Request for CAD entries

Thomas Hiccabee made this OPRA request to Piscataway Township Police Department 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.

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Dear Piscataway Township Police Department,

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:

From January 1, 2025 to August 31, 2025, a printout of all Police CAD entries where an ambulance request resulted in an ambulance from any agency other than Hackensack Meridian/JFK was dispatched/requested. If it's not possible to sort calls like that, please just provide the Police CAD entries where an ambulance was dispatched during the same period.

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,

Thomas Hiccabee

Jennifer Johnson, Piscataway Township Police Department

Good morning,

The Piscataway Township Police Department has asked for clarification on your OPRA request which was received by our office on September 3rd.

Your current request reads: "From January 1, 2025 to August 31, 2025, a printout of all Police CAD entries where an ambulance request resulted in an ambulance from any agency other than Hackensack Meridian/JFK was dispatched/requested. If it's not possible to sort calls like that, please just provide the Police CAD entries where an ambulance was dispatched during the same period."

The PTPD has advised that all ambulance requests made to their department are dispatched through Hackensack Meridian / JFK and they have no record of any other agency's ambulance dispatched in Piscataway Township. If you would like all CADs where an ambulance was dispatched through Hackensack Meridian / JFK, there would be more than 4,000 CADs to review and redact, which will take a significant amount of time. At that point, we may charge for extraordinary labor as a special service charge.

Please let us know as soon as possible.

Thank you!
Jenn

Jennifer Johnson
Deputy Township Clerk
Piscataway Township
455 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
Office: (732) 562-2317
Email: [email address]

Dear Jennifer Johnson,

Ok, I was under the impression that PTPD was the PSAP for EMS in the township and that they communicated directly with all responding ambulances in the town. Thank you for clarifying that once an EMS call is received, it is transferred to the Hackensack Meridian / JFK dispatch center for dispatch and communications.

Yours sincerely,

Thomas Hiccabee

Jennifer Johnson, Piscataway Township Police Department

Mr. Hiccabee,

Please advise if you are still looking for information from our PD and what that modified request is exactly. If you no longer wish to obtain any documents, please also let me know so I can close out the request on our end.

Thank you!
Jenn

Jennifer Johnson
Deputy Township Clerk
Piscataway Township
455 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
Office: (732) 562-2317
Email: [email address]

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Dear Jennifer Johnson,

Since the CAD entries apparently contain personally identifiable information and would require redaction, I do not need anything from you.

Yours sincerely,

Thomas Hiccabee