Please accept this as my request for government records under both OPRA and the common law right of access. Thank you very much for your commitment to transparent government.

BACKGROUND:

This is a follow-up request to the one I made on February 19, 2023 that Lt. Daniel DeWald of the Byram Police Department responded to on March 6, 2023. The 2022 Summary Report that was placed on-line at byrampd.org/images/uploads/formsreports/Internal_Affairs_Summary.pdf is not in the form of Appendix K. Appendix K, set forth in full, has a lot more information on it than what Lt. DeWald provided.

According to the No. 5 of the Appendix K instruction sheet on the OAG's website, "The first page of the report is a rough categorization of initial allegations, discipline, and a few other metrics for cases closed in the reporting period" while pages 2-3 summarize all cases by initial or sustained allegation and provide several views of complaint source, case length, and criminal and internal outcomes, pages 4-5 present detailed information on allegations of "Other rule violation.” Pages 6-7 present detailed information on allegations of "Criminal violation.” and page 8 presents an overview of discipline by most serious sustained allegation, first with "Criminal violation” and "Other rule violation" collapsed and then with each broken out.

RECORDS REQUESTED:

1. Byram's full 2022 "Appendix K."

2. In lieu of sending it to me, you can fulfill this request by putting it on the Department's website.