Request for Bodycam footage(FOIA)
Dear Tinton Falls Borough,
Dear Public Records Officer,
Under the authority of the Wisconsin Public Records Law, Wis. Stat. §§ 19.31-19.39, I respectfully request that you first provide me with all possible footage associated with this case.
Incident Case Number: 23TF15345
However, if there are fees associated with fulfilling the request, I kindly request that you limit the production to only the below-listed body-worn and car-cam recordings.
Officer Names & Car-cam names:
-Body Cam of Officer Ptl Volker (#92) [BWC 92, 56, 90]
-Back Cam footage of the patrol car of Ptl. Fields [Truck 15]
-Bodycam of Officer Yurcisim, M
Under Penalty of N.J.S.A 2C:28-3, I certify that:
1. I Have not been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
2. I, or another person, WILL use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
3. I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
In your response, please identify which specific body-worn camera and dashcam footage are being disclosed, and for any footage not provided, kindly include the name of the officer and a written explanation detailing the legal or administrative grounds for the denial or unavailability.
Sincerely,
Pamelina Manna
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Dear OPRA Applicant,
Your OPRA request has been received. The Police Department will process your request. You should have received an email regarding your records request number 25-535. Any responsive records will be available online via the portal. Please let us know if you have any questions.
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Borough Clerk’s Office
Borough of Tinton Falls
556 Tinton Avenue
Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
e. [Tinton Falls Borough request email]
p. 732-542-3400 Ext. 260
f. 732-460-9115
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An invoice has been created for record request
#25-535.
Notice of Special Service Charge
Please be advised that due to the number of officers
on scene for this incident and/or the number of hours
of Body Worn Camera (BWC) footage and/or police audio
transmissions to be reviewed and redacted, the
production of the media records in this request will
require an estimated 5 hours to complete.
OPRA allows pubic agencies to impose special service
charges whenever the nature, format, manner of
collation, or volume of a government record embodied
in the form of printed matter to be inspected,
examined, or copied pursuant to this section is such
that the record cannot be reproduced by ordinary
document copying equipment in ordinary business size
or when fulfilling a request requires an extraordinary
expenditure of time and effort. See N.J.S.A 47:1A-5.c.
Special services charged must be based upon the actual
direct cost of providing the copy or copies. OPRA
mandates that the requester shall have the opportunity
to review and object to the charge prior to it being
incurred. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.c. As such, a detailed
estimate is provided below:
The employee with the training to review and redact
the requested media is Records Adm. and their direct
hourly rate of pay minus fringe benefits is $40. The
total estimated special service charge is. $200This
special service charge is in addition to any other
fees allowed by law as pertinent. See N.J.S.A.
47:1A-5.b.
**NOTE** This special service charge is ONLY for the
media for the incident on ___9/30/23_________ from
your OPRA request.
We will not begin to process this portion of your OPRA
request until we receive your response. Upon written
acceptance and 50% of the required fee we will begin
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will be applied for each USB utilized.
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your request for BWC footage and/or police audio
transmissions.
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Record request #25-535 has been closed. The closure
reason supplied was:
We closed this request due to no response on our
clarification request.
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