Request for emergency services

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Dear Westwood Borough,

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:

A list of any red light or blue light permits issued, maintained, renewed, or duplicated to any person by your municipality between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2023, including the document type, document number, issue date, the first name, middle name or initial, and last name, rank or title, license number, vehicle number, vehicle type, vehicle description, department or organization name, circumstances for issuance, and name and signature of person(s) approving. Documents, correspondences, letters, messages, emails, signed application forms, unsigned application forms, completed application forms, copies of the permits themselves, copies of training certificates, licenses, and records or documents generated in the process of any red light or blue light permits issued, maintained, renewed, or duplicated to any person by your municipality between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2023.

A list of vehicles that were issued to any individual for that individual’s regular use, including the make, model, year, license number, identification number, type, and description of the vehicle and to whom it was issued (name, department, title, rank), and circumstances for issuance, owned, leased, or provided by your municipality between July 31, 2019, and July 31, 2024

Any and all reports made to the municipality or contracted by the municipality to be made into the emergency services, law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services, first aid, rescue, emergency management organizations, in the timeframe of January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2023. This includes any studies or analysis of the actions or responses of the agencies.

List of all emergency calls in your municipality that were handled by an outside agency or mutual aide in the timeframe of July 31, 2019, and July 31, 2024.

any agreements entered or contracts signed by your municipality for the provision of emergency services in the timeframe of July 31, 2019, and July 31, 2024.

any awards, complaints, compliments, citations, comments, reports or commendations made regarding a first responder, police officer, dispatcher, EMT, paramedic, firefighter, code enforcement officer, law enforcement officer between June 30, 2014 to June 30, 2024. any accident reports, incident reports, aided reports, operations reports, internal affairs records, investigation reports, citations, summonses issued, charge sheets, disposition of charges, court records, legal actions, lawsuits filed, settlement agreements, judgements, CAD / dispatcher / police journal entry records, ambulance reports, patient care reports, fire department response reports, sobriety test results, total station diagrams, accident reconstruction diagrams and reports, 911 tapes, any dispatch calls, images, recordings, video recordings, surveillance video, dashboard camera video, body worn camera video of any incidents itself or any persons being interviewed by the police, and email or other written communications relating to any awards, complaints, compliments, citations, comments, reports made regarding a first responder, police officer, dispatcher, EMT, paramedic, firefighter, code enforcement officer, law enforcement officer between June 30, 2014 to June 30, 2024.

records regarding the administration of your municipality’s stipend, rewards, compensation, incentive or “Length of Service Awards Program” for volunteer personell from January 1, 2013 to June 31, 2024, to include a year by year list of persons, their title(s), department, amounts or descriptions of the award, any certification forms, application forms, certification lists, vesting documents, letters, emails, correspondences, agreements, contracts related to your municipality’s incentive programs for volunteers from January 1, 2013 to June 31, 2024.

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,

blueraspberry lemonade

blueraspberry lemonade

Dear Westwood Borough,

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Westwood Borough should have responded by now.

Yours faithfully,

blueraspberry lemonade

Jean-Marie Vadovic, Westwood Borough

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Good Morning,

We never received an initial request from the above email address, and there is no attachment to this email for a request. Please submit an OPRA request attached to this email if you are looking for information.

Thank you.

Jean-Marie Vadovic, RMC
Borough Clerk
Borough of Westwood
101 Washington Avenue
Westwood, NJ 07675
201-664-7100 ext. 101

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blueraspberry lemonade

Dear Jean-Marie Vadovic,

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This is a plain-text version of the Open Public Records Act request "Request for emergency services". The latest, full version is available online at http://opramachine.com/request/request_f....

From: blueraspberry lemonade
To: Westwood Borough
Date: September 30, 2024
Dear Westwood Borough,

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:

A list of any red light or blue light permits issued, maintained, renewed, or duplicated to any person by your municipality between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2023, including the document type, document number, issue date, the first name, middle name or initial, and last name, rank or title, license number, vehicle number, vehicle type, vehicle description, department or organization name, circumstances for issuance, and name and signature of person(s) approving. Documents, correspondences, letters, messages, emails, signed application forms, unsigned application forms, completed application forms, copies of the permits themselves, copies of training certificates, licenses, and records or documents generated in the process of any red light or blue light permits issued, maintained, renewed, or duplicated to any person by your municipality between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2023.

A list of vehicles that were issued to any individual for that individual’s regular use, including the make, model, year, license number, identification number, type, and description of the vehicle and to whom it was issued (name, department, title, rank), and circumstances for issuance, owned, leased, or provided by your municipality between July 31, 2019, and July 31, 2024

Any and all reports made to the municipality or contracted by the municipality to be made into the emergency services, law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services, first aid, rescue, emergency management organizations, in the timeframe of January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2023. This includes any studies or analysis of the actions or responses of the agencies.

List of all emergency calls in your municipality that were handled by an outside agency or mutual aide in the timeframe of July 31, 2019, and July 31, 2024.

any agreements entered or contracts signed by your municipality for the provision of emergency services in the timeframe of July 31, 2019, and July 31, 2024.

any awards, complaints, compliments, citations, comments, reports or commendations made regarding a first responder, police officer, dispatcher, EMT, paramedic, firefighter, code enforcement officer, law enforcement officer between June 30, 2014 to June 30, 2024. any accident reports, incident reports, aided reports, operations reports, internal affairs records, investigation reports, citations, summonses issued, charge sheets, disposition of charges, court records, legal actions, lawsuits filed, settlement agreements, judgements, CAD / dispatcher / police journal entry records, ambulance reports, patient care reports, fire department response reports, sobriety test results, total station diagrams, accident reconstruction diagrams and reports, 911 tapes, any dispatch calls, images, recordings, video recordings, surveillance video, dashboard camera video, body worn camera video of any incidents itself or any persons being interviewed by the police, and email or other written communications relating to any awards, complaints, compliments, citations, comments, reports made regarding a first responder, police officer, dispatcher, EMT, paramedic, firefighter, code enforcement officer, law enforcement officer between June 30, 2014 to June 30, 2024.

records regarding the administration of your municipality’s stipend, rewards, compensation, incentive or “Length of Service Awards Program” for volunteer personell from January 1, 2013 to June 31, 2024, to include a year by year list of persons, their title(s), department, amounts or descriptions of the award, any certification forms, application forms, certification lists, vesting documents, letters, emails, correspondences, agreements, contracts related to your municipality’s incentive programs for volunteers from January 1, 2013 to June 31, 2024.

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,

blueraspberry lemonade

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Yours sincerely,

blueraspberry lemonade

Jean-Marie Vadovic, Westwood Borough

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Good Afternoon,

In response to your OPRA request I have numbered each paragraph and my response is below after the asterisks.

1. A list of any red light or blue light permits issued, maintained, renewed, or duplicated to any person by your municipality between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2023, including the document type, document number, issue date, the first name, middle name or initial, and last name, rank or title, license number, vehicle number, vehicle type, vehicle description, department or organization name, circumstances for issuance, and name and signature of person(s) approving. Documents, correspondences, letters, messages, emails, signed application forms, unsigned application forms, completed application forms, copies of the permits themselves, copies of training certificates, licenses, and records or documents generated in the process of any red light or blue light permits issued, maintained, renewed, or duplicated to any person by your municipality between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2023. ***No record exists responsive to this request.

2. A list of vehicles that were issued to any individual for that individual’s regular use, including the make, model, year, license number, identification number, type, and description of the vehicle and to whom it was issued (name, department, title, rank), and circumstances for issuance, owned, leased, or provided by your municipality between July 31, 2019, and July 31, 2024 ***No record exists responsive to this request.

3. Any and all reports made to the municipality or contracted by the municipality to be made into the emergency services, law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services, first aid, rescue, emergency management organizations, in the timeframe of January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2023. This includes any studies or analysis of the actions or responses of the agencies. ***This request is denied as it fails to seek a specific identifiable record. Additionally, to ascertain if any records could be responsive would require the Custodian to conduct research to determine what records if any are responsive. NJSA 47:1A-1.1 et seq.

4. List of all emergency calls in your municipality that were handled by an outside agency or mutual aide in the timeframe of July 31, 2019, and July 31, 2024. *** The records maintained by the Borough are not searchable to identify which were handled by outside agency. To ascertain responsive records it would require a manual review of every emergency call and would constitute a substantial disruption to municipal agencies and is therefore denied. NJSA 47:1A-1.1 et seq.

5. Any agreements entered or contracts signed by your municipality for the provision of emergency services in the timeframe of July 31, 2019, and July 31, 2024. ***Please see the attached contract with HUMC at PVH.

6. any awards, complaints, compliments, citations, comments, reports or commendations made regarding a first responder, police officer, dispatcher, EMT, paramedic, firefighter, code enforcement officer, law enforcement officer between June 30, 2014 to June 30, 2024. any accident reports, incident reports, aided reports, operations reports, internal affairs records, investigation reports, citations, summonses issued, charge sheets, disposition of charges, court records, legal actions, lawsuits filed, settlement agreements, judgements, CAD / dispatcher / police journal entry records, ambulance reports, patient care reports, fire department response reports, sobriety test results, total station diagrams, accident reconstruction diagrams and reports, 911 tapes, any dispatch calls, images, recordings, video recordings, surveillance video, dashboard camera video, body worn camera video of any incidents itself or any persons being interviewed by the police, and email or other written communications relating to any awards, complaints, compliments, citations, comments, reports made regarding a first responder, police officer, dispatcher, EMT, paramedic, firefighter, code enforcement officer, law enforcement officer between June 30, 2014 to June 30, 2024. *** This request is denied as it fails to seek a specific identifiable record. Additionally, to ascertain if any records could be responsive would require the Custodian to conduct research to determine what records if any are responsive. NJSA 47:1A-1.1 et seq.

7. records regarding the administration of your municipality's stipend, rewards, compensation, incentive or "Length of Service Awards Program" for volunteer personnel from January 1, 2013 to June 31, 2024, to include a year by year list of persons, their title(s), department, amounts or descriptions of the award, any certification forms, application forms, certification lists, vesting documents, letters, emails, correspondences, agreements, contracts related to your municipality's incentive programs for volunteers from January 1, 2013 to June 31, 2024. *** This request is denied as it fails to seek a specific identifiable record. Additionally, to ascertain if any records could be responsive would require the Custodian to conduct research to determine what records if any are responsive. NJSA 47:1A-1.1 et seq.

Jean-Marie Vadovic, RMC
Borough Clerk
Borough of Westwood
101 Washington Avenue
Westwood, NJ 07675
201-664-7100 ext. 101

This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Borough of Westwood. In addition, emails may be subject to disclosure under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the Borough, is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way you should promptly delete or destroy this message an all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return email if you have received this message in error. - Be Green - Think Before You Print

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