OPRA request - Use of force reports 2017-2019
Dear Wall 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:
All use of force reports completed by the police department from January 1st 2017 to December 31st, 2019.
Yours faithfully,
Eric K.
The Wall Township Clerk’s Office is in receipt of your OPRA request. Please be advised that the records you seek are held within the Police Department.
I have forwarded your request to [email address]. All further correspondence should be directed to the Police Department.
Keri Pagnoni, RMC, CMR
Deputy Clerk, Deputy Registrar
2700 Allaire Road
Wall, NJ 07719
(732)449-8444 ext. 2262
Fax: (732)449-8992
Visit us at http://wallnj.com/211/Clerks-Office
Good Afternoon,
The Township of Wall Police Department’s (“Police Department”) Records
Custodian received your Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) request dated May
28, 2020 on May 28, 2020. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to
respond to your request is June 8, 2020. The Police Department is
responding to your request within seven (7) business days after receipt of
your request as required by New Jersey law N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.
For ease of reference, the Police Department notes that your OPRA request
seeks the following:
1. All use of force reports completed by the police department from
January 1st 2017 to December 31st, 2019.
Your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days
to fulfill due to a lack of available staff, the location, volume, and
nature of the documents sought. The records also require our thorough
review and redaction to ensure that any confidential, privileged, or
otherwise exempt information is not inadvertently disclosed. N.J.S.A.
47:1A-1 provides 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-9.b allows exemptions from disclosure any grant of confidentiality
established or recognized by the Constitution of this State, statute,
court rule or judicial case law, to apply to OPRA.
An extension of five (5) business days will be required through the end of
business on June 15, 2020. The Police Department would also reserve the
right to request an additional extension of time, if necessary, in
accordance with New Jersey law. See Scheeler v. New Jersey Department of
Educ., GRC Complaint No. 2014-123 (Feb. 2016).
Thank you for your professional courtesies and attention to this matter.
Records & ID Bureau
Wall Township Police Department
2700 Allaire Road
Wall Township, New Jersey 07719
732-449-4500 ext. 1400
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Note: The files will be deleted in 7 days.
Records & ID Bureau
Wall Township Police Department
2700 Allaire Road
Wall Township, New Jersey 07719
732-449-4500 ext. 1400
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