OPRA request - Use of force reports 2017-2019
Dear Hazlet 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.
Received.
Evelyn A. Grandi, Municipal Clerk
[email address]
1766 Union Avenue
Hazlet, NJ 07730
732-264-1700 X8686
Hazlet Township Municipal
Offices are closed on Fridays
Eric K.,
The Hazlet Township Municipal Clerk received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on May 28, 2020. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is June 7, 2020. This response to your request is being provided to you on June 1, 2020.
Your request is as follows:
1. “All use of force reports completed by the police department from January 1st 2017 to December 31st, 2019.”
Use of Force Reports for Hazlet Police Department from January 1, 2017 to December 31st, 2019 are attached.
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 Hazlet Township 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.
Nonita Carroll
Hazlet Township Police Department
Records Bureau
255 Middle Road
Hazlet, NJ 07730
P. 732-264-3803
F. 732-739-0957
E. [email address]
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