Policy/Directive for critical incidents
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:
Any and all information regarding policy, procedure, guidelines and/or directives for officer involved critical incident.
Yours faithfully,
Anonymous
Good afternoon.
Regarding your request under the common law, be advised that your request is improper and overbroad as it fails to identify a specific record. "Critical incident" is not a term of art and may potentially encompass a wide range of incidents types that law enforcement could be involved in. Despite the overbroadness of your request, a search was conducted of the guidelines and directives available on the Attorney General's website, but no records referencing "critical incident" in the subject matter line or title were identified. Should you wish to properly resubmit a request that sufficiently identifies the specific record you are seeking, you may wish to submit your request to the Division of Criminal Justice as directives, guidelines, and other similar records issued to law enforcement and concerning law enforcement activity are generally issued out via the Division of Criminal Justice.
Regarding your request under the Open Public Records Act, be advised that pursuant to 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. Attached is a blank records request form. The mailing addresses for the various Records Custodians of the Department of Law and Public Safety can be found on page 2 of the form.
Law & Public Safety – OAG Custodian of Records
Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex
25 Market Street, P.O. Box 081
Trenton, N.J. 08625