Reports Request
Dear Lakewood Township,
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-6(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 NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
Copies of all police and incident reports for 1255C Hamilton Ct, Lakewood, NJ 08701, for the last 3 years.
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,
Peter
Dear Requestor,
Thank you for submitting a Open Public Records Act Request Form on
12/11/2025. As such, the Township will respond as soon as possible but no
later than seven (7) business days.
Your request reference number is [1]Request Number: OPRA-JF2025-2037 and
your security key is 8166B830.
Use this information to track the status of your request at any time and
to receive responsive documents through the Township of Lakewood JustFOIA
Public Portal here:
[2]https://lakewoodnj.justfoia.com/publicpo...
Please have both reference numbers available when communicating with our
staff regarding your request.
Thank you,
[3]Label1
Township of Lakewood, NJ
231 Third Street
Lakewood, NJ 08701
(732) 364 - 2500
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The Township of Lakewood received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on 12/11/2025. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to
respond to your request is 12/22/2025. This response to your request is
being provided to you on the [XTH] business day after the custodian's
receipt of said request.
Your OPRA request sought the following:
Records requested:
Copies of all police and incident reports for 1255C Hamilton Ct, Lakewood,
NJ 08701, for the last 3 years.
The records requested cannot be released in accordance with a public
agency's responsibility and obligation to protect a citizen's personal
information that is in the possession of a public agency when disclosure
of that information would violate the citizen's reasonable expectation of
privacy. Burnett v. Cnty. of Bergen, 198 N.J. 408 (2009), N.J.S.A. 47:
1A-1; .L. 104-191 (HIPAA), national standard to protect individuals'
medical records and other individually identifiable health information
safeguarding the privacy of protected health information; Upholds
exemptions contained in other State or federal statutes and regulations,
Executive Orders of the Governor, Rules of Court, Constitution of this
State, or judicial case law, N.J.S.A 47:1A-9(a)-(b); Executive Order No.
26 (McGreevey 2002) section 4(b)All portions of records, including
electronic communications, that contain advisory, consultative or
deliberative information or other records protected by a recognized
privilege.
This deems your request complete.
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Township of Lakewood to deny
access. At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the
Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government
Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form.
You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at
P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at
their web site at www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other
questions about the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in
Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.