Police dispatch logs
Dear East Brunswick 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:
Police dispatch logs of all incidents of police dispatched to Jensen Street for the dates 1/1/2000-present.
Yours sincerely,
Resident
I am in receipt of your OPRA requested listed below. However, Your request is denied as overly broad in scope in terms of location and time, and also requiring research and the exercise of discretion.
This request does not completely identify specific government records. A proper request under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting "any" or "all" information. Custodians are not required to conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA request. See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005). Wholesale requests for general information to be analyzed, collated and compiled are not "encompassed" by OPRA, See New Jersey Builders Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J.Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007).
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or unfilled with the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a right to challenge the decision. 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 email 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.
Nennette Perry
Township Clerk \ Registrar
East Brunswick Township
One Civic Center Drive
P O Box 1081
East Brunswick NJ 08816
732-390-6850
Fax 732-238-8848
[email address]
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Dear Ms. Perry,
If I narrow down the search to the time frame 1/1/2015-Present for police dispatch logs for these 4 specific addresses, will that be specific enough for the request to be fulfilled?
13 Jensen Street
15 Jensen Street
16 Jensen Street
19 Jensen Street
Please let me know at your earliest convenience. Thank you,
Resident
Attached is the information you requested. This OPRA is now closed.
Nennette Perry
Township Clerk \ Registrar
East Brunswick Township
One Civic Center Drive
P O Box 1081
East Brunswick NJ 08816
732-390-6850
Fax 732-238-8848
[email address]
PRIVACY NOTICE:
This e-mail, including attachments, may include privileged, confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately.
WARNING:
Email received by or sent to Township officials is subject to the Open Public Records Act [OPRA]. This means that absent some specific privilege, all such communications are considered a public record and are subject to publication and/or dissemination to the public upon request.