 Minutes 34 Seconds  29. BWC – P.O. K.
Otero 5 – 3 Minutes 14 Seconds

8. BWC – Sgt. R. Kata – 119 Minutes                                       
30. BWC – Det. D. Duleski 2 – 53 Seconds

9. BWC – Det. D. Serritella – 8 Minutes 33 Seconds           31. BWC –
Sgt. M. Lopez-Houck 2 – 28 Minutes 42 Seconds

10. BWC – P.O. G. Reno 1 – 8 Minutes 51 Seconds             32. BWC – P.O.
C. Doud 2 – 30 Minutes 48 Seconds

11. BWC – D.C. R. Bohannon – 60 Minutes 26 Seconds    33. BWC –Lt. N.
Santillo 2 – 9 Minutes 41 Seconds

12. BWC – Capt. A. Koptyra – 70 Minutes                              34.
BWC –P.O. B. Marceca 2 – 29 Minutes 41 Seconds

13. BWC – Det. D. Duleski – 105 Minutes                               35.
BWC – Lt. W. Houck 2 – 7 Minutes 43 Seconds

14. BWC – Lt. J. Lesica 1 – 2 Minutes 51 Seconds                36. BWC –
P.O. G. Reno 3 – 7 Minutes 50 Seconds

15. BWC – DSgt. R. Napolitano 2 – 60 Minutes                    37. BWC –
Sgt. R. Kata 2 – 22 Minutes 44 Seconds

16. BWC – Lt. J. Lesica 2 – 71 Minutes                                    
38. BWC – Det. D. Duleski 3 – 6 Minutes 29 Seconds

17. BWC – P.O. G. Reno 2 – 99 Minutes                                  39.
BWC – DSgt. R. Napolitano 4 – 2 Minutes 51 Seconds

18. BWC – D.C. R. Bohannon 2 – 93 Minutes                        40. BWC –
P.O. C. Doud 3 – 252 Minutes

19. BWC – Lt. N. Santillo – 81 Minutes                                   
41. BWC – Sgt. M. Lopez-Houck 3 – 24 Minutes 44 Seconds

20. BWC – P.O. K. Otero 2 – 2 Minutes 34 Seconds            42. BWC – Lt.
G. Wich 2 – 56 Minutes 16 Seconds

21. BWC – P.O. K. Otero 3 – 4 Minutes 59 Seconds            43. BWC – Det.
J. Librizzi – 6 Minutes 10 Seconds

22. BWC – P.O. A. Jarosz – 11 Minutes 21 Seconds            44. BWC – P.O.
C. Doud 4 – 5 Minutes 49 Seconds

Arrest of Mikhi M. Odum (P.D. Case #25-023250) (329 Minutes of Footage
$453.00)

                1. BWC – DLt. M. Amos – 9 Minutes 26
Seconds                 9. BWC – DSgt. R. Napolitano 2 – 26 Minutes 28
Seconds

                2. BWC – Sgt. R. Kata – 22 Minutes 20
Seconds                   10. BWC – Sgt. R. Kata 2 – 21 Minutes 5 Seconds

                3. BWC – DSgt. R. Napolitano – 20 Minutes 10 Seconds   11.
BWC – DLt. M. Amos 2 – 25 Minutes 34 Seconds

                4. BWC – Capt. A. Koptyra – 21 Minutes 25 Seconds        
12. BWC – DSgt. R. Napolitano 3 – 1 Minute 54 Seconds

                5. BWC – Det. D. Serritella – 6 Minutes 29
Seconds           13. BWC – P.O. S. Garcia 2 – 26 Minutes 33 Seconds

                6. BWC – P.O. S. Garcia – 34 Minutes 39
Seconds               14. BWC – P.O. M. Monroig 2 – 24 Minutes 47 Seconds

                7. BWC – P.O. M. Monroig – 34 Minutes 25 Seconds       
15. BWC – P.O. M. Monroig 3 – 16 Minutes 34 Seconds

                8. BWC – Capt. A. Koptyra 2 – 21 Minutes 10 Seconds     
16. BWC – P.O. S. Garcia 3 – 16 Minutes 38 Seconds

                                                Arrest of Jonathan M.
Ortiz (P.D. Case #25-023689) (102 Minutes of Footage $104.00)

                1. BWC – Det. R. Meehan – 28 Minutes 18 Seconds         
4. BWC – P.O. A. Jarosz 2 – 16 Minutes 4 Seconds

                2. BWC – P.O. A. Jarosz – 21 Minutes 44
Seconds               5. BWC – P.O. G. Altamirano-Jimenez 2 – 15 Minutes
17 Seconds

                3. BWC – P.O. G. Altamirano-Jimenez – 19 Minutes 45
Seconds

                                                Arrest of Joshua T. Garcia
(P.D. Case #25-025835) (56 Minutes of Footage $77.00)

                1. BWC – Sgt. R. Mendez – 14 Minutes 22 Seconds           
4. BWC – P.O. Jarosz 2 – 18 Minutes 11 Seconds

                2. BWC - P.O. A. Jarosz 1 – 6 Minutes 6
Seconds                 5. BWC - P.O. G. Altamirano-Jimenez 2 – 9 Minutes
3 Seconds

                3. BWC –P.O. G. Altamirano-Jimenez 1 – 9 Minutes 3 Seconds

       The breakdown of this special service charge is as follows:

Hourly rate of lowest paid individual capable of fulfilling the request:
$82.63

Amount of time required to fulfill the request:  Minutes 2,404

Total: $3,310.00

    I am also requesting a 30-day extension from when the required fee is
received to fully complete your request.

    In the matter of full transparency, several of the BWC Footage will be
heavily redacted (Interior of private residents / expectation of privacy /
Criminal investigatory / Headquarters Security Concerns).

    Please contact the Garfield Police Records Division at 973-478-8500
ext. 5050 or at [1][email address] to arrange this
payment for your request, or with any questions in regard to this request.
Thank you.

                 [2]GPD Patch                       

           DSgt. Brian Porco #207

           Firearms Division - Records Division

                Garfield Police Department

                   411 Midland Avenue

                    Garfield, NJ 07026

              Phone: 973-478-8500 ext.4170

                   Fax: 973-327-6575

            E-Mail: [3][email address]

References

Visible links
1. mailto:[email address]
3. mailto:[email address]

City of Garfield

Open Records Request

Reference # OPRA-2025-01162

Date Entered: 9/29/2025 11:31:00 AM

Dear Chase Faulkner-Parchment,

Please note the following comment by Brian Porco on 9/30/2025 9:59:00 AM:

Upon review of your OPRA request (OPRA-2025-01162) that was submitted on
September 29th, 2025 with a due date of October 9th, 2025, seventy (70)
Video File of Officer’s Body Worn Camera Footage containing approximately
2,404 Minutes of footage were located. Due to the amount of footage, The
City is exercising its right to implement a “special service charge”
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(c). As such, you will be charged a special
service charge of $3,310.00 if you still wish to receive the responsive
records. I am also requesting a 30-day extension from when the required
fee is received to fully complete your request.
  In the matter of full transparency, several of the BWC Footage will be
heavily redacted (Interior of private residents / expectation of privacy /
Criminal investigatory / Headquarters Security Concerns).
  Please contact the Garfield Police Records Division at 973-478-8500 ext.
5050 or at [email address] to arrange this payment for
your request.

Sincerely,

City of Garfield

Upon review of your OPRA request (OPRA-2025-01162) that was submitted on
September 29th, 2025 with a due date of October 9th, 2025, seventy (70)
Video File of Officer’s Body Worn Camera Footage containing approximately
2,404 Minutes of footage were located. Due to the amount of footage, The
City is exercising its right to implement a “special service charge”
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(c). As such, you will be charged a special
service charge of $3,310.00 if you still wish to receive the responsive
records. I am also requesting a 30-day extension from when the required
fee is received to fully complete your request.Upon review of your OPRA
request (OPRA-2025-01162) that was submitted on September 29th, 2025 with
a due date of October 9th, 2025, seventy (70) Video File of Officer’s Body
Worn Camera Footage containing approximately 2,404 Minutes of footage were
located. Due to the amount of footage, The City is exercising its right to
implement a “special service charge” pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(c). As
such, you will be charged a special service charge of $3,310.00 if you
still wish to receive the responsive records. I am also requesting a
30-day extension from when the required fee is received to fully complete
your request.

Good evening,
Yes, if you wish to proceed at a later date just let us know. We will mark
this request as fulfilled for the time being. Thank you.
Best,
Erin
Get [1]Outlook for iOS

══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

From: Ghettomerica <[OPRA #81356 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 5:51:53 PM
To: Erin Delaney <[Garfield City request email]>
Subject: Re: OPRA request - Opra Request for incident that took place on
09/02/2025
 
[You don't often get email from
[OPRA #81356 email]. Learn why this is
important at [2]https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentific... ]

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the City of Garfield.
Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and
know the content is safe.

Dear Garfield City,

Thank you very much for your time and effort in sourcing this footage for
me. Unfortunately, I did not anticipate the cost, and at this time I will
have to pass.

If in the near future I decide to move forward with the purchase, would
that still be possible? Please advise. My apologies for not being able to
proceed at this time, and thank you again for your understanding.

Yours faithfully,

Ghettomerica

show quoted sections

City of Garfield

Open Records Request

Reference # OPRA-2025-01162

Date Entered: 9/29/2025 11:31:00 AM

Dear Chase Faulkner-Parchment,

Please note the following comment by Brian Porco on 10/1/2025 11:31:00 AM:

The City conducted a good-faith search and identified the four (4) .pdf
files of the Arrest Reports and Initial Investigation Report. Please note
that redactions (Blacked out text) were made pursuant to N.J.S.A.  47:1A-1
(citizen’s reasonable expectation of privacy.”), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-20
(Personal Identifying Information), and N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5 (Criminal
Investigatory Records).
    Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1(12) (Security), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1
(citizen’s reasonable expectation of privacy.”), and N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5
(Criminal Investigatory Records) all the Video Surveillance Footage that
was tagged as Evidence are from the private video surveillance cameras of
Private Residents and are exempt from disclosure.
    You were advised on September 30th, 2025 of the Special Service Charge
of $3,310.00 but decided to no longer request the responsive seventy (70)
video files of Officer’s Body Worn Camera “BWC” Footage.
    Your Request is now deemed partially fulfilled and closed.

Sincerely,

City of Garfield

The City conducted a good-faith search and identified the four (4) .pdf
files of the Arrest Reports and Initial Investigation Report. Please note
that redactions (Blacked out text) were made pursuant to N.J.S.A.  47:1A-1
(citizen’s reasonable expectation of privacy.”), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-20
(Personal Identifying Information), and N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5 (Criminal
Investigatory Records).The City conducted a good-faith search and
identified the four (4) .pdf files of the Arrest Reports and Initial
Investigation Report. Please note that redactions (Blacked out text) were
made pursuant to N.J.S.A.  47:1A-1 (citizen’s reasonable expectation of
privacy.”), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-20 (Personal Identifying Information), and
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5 (Criminal Investigatory Records).

City of Garfield

Open Records Request

Reference # OPRA-2025-01162

Date Entered: 9/29/2025 11:31:00 AM

Dear Chase Faulkner-Parchment,

Your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) has been Fulfilled on 09/29/2025.

The request sought access to the following records:

Dear Garfield City,
    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-6(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.
Records requested: I am kindly requesting the following:
1.) All body cam and dash cam footage from all officers involved.
2.) All footage from surveillance cameras of the incident.
3.) Incident report or reports
4.) Arrest footage and/or footage searching suspects` homes
After two men engaged in a shootout in Bergen County during rush hour
Tuesday morning, one has been arrested and one is at large, prosecutors
said Friday.
Mikhi Maddox Doum, 20, of Garfield was arrested and Jonathan M. Ortiz, 20,
of Garfield is at large, said the Bergen County Prosecutor`s Office.
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. Prosecutors
said the Garfield Police Department received several calls around 9 a.m.
about a shooting at Palisade Avenue and Somerset Street. When they
arrived, they found evidence of gunfire, but no victims or perpetrators.
Yours faithfully,
Chase Faulkner-Parchment

The records are being transmitted to you via Email. Pursuant to N.J.S.A.
47:1A-5.b. the cost associated with this request is $3,310.00.

Please do not reply directly to this email; this address is not monitored.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely,

City of Garfield

══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

Please download these attachments from the links below:

• [1]a50d3723-0OPRA_Special_Service_Charge_Notice_20250930135855.pdf
• [2]a50d3723-025_023250_Arrest_Report___Odum__Redacted__20251001153504.pdf
• [3]a50d3723-025_023154_Arrest_Report___Garcia__Redacted__20251001153504.pdf
• [4]a50d3723-025_023154_Investigation_Report__Redacted__20251001153504.pdf
• [5]a50d3723-025_023154_Arrest_Report___Ortiz__Redacted__20251001153504.pdf
• [6]a50d3723-0Records_Custodian_Responsive_Letter_20251001153509.pdf

References

Visible links
1. http://url2645.govpilot.com/ls/click?upn...
2. http://url2645.govpilot.com/ls/click?upn...
3. http://url2645.govpilot.com/ls/click?upn...
4. http://url2645.govpilot.com/ls/click?upn...
5. http://url2645.govpilot.com/ls/click?upn...
6. http://url2645.govpilot.com/ls/click?upn...

Dear Chase Faulkner-Parchment,

    The City of Garfield (“City”) records custodian received your Open
Public Records Act (“OPRA”) # OPRA-2025-01162

on September 29^th, 2025 with a due date of October 10^th ,2025. As such,
the City is timely responding to your Request in accordance

with New Jersey law.

Your Request seek the following records:

    “Records requested: I am kindly requesting the following:

1.) All body cam and dash cam footage from all officers involved.

2.) All footage from surveillance cameras of the incident.

3.) Incident report or reports

4.) Arrest footage and/or footage searching suspects` homes

After two men engaged in a shootout in Bergen County during rush hour
Tuesday morning, one has been arrested and one is at large,

prosecutors said Friday.

Mikhi Maddox Doum, 20, of Garfield was arrested and Jonathan M. Ortiz, 20,
of Garfield is at large, said the Bergen County

Prosecutor`s Office.

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.

Prosecutors said the Garfield Police Department received several calls
around 9 a.m. about a shooting at Palisade Avenue and Somerset

Street. When they arrived, they found evidence of gunfire, but no victims
or perpetrators.”

Records Custodian Response:

Item #3 -     The City conducted a good-faith search and identified the
four (4) .pdf files of the Arrest Reports and Initial Investigation
Report.

Please note that redactions (Blacked out text) were made pursuant to
N.J.S.A.  47:1A-1(providing that “a public agency has

a responsibility and an obligation to safeguard from public access a
citizen’s personal information with which it has been

entrusted when disclosure thereof would violate the citizen’s   
reasonable expectation of privacy.”), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-20

(Personal Identifying Information), and N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5 (Criminal
Investigatory Records).

Item #2 -    Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1(12) (Security), N.J.S.A.
47:1A-1 (citizen’s reasonable expectation of privacy.”), and

N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5 (Criminal Investigatory Records) all the Video
Surveillance Footage that was tagged as Evidence are from the

private video surveillance cameras of Private Residents and are exempt
from disclosure.

Item #1 & 4-    You were advised on September ^ 30^th, 2025 of the Special
Service Charge of $3,310.00 but decided to no longer request the
responsive

                     seventy (70) video files of Officer’s Body Worn
Camera “BWC” Footage.

                                                     Your Request is now
deemed partially fulfilled and closed. Thank you for your attention to
this matter.

                 [1]GPD Patch                       

           DSgt. Brian Porco #207

           Firearms Division - Records Division

                Garfield Police Department

                   411 Midland Avenue

                    Garfield, NJ 07026

              Phone: 973-478-8500 ext.4170

                   Fax: 973-327-6575

            E-Mail: [2][email address]

From: Erin Delaney <[Garfield City request email]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 11:13 PM
To: Ghettomerica <[OPRA #81356 email]>
Cc: Brian Porco <[email address]>
Subject: Re: OPRA request - Opra Request for incident that took place on
09/02/2025

Good evening,

Yes, if you wish to proceed at a later date just let us know. We will mark
this request as fulfilled for the time being. Thank you.

Best,

Erin

Get [3]Outlook for iOS

════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

From: Ghettomerica
<[4][OPRA #81356 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 5:51:53 PM
To: Erin Delaney <[5][Garfield City request email]>
Subject: Re: OPRA request - Opra Request for incident that took place on
09/02/2025

[You don't often get email from
[6][OPRA #81356 email]. Learn why this is
important at [7]https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentific... ]

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the City of Garfield.
Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and
know the content is safe.

Dear Garfield City,

Thank you very much for your time and effort in sourcing this footage for
me. Unfortunately, I did not anticipate the cost, and at this time I will
have to pass.

If in the near future I decide to move forward with the purchase, would
that still be possible? Please advise. My apologies for not being able to
proceed at this time, and thank you again for your understanding.

Yours faithfully,

Ghettomerica

show quoted sections