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East Brunswick Township Public Records
Your record request #25-1644 has been submitted successfully.

Thank you for submitting your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request!

You can expect to receive a response to your request for access
to government records within seven (7) business days after the
records custodian receives the request. Requests for a
“commercial purpose” have a fourteen (14) business day response
timeframe.

If the record you requested is not currently available or is in
storage, we will advise you when it can be made available and
provide the estimated cost of reproduction.

Thank you,

Records Custodian

Township of East Brunswick

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East Brunswick Township Public Records
Documents have been released for record request #25-1644 along
with the following message:

Greetings,

This is in response to your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request for access to East Brunswick Police Department Records.

Your OPRA request sought access to the following records:

“I request copies of all OPRA requests received by your agency
from January 1, 2025, to the present that sought Body-Worn
Camera (BWC) or Motor Vehicle Camera (MVC) footage. I also
request copies of the BWC or MVC videos that were already
located, reviewed, and released in response to those prior OPRA
requests.

To minimize agency workload, I clarify that I am not requesting
the identification or search of any new incidents or any new
footage. I am requesting only materials that already exist, that
have already been gathered and reviewed, and that have already
been released to previous requestors. I will accept all records
in whatever digital format they currently exist.

These records are disclosable government records under OPRA.
Prior OPRA requests and any responsive footage that has already
been released are public records, and previously disclosed BWC
or MVC footage cannot later be withheld under investigatory
exemptions. Because these items have already undergone legal
review, producing them again does not require new exemption
analysis, redaction, or investigation.”

Response: At the outset, you should be aware that we are unable
to search and filter our portal database solely by the type of
record(s) requested. Due to limitations in the database, we are
unable to provide a copy of each OPRA request, as it would
require a custodian to search a wide range of records and
analyze which records are related to your request. More
specifically, the custodian would be required to read and review
every OPRA request in the system for 2025, determine whether
“Body-Worn Camera (BWC) or Motor Vehicle Camera (MVC) footage”
was requested, determine whether the requested records were
granted, and determine whether the records are still available.
This type of records research is not required, and the request
is therefore overly broad (See Burnett, 415 N.J. Super. at
515-16). Therefore, requests can be denied that would require
the custodian "to manually search through all of the agency's
files, analyze, compile and collate the information contained
therein" (Id. at 549; see also Bart v. Passaic County Public
Hous. Agency, 406 N.J. Super. 445, 451 (App. Div. 2009).

However, a defined database query was conducted using the
provided search parameters. An export of each of those search
results is being provided in its entirety. If you would like an
export of each specific OPRA request resulting from the search,
a special service charge may be imposed, as it would require
additional time beyond what is necessary to process an OPRA
request. Once a response is received indicating that you are
willing to pay a special service charge, we can provide an exact
calculation of the charges.

Finally, you should be advised that this agency does not
maintain a mobile video camera system in its patrol vehicles.
Additionally, you should be aware that retention times may have
rendered the requested records unavailable. Should you desire,
we invite you to narrow your request in accordance with OPRA in
a new request.

The East Brunswick Police Department reserves the right to raise
any other grounds in support of this response. The failure of
the East Brunswick Police Department to assert any exception,
exemption, or privilege does not act as a waiver of any ground
for denial.

Regards,

Records Custodian

• [1]25-1644 (BWC).xlsx
• [2]25-1644 (MVR).xlsx

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East Brunswick Township Public Records
Record request #25-1644 has been closed. The closure reason
supplied was:

Greetings,

Identifiable records lawfully permitted to be accessed and
responsive to your request were provided in their entirety.

This OPRA request is now deemed answered and closed.

Thank you,

Records Custodian

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