Dear Joel Caplan,

Thank you for registering with Rutgers, The State University of New
Jersey Open Public Records Center, an online, public portal. Below you
will find your portal login and password information .

Login:  [OPRA #26093 email]
 
If you have never used this system or cannot remember your password, you
may request a [1]Temporary Password
 

If you are a first time user and did not submit your request through the
public portal but are receiving this e-mail, an account has been created
for you with the login and password listed above. At this account you can
access, track and receive any documents in response to your request.

Please log in to the [2]Rutgers University Open Public Records Center and
then "My Request Center" to update any contact or password information on
your account and to view your request.

The University Custodian of Records will contact you if there are
questions regarding your request or provide you a response. If you have
questions, you may contact the OPRA Administrator at 973.972.1887.
Thank you again for registering with the Rutgers University Open Public
Records Center.
 
 
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Dear Caplan:

Thank you for submitting your request for government records of Rutgers,
The State University of New Jersey. Your request has been received and is
being processed in accordance with the New Jersey Open Public Records Act
(OPRA), NJSA 47:1 et seq. Your request was received through the online,
public portal [1]Rutgers University Open Public Records Center of this
office on 9/25/2021 and given the reference number R006878-092521.  

Your request will be forwarded to the Office of the Custodian of
Records for review and processing, including determining the volume of
responsive documents and any potential costs associated with satisfying
your request. Please note, the N.J. Open Public Records Act does not
require the University to create new documents, to conduct research, or to
answer questions for information.

Records Requested: Dear Rutgers University, 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 Reports, Arrest Reports, Phone Calls,
Body Camera footage and Radio Transmission of an incident involving an
incident with Chris Long and Max Melton on Monday, September 20th at
approximately 10 pm on the Livingston Campus Yours faithfully, Joel Caplan
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The Office of the Custodian of Records uses the [2]Rutgers University Open
Public Records Center to communicate with you, respond to and track all
open public records requests.  If you have submitted your request
electronically through Rutgers Open Public Records Center portal, you have
already been required to create an account.

Notice to First Time Portal Users:

If you are a first time user and did not submit your request through the
public portal, you are receiving this request because the Rutgers Office
of the Custodian has created an account for you at the [3]Rutgers
University Open Public Records Center . 

To access your account and view your request:

1.Go to: [4]Rutgers University Open Public Records Center.

2. Select/open  "My Records Center"
3. Enter your email and password as provided in your previously received
Welcome Letter.

You can monitor your request through the [5]Rutgers University Open Public
Records Center at "My Request Center."

Thank you and if you have questions, you  may contact the OPRA
Administrator at (973) 972-1981.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

University Custodian of Records

Office of Enterprise Risk Management, Ethics and Compliance

65 Bergen Street, Ste. 1346 

Newark, New Jersey 07101-1709

Phone: (973) 972-1981

Fax: (973) 972-2396

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Reference: Rutgers Open Public Records Request # R006878-092521

Dear Caplan,

Please accept this letter as the University Custodian of Records response
to your request for records pursuant to the Open Public Records Act
(“OPRA”). On September 25, 2021, this office received your request for the
following:

“Dear Rutgers University,

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 Reports, Arrest Reports, Phone Calls, Body Camera footage and Radio
Transmission of an incident involving an incident with Chris Long and Max
Melton on Monday, September 20th at approximately 10 pm on the Livingston
Campus

Yours faithfully,

Joel Caplan

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Please use deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE
address for all replies to this request:
[OPRA #26093 email]

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The University has reviewed your request and requires an extension
until October 18, 2021. If you have any questions or concerns, please
contact me at my office at 973.972.1981.

Sincerely,

Jewell Battle

University Custodian of Records

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

973.972.1981

To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the [1]Open
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Reference: Rutgers Open Public Records Request, # R006878-092521

Dear Caplan,

Please accept this letter as the University Custodian of Records response
to your request for records pursuant to the Open Public Records Act
(“OPRA”). On September 25, 2021, this office received your request for the
following:

“Dear Rutgers University,

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 Reports, Arrest Reports, Phone Calls, Body Camera footage and Radio
Transmission of an incident involving an incident with Chris Long and Max
Melton on Monday, September 20th at approximately 10 pm on the Livingston
Campus

Yours faithfully,

Joel Caplan

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Please use deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE
address for all replies to this request:
[OPRA #26093 email]

Is [Rutgers University request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to Rutgers
University? If so, please contact us using this form:
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be delayed.

If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's website.

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The University is continuing to process your request and requires an
extension until October 28, 2021. In the meantime, are you available to
discuss your request via phone? If you have any questions or concerns,
please contact me at my office at 973.972.1981.

Sincerely,

Jewell Battle

University Custodian of Records

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

973.972.1981

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[2]21-A-00072_Redacted.pdf
[3]21RC01197_Redacted.mp3

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Reference: Rutgers Open Public Records Request, # R006878-092521

Dear Caplan,

Please accept this letter as the University Custodian of Records response
to your request for records pursuant to the Open Public Records Act
(“OPRA”). On September 25, 2021, this office received your request for the
following:

“Dear Rutgers University,

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 Reports, Arrest Reports, Phone Calls, Body Camera footage and Radio
Transmission of an incident involving an incident with Chris Long and Max
Melton on Monday, September 20th at approximately 10 pm on the Livingston
Campus

Yours faithfully,

Joel Caplan

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Please use deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE
address for all replies to this request:
[OPRA #26093 email]

Is [Rutgers University request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to Rutgers
University? If so, please contact us using this form:
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Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
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View this OPRA request & responses online:
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Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.

If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's website.

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Police Reports – These reports are exempt pursuant to OPRA’s criminal
investigatory exemption. A “criminal investigatory record” is defined by
the statute as “a record which is not required by law to be made,
maintained or kept on file that is held by a law enforcement agency which
pertains to any criminal investigation or related civil enforcement
proceeding.” N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. The Government Records Council (“GRC”)
has held that this definition “includes commonly made police records such
as incident reports, supplemental reports and operations reports.” Blue v.
Wall Township Police Department, GRC Complaint 2002-47 (August 22, 2003).
The GRC has consistently held that investigation reports are not required
to be made, maintained or kept by law and are exempt from OPRA. See Briggs
v. City of Trenton, GRC Complaint No. 2007-58 (March 28, 2007); McCrone v.
Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office, GRC Complaint 2005-146 (November
22, 2005). Accordingly, this portion of your request is denied because
criminal investigative reports are exempt from OPRA as criminal
investigatory records.

Arrest Reports – The University has reviewed your request. The responsive
document(s) is available to you through the Rutgers University Open
Records Center. Please log in to the Records Center and "My Request
Center" to retrieve the appropriate responsive document(s). The
document(s) is also attached to this email for your convenience. 

Please note, the responsive record has been redacted due to privacy
concerns N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.1. OPRA specifically places on the University
“a responsibility and an obligation to safeguard from public access a
citizen’s personal information with which it has been entrusted when
disclosure thereof would violate the citizen’s reasonable expectation of
privacy.” Serrano v. South Brunswick Twp., 358 N.J. Super. 352, 368 (App.
Div. 2003). New Jersey courts and the Government Records Council (“GRC”)
have consistently held that an individual has a reasonable expectation of
privacy in keeping his or her address out of the public domain. In Doe v.
Poritz, 142 N.J. 1, 82 (1995), the New Jersey Supreme Court acknowledged
that disclosure of an individual’s home address, or other personally
identifiable information, invokes privacy concerns, particularly when such
disclosure could result in “unsolicited contact or intrusion.” In order to
uphold the University’s obligations to protect an individual’s reasonable
expectation of privacy, we have redacted any and all personally
identifying information.

Phone Calls, - The University has reviewed your request. The responsive
document(s) is available to you through the Rutgers University Open
Records Center. Please log in to the Records Center and "My Request
Center" to retrieve the appropriate responsive document(s). The
document(s) is also attached to this email for your convenience. 

Please note, the responsive record has been redacted due to privacy
concerns N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.1. OPRA specifically places on the University
“a responsibility and an obligation to safeguard from public access a
citizen’s personal information with which it has been entrusted when
disclosure thereof would violate the citizen’s reasonable expectation of
privacy.” Serrano v. South Brunswick Twp., 358 N.J. Super. 352, 368 (App.
Div. 2003). New Jersey courts and the Government Records Council (“GRC”)
have consistently held that an individual has a reasonable expectation of
privacy in keeping his or her address out of the public domain. In Doe v.
Poritz, 142 N.J. 1, 82 (1995), the New Jersey Supreme Court acknowledged
that disclosure of an individual’s home address, or other personally
identifiable information, invokes privacy concerns, particularly when such
disclosure could result in “unsolicited contact or intrusion.” In order to
uphold the University’s obligations to protect an individual’s reasonable
expectation of privacy, we have redacted any and all personally
identifying information.

Body Camera footage – 

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(c), an agency is authorized to impose a
special service charge where the agency must make an extraordinary
expenditure of time and effort to accommodate a request to inspect
government records. 

This request will take 27 hours to process. As the University does not
charge for the first four hours of review and redaction, the special
services fee shall be $766.82 based on 23 hours at $33.34 dollars per
hour, as summarized below:

Total time for processing: 27 hours
Actual cost ($33.34/hour x 27 hours): $900.18
Total waived ($33.34 x first 4 hours): $133.36
Total charged: $766.82

If you choose to request the records, you must pay the special service
charge prior to the work commencing. You may send a check in the amount of
$766.82 payable to “Rutgers University” to the following address:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Custodian of Records
University Ethics and Compliance
335 George Street, Suite 2100
New Brunswick, NJ 08901.

Radio Transmission –

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(c), an agency is authorized to impose a
special service charge where the agency must make an extraordinary
expenditure of time and effort to accommodate a request to inspect
government records. 

This request will take 13 hours to process. As the University does not
charge for the first four hours of review and redaction, the special
services fee shall be $300.06 based on 9 hours at $33.34 dollars per hour,
as summarized below:

Total time for processing: 13 hours
Actual cost ($33.34/hour x 13 hours): $433.42
Total waived ($33.34 x first 4 hours): $133.36
Total charged: $300.06

If you choose to request the records, you must pay the special service
charge prior to the work commencing. You may send a check in the amount of
$300.06 payable to “Rutgers University” to the following address:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Custodian of Records
University Ethics and Compliance
335 George Street, Suite 2100
New Brunswick, NJ 08901.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please feel free
to contact my office at 973.972.1981.

Sincerely,

Jewell Battle

University Custodian of Records

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

973.972.1981

To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the [4]Open
Public Records Center.

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Reference: Rutgers Open Public Records Request # R006878-092521

Dear Caplan,

Please accept this letter as the University Custodian of Records response
to your request for records pursuant to the Open Public Records Act
(“OPRA”). On September 25, 2021, this office received your request for the
following:

“Dear Rutgers University,

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 Reports, Arrest Reports, Phone Calls, Body Camera footage and Radio
Transmission of an incident involving an incident with Chris Long and Max
Melton on Monday, September 20th at approximately 10 pm on the Livingston
Campus

Yours faithfully,

Joel Caplan

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Please use deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE
address for all replies to this request:
[OPRA #26093 email]

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University? If so, please contact us using this form:
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Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
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Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.

If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's website.

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The University has not heard back from you regarding the special services
fee for processing the portion of your request seeking radio transmission
and body camera footage on November 1, 2021. We are therefore closing out
this request. If you wish, you may resubmit a new request for processing.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at my office at
973.972.1981.

Sincerely,

Jewell Battle

University Custodian of Records

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

973.972.1981

To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the [1]Open
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