Manchester Township,

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Records requested:

Respondent:

As Manchester Township police department has a questionable record regarding the training of its police officers on the Constitutional Rights of the people they serve and interact with, I hereby request the following information:

-Any and all memorandums, directives, instructions, guidance, procedures, policies, and/or any other references to protocol to or from the New Jersey Governor's Office, the New Jersey Attorney General's Office, the New Jersey State Police Superintendent's Office, the New Jersey State Prosecutor's Office, the Ocean County Sheriff's Office, the Ocean County Court system, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, any municipal police department within Ocean County, any municipal government offices within Ocean County, and/or any other entity regarding the acceptance, handling, holding, processing, consideration, approval, denial, renewal, issuance, and/or return of New Jersey Permit to Carry a Handgun applications.

-Any and all memorandums, directives, instructions, guidance, procedures, policies, and/or any other references to protocol issued since June 1, 2022 regarding Police Officer interaction with the holder or suspected holder of a New Jersey Permit to Carry a Handgun.

-Any and all memorandums, directives, instructions, guidance, procedures, policies, and/or any other references to protocol regarding training and/or retraining of Police Officers regarding the increased possible encounters of citizens legally carrying handguns.

-Any and all memorandums, directives, instructions, guidance, procedures, policies, and/or any other references to protocol regarding training and/or retraining of Police Officers and their knowledge of Constitutional Rights/Civil Rights, specifically 2nd and 4th Amendment Rights.

PSNJ, Ironbound Media

Jodi Russo,

I have received six (6) file attachements, thank you for those files. However, just to clarify, seeing as there were no training documents attached, am I understanding correctly that there has NOT been any additional or updated training of police officers regarding the SIGNIFICANT changes to NJ firearms law? If there has been training, please attach the records as requested.

Thank you,

PSNJ, Ironbound Media