As per the new statute signed by Governor Murphy for OPRA,  the State now
requires us as of 9/3/2024, that if you are submitting at OPRA via email
or you are utilizing an old form that you need to certify the answers to
the questions included on their State’s new OPRA form.

Please follow the link below to the updated OPRA form which includes all
of the required information.   Please bookmark the page for future use.

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For informational purposes only the additional information you are
required to supply is below.  Please use our portal so we may process your
request.

 Under penalty of N.J.S.A.  2C:28-3 you certify that:

 1. You,     have     have not been convicted of any indictable offense
under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States;

       2) You, or another person,  ______ will  or _______ will not use
the requested government records for a commercial purpose;

       3) You  _______ are OR _______ are not seeking records in
connection with a legal proceeding.  (Note that if you are confirming that
the records sought are in connection with a legal proceeding,
identification of that proceeding is required here: 
_________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

 

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From: Dovid Schwartz
<[OPRA #93619 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2026 12:10 AM
To: Township Clerk <[Lakewood Township request email]>
Subject: [External] OPRA request - Request for body-worn camera and dash
camera footage from a Lakewood Police Department interaction at Coventry
Square on March 24, 2024, at approximately 2:26 AM.
 
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-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

Records requested:

I am requesting copies of all available body-worn camera (BWC) footage and
any in-car dash camera footage related to the Lakewood Police Department
interaction that occurred at or near Coventry Square, Lakewood, New
Jersey, on March 24, 2024, at approximately 2:26 AM.

If available, I also request any associated CAD dispatch records, incident
report, and event number related to this interaction.

If multiple officers responded, I am requesting the body camera footage
from each responding officer present during the interaction.

If any portion of the requested records is exempt from disclosure, please
provide all reasonably segregable non-exempt portions and identify the
legal basis for any redactions or withheld records.

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, Dovid Schwartz

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[OPRA #93619 email]

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