Records from October 9, 2025
Dear Hawthorne Borough,
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-5(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.
I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
I AM seeking records under the common law.
Records requested:
Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, please provide electronic copies of any and all police reports created, received, or maintained by the Borough of Hawthorne and/or the Hawthorne Police Department concerning the October 9, 2025 police response / operation involving me.
This request includes, to the extent they exist:
incident reports;
investigation reports;
supplementary reports;
offense reports;
call-for-service reports;
CAD or dispatch event reports / printouts;
any report, narrative, or record reflecting drone deployment, drone assistance, aerial surveillance, or inter-agency assistance provided on October 9, 2025 in connection with that incident;
any report identifying the officers, units, supervisors, or equipment involved in Hawthorne’s participation in that incident.
If any responsive record is withheld or redacted, please identify the record and state the specific legal basis for the withholding or redaction.
If this request is deemed overly broad, please construe it narrowly to seek the specific incident report(s), supplemental report(s), and CAD / dispatch record(s) for Hawthorne’s participation in the October 9, 2025 incident involving me.
Please provide all responsive records in electronic form.
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.
Yours faithfully,
Josh Ben-Asher
Requested documents attached, please confirm receipt.
Best Regards,
Lori Fernandez, RMC, CMC
Borough of Hawthorne, Borough Clerk
Municipal Alliance Coordinator
Affordable Housing Liaison
O: 973.427.4493 C: 201.248.4570
“Kindness is a gift everyone can afford to give “
-----Original Message-----
From: Josh B <[1][OPRA #88803 email]>
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2026 2:35 PM
To: Lori Fernandez <[2][Hawthorne Borough request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Records from October 9, 2025
[EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK on links or attachments unless you recognize
the sender and know the content is safe.
Dear Hawthorne Borough,
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA
and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an
official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request
per NJSA 47:1A-5(f), which states that an email from a requestor including
all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place
of a completed form as a valid government record request.
I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New
Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
I AM seeking records under the common law.
Records requested:
Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, please provide
electronic copies of any and all police reports created, received, or
maintained by the Borough of Hawthorne and/or the Hawthorne Police
Department concerning the October 9, 2025 police response / operation
involving me.
This request includes, to the extent they exist:
incident reports;
investigation reports;
supplementary reports;
offense reports;
call-for-service reports;
CAD or dispatch event reports / printouts;
any report, narrative, or record reflecting drone deployment, drone
assistance, aerial surveillance, or inter-agency assistance provided on
October 9, 2025 in connection with that incident;
any report identifying the officers, units, supervisors, or equipment
involved in Hawthorne’s participation in that incident.
If any responsive record is withheld or redacted, please identify the
record and state the specific legal basis for the withholding or
redaction.
If this request is deemed overly broad, please construe it narrowly to
seek the specific incident report(s), supplemental report(s), and CAD /
dispatch record(s) for Hawthorne’s participation in the October 9, 2025
incident involving me.
Please provide all responsive records in electronic form.
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail
as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you
are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person
and provide their email address to me for future reference.
Yours faithfully,
Josh Ben-Asher
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Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE
address for all replies to this request:
[3][OPRA #88803 email]
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Hawthorne Borough? If so, please contact us using this form:
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Jersey public records.
For more information, contact us at: (732) 707-1628 or PO Box 3180, New
Brunswick, NJ 08903."
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communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone
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2. mailto:[Hawthorne Borough request email]
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4. mailto:[Hawthorne Borough request email]
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Requested documents attached, please confirm receipt.
Best Regards,
Lori Fernandez, RMC, CMC
Borough of Hawthorne, Borough Clerk
Municipal Alliance Coordinator
Affordable Housing Liaison
O: 973.427.4493 C: 201.248.4570
“Kindness is a gift everyone can afford to give “
-----Original Message-----
From: Josh B <[1][OPRA #88803 email]>
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2026 2:35 PM
To: Lori Fernandez <[2][Hawthorne Borough request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Records from October 9, 2025
[EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK on links or attachments unless you recognize
the sender and know the content is safe.
Dear Hawthorne Borough,
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA
and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an
official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request
per NJSA 47:1A-5(f), which states that an email from a requestor including
all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place
of a completed form as a valid government record request.
I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New
Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
I AM seeking records under the common law.
Records requested:
Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, please provide
electronic copies of any and all police reports created, received, or
maintained by the Borough of Hawthorne and/or the Hawthorne Police
Department concerning the October 9, 2025 police response / operation
involving me.
This request includes, to the extent they exist:
incident reports;
investigation reports;
supplementary reports;
offense reports;
call-for-service reports;
CAD or dispatch event reports / printouts;
any report, narrative, or record reflecting drone deployment, drone
assistance, aerial surveillance, or inter-agency assistance provided on
October 9, 2025 in connection with that incident;
any report identifying the officers, units, supervisors, or equipment
involved in Hawthorne’s participation in that incident.
If any responsive record is withheld or redacted, please identify the
record and state the specific legal basis for the withholding or
redaction.
If this request is deemed overly broad, please construe it narrowly to
seek the specific incident report(s), supplemental report(s), and CAD /
dispatch record(s) for Hawthorne’s participation in the October 9, 2025
incident involving me.
Please provide all responsive records in electronic form.
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail
as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you
are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person
and provide their email address to me for future reference.
Yours faithfully,
Josh Ben-Asher
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE
address for all replies to this request:
[3][OPRA #88803 email]
Is [4][Hawthorne Borough request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to
Hawthorne Borough? If so, please contact us using this form:
[5]https://opramachine.com/change_request/n...
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
[6]https://opramachine.com/help/officers
View this OPRA request & responses online:
[7]https://opramachine.com/request/records_...
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.
"OPRAmachine’s mission is to give people easy and affordable access to New
Jersey public records.
For more information, contact us at: (732) 707-1628 or PO Box 3180, New
Brunswick, NJ 08903."
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Notice of Confidentiality
Borough email may be used for official business purposes only. Borough
staff, board and/or commission members, and elected officials may not use
their personal email for Borough Business. All Borough email is archived
and subject to the Open Public Records Act. This e-mail (including all
attachments) is intended for the exclusive use of the individual to whom
it is addressed. This e-mail may be proprietary, confidential, privileged
and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this
e-mail is not the intended recipient or agent responsible for delivering
the message to the intended recipient, the reader is hereby put on notice
that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication
or any of its contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this
communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone
or e-mail and delete the original e-mail and all copies of it from your
computer system.
References
Visible links
1. mailto:[OPRA #88803 email]
2. mailto:[Hawthorne Borough request email]
3. mailto:[OPRA #88803 email]
4. mailto:[Hawthorne Borough request email]
5. https://opramachine.com/change_request/n...
6. https://opramachine.com/help/officers
7. https://opramachine.com/request/records_...