Request for audio recordings of police calls about fire incidents and other calls to the police regarding us ( 01.0.2016 - present)

Olga Yakshinskaya made this OPRA request to Highland Park Borough Automatic anti-spam measures are in place for this older request. Please let us know if a further response is expected or if you are having trouble responding.

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Highland Park Borough should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Olga Yakshinskaya
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Dear Highland Park Borough,

Requesting copies of all available audio recordings of 911 calls and non-emergency police calls regarding (360 Crowells rd, Аpt C, Highland Park, NJ, 08904 ) within the past [01.01.2016 - present], if permissible under the law.

Also, requesting copies of all available audio recordings of 911 calls made by neighbors regarding fire-related incidents at [ 360 Crowells rd, Apt C, Highland Park, NJ, 08904, on these dates :

03.10.2018 at 22.49pm
04.28.2022 at 12.26 pm
03.04.2023 at 21.54 pm
04.07.2024 at 20.02 pm

If any of these records are not publicly available under OPRA, please provide an explanation of the applicable exemptions.

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:

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,

Olga Yakshinskaya

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Records Department, Highland Park Borough

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Good afternoon. The retention span of the requested audio recordings has
expired. Please use the link provided to request any current / present
audio recordings. Thank you and have a great day. 
01.01.2016 to 04.07.2024
03.10.2018
04.28.2022 
03.04.2023 
04.07.2024
Highland Park Police Officers are dispatched by Rutgers University Police
Department as
part of a shared-service agreement. As such, some records are maintained
by and must be
requested through Rutgers University.
Examples of records that are maintained by Rutgers University include:
 CAD Reports
x 9-1-1 Calls Logs
x Radio Transmissions

A CAD Report is the initial documentation of a call and includes
information such as date,
time, location, officers dispatched, incident notes, and parties involved.

Records may be obtained through the following Rutgers OPRA Portal:
[1]https://rutgers.mycusthelp.com/WEBAPP/_r...
Sincerely,
Highland Park Police Records Department
E-Mail: [2][email address]
Personal identifying information has been redacted and is not subject to
disclosure pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47A-1.1.b. Information which if released
would violate a citizen’s reasonable expectation of privacy, N.J.S.A.
47:1A-1.  

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Email received by or sent to Borough officials and employees is subject to
the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). This means that absent some specific
privilege, all such communications are considered a public record and are
subject to publication and/or dissemination to the public upon request.

References

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1. https://rutgers.mycusthelp.com/WEBAPP/_r...
2. mailto:[email address]

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