Police complaint, body and dash cam footage of the arrest of Arthur Barclay on July 1st 2023.
Patrick Duff made this OPRA request to New Jersey Attorney General's Office This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear New Jersey Attorney General's Office,
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:
Police complaint, body and dash cam footage of the arrest of Arthur Barclay on July 1st 2023 in Camden NJ.
Yours faithfully,
Patrick Duff
Good morning.
Regarding your request for records under the common law, please be advised that records are not within OAG's possession and, to the extent they exist, such records would be within the possession of the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, which is housed within the Division of Criminal Justice. The Division of Criminal Justice is a separate division from the Office of the Attorney General (OAG), with separately maintained records and its own Records Custodian. The contact information for the Division of Criminal Justice can be found on page 2 of the attached form.
Regarding your request for records under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), please be advised that pursuant to regulation, N.J.A.C. 13:1E-2, submission of records requests by email to the Department of Law and Public Safety is not permitted. N.J.A.C. 13:1E-2.4(a) states: "Written Open Public Records Act (OPRA) requests shall be hand-delivered during normal business hours of the public agency, mailed or submitted electronically to the appropriate division or agency custodian of records over the Internet by means of a web-enabled OPRA request form [.] Submission of requests by e-mail or facsimile transmission is not permitted." Pursuant to this regulation, divisions within the Department of Law & Public Safety are not able to accept emails as valid OPRA requests for access to government records. You may instead submit your request through the State’s online form, located at: https://www-njlib.state.nj.us/NJ_OPRA/de.... Select "Law and Public Safety." Next, select "Division of Criminal Justice."
If you do not wish to use the online form, you may instead mail in a written/paper request or mail in a completed records request form. I have attached a blank records request form. The mailing addresses for the various Records Custodians of the Department of Law & Public Safety, including the Division of Criminal Justice, can be found on page 2 of the form.
Ivonnely Colon-Fung, Deputy Attorney General
Law & Public Safety – OAG Custodian of Records
Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex
25 Market Street, P.O. Box 081
Trenton, N.J. 08625
Phone: (609) 984-6998
[email address]