Records of Overdose Calls Within the Township: 05/06/18-05/12/18
Dear Brick Township,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
Please reply with the police reports or incident reports that correspond to all overdose or possible overdose calls within Brick Township between 05/06/2018 @ 00:00:01 through 05/12/2018 @ 23:59:59. Include all calls that Brick Police and/or EMS responded to for last week. Thanks in advance!
Yours faithfully,
Dave Lansing
Dear Mr. Lansing,
I have received your OPRA request below and forwarded it to our Police Department.
I was informed that there were two calls that Brick Police and Brick EMS responded to between the specified time frame of 05/06/2018 @00:00:01 through 05/15/2018 @ 23:59:59 in relation to an overdose or possible overdose.
Specific information pertaining to these two calls are protected under Executive Order N. 26 (4) (Gov. McGreevey 2002) and are exempt from disclosing to the public.
Sincerely,
Jessica L. Larney, RMC/CMR
Assistant Municipal Clerk
Deputy Registrar
Brick Township, NJ
Dear Jessica Larney,
Please review your denial before I have my lawyer contact you. All other towns in Ocean County have released this information to me through OPRA. Please go back and confirm this is the route you and your town wish to go. I will be following up with the state with an appeal and it will cost you and your town more money in tax dollars to defend your incorrect stance. Please reconsider before my lawyer reaches out to you. Thanks in advance!
Yours sincerely,
Dave Lansing
I will forward to our attorney for review.
Sincerely,
Jessica L. Larney, RMC/CMR
Assistant Municipal Clerk
Deputy Registrar
Brick Township, NJ
Dear Mr. Lansing,
We have conducted an additional review of your request and have determined that it is appropriate to release the attached documentation. Please note that the attached incident reports have been redacted to remove medical and health information of individuals, which the Township cannot disclose under HIPAA regulations and Executive Order No. 26. Accordingly, any "information relating to medical, psychiatric or psychological history, diagnosis, treatment or evaluation" of individuals identified in the original reports has been redacted from the attached incident reports.
Sincerely,
Jessica L. Larney, RMC/CMR
Assistant Municipal Clerk
Deputy Registrar
Brick Township, NJ