Shannon Snook and Justin Nielsen
Dear Somerset County,
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: All of Shannon Snook and Justin Nielsen for the following: K9 reports; all Daily Activity Reports/Sheets/Logs with reports including vehicle mileage accountability; All K9 requests/responses documented in CAD with each officers response dictating if a K9 was available and what K9 team responded; All VCSPOSS entries for overtime, including departmental overtime, special detail overtime, and extra detail overtime including all road job overtime sheets; All 2025 Schedule changes, reason for schedule changes, and the approval for any schedule changes by a supervisor; All 2025 undocumented time off not in the scheduling system to include what Snook refers to as “flex time”; how Snook and Nielsen’s 2025 “flex time” was accrued; date and times worked accruing said “flex time” all documentation proving each officer earned “flex time” and what daily activities each officer conducted to earn said “flex time” off; each supervisor’s approval to accrue “flex time”; her supervisor’s approval to use her “flex time”; her approval for Nielsen to use his “flext time” and what was their “flex time” used for (ie taken flex time to work a road job); and where their “flex time” is formally documented and tracked. All 2025 emails from Sgt. Snook to her unit advising the use of “flex time” and the rule implemented to use “flex time” All 2025 VCSPOSS entries referencing “flex time” for Sgt. Snook and Nielsen. All 2025 K9 and all in-service trainings Sgt. Snook and Nielsen attended; All firearms qualification dates and scores for handgun, rifle, shotgun, and all firearms approved for carry on duty; All special response team and/or unit training documentation for Sgt. Snook and Nielsen for 2025; All special response team responses by Sgt. Snook and Justin Nielsen for 2025; All 2025 Veterinarian records for all department issued K9s and paid for by the agency; All 2025 DRE/DUI reports and/or reports of her involvement in DRE/DUI investigations; All of her supervisor’s approval to attend training for overtime; All of her supervisor’s approval to move/alter her schedule to compensate the ability to work overtime; All 2025 K9 requests that were requested thru the Somerset County K9 Online Request Form; Sgt. Snook’s approval and denial requests and all emails denying a request with her explanation for such denied requests; all 2025 Internal Affairs complaints listing Sgt. Snook and Nielson as a principal; all 2025 Internal Affairs outcome reports indicating the finding of any Internal Affairs reports with Sgt. Snook and/or Justin Nielsen ie (sustained, not sustained, unfounded, exonerated); All 2025 disciplinary actions for Sgt. Snook and Justin Nielsen; All emails sent and received to and from Sgt. Snook in 2025 from her Somerset County department issued email addresses; All emails sent and received from Justin Nielsen from his Somerset County departmental issued email addresses.
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. Please put all documents into PDF form.
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Dear Requestor,
Thank you for submitting a request for records on 01/21/2026.
Your request reference number is [2]Request Number: PRR-2026-74 and your
security key is 6E274013.
Please have both reference numbers available when communicating with our
staff regarding your request.
If you need to make any changes to your request, please send an email
referencing your request number to [3][email address]
Thank you,
Kelly Mager - Custodian of Records
20 Grove Street
PO Box 3000
Somerville, NJ 08876
(908) 231 - 7030
[Somerset County request email]
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Dear A Dinkelspiel,
The County of Somerset (“County”) records custodian received your Open
Public Records Act (“OPRA”) request on 01/21/2026. The seven (7) business
day deadline to respond to your request is 01/30/2026. As such, the County
is timely responding to your request in accordance with New Jersey law.
Your OPRA request seeks the following records:
Dear Somerset County, 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: All of Shannon Snook and Justin Nielsen for the
following: K9 reports; all Daily Activity Reports/Sheets/Logs with reports
including vehicle mileage accountability; All K9 requests/responses
documented in CAD with each officers response dictating if a K9 was
available and what K9 team responded; All VCSPOSS entries for overtime,
including departmental overtime, special detail overtime, and extra detail
overtime including all road job overtime sheets; All 2025 Schedule
changes, reason for schedule changes, and the approval for any schedule
changes by a supervisor; All 2025 undocumented time off not in the
scheduling system to include what Snook refers to as “flex time”; how
Snook and Nielsen’s 2025 “flex time” was accrued; date and times worked
accruing said “flex time” all documentation proving each officer earned
“flex time” and what daily activities each officer conducted to earn said
“flex time” off; each supervisor’s approval to accrue “flex time”; her
supervisor’s approval to use her “flex time”; her approval for Nielsen to
use his “flext time” and what was their “flex time” used for (ie taken
flex time to work a road job); and where their “flex time” is formally
documented and tracked. All 2025 emails from Sgt. Snook to her unit
advising the use of “flex time” and the rule implemented to use “flex
time” All 2025 VCSPOSS entries referencing “flex time” for Sgt. Snook and
Nielsen. All 2025 K9 and all in-service trainings Sgt. Snook and Nielsen
attended; All firearms qualification dates and scores for handgun, rifle,
shotgun, and all firearms approved for carry on duty; All special response
team and/or unit training documentation for Sgt. Snook and Nielsen for
2025; All special response team responses by Sgt. Snook and Justin Nielsen
for 2025; All 2025 Veterinarian records for all department issued K9s and
paid for by the agency; All 2025 DRE/DUI reports and/or reports of her
involvement in DRE/DUI investigations; All of her supervisor’s approval to
attend training for overtime; All of her supervisor’s approval to
move/alter her schedule to compensate the ability to work overtime; All
2025 K9 requests that were requested thru the Somerset County K9 Online
Request Form; Sgt. Snook’s approval and denial requests and all emails
denying a request with her explanation for such denied requests; all 2025
Internal Affairs complaints listing Sgt. Snook and Nielson as a principal;
all 2025 Internal Affairs outcome reports indicating the finding of any
Internal Affairs reports with Sgt. Snook and/or Justin Nielsen ie
(sustained, not sustained, unfounded, exonerated); All 2025 disciplinary
actions for Sgt. Snook and Justin Nielsen; All emails sent and received to
and from Sgt. Snook in 2025 from her Somerset County department issued
email addresses; All emails sent and received from Justin Nielsen from his
Somerset County departmental issued email addresses. 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. Please put all documents into PDF
form.
OPRA allows the records custodian to seek extensions of time pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5i. The County anticipates requiring an additional two
weeks (until February 13, 2026) to compile, review, and produce the
potentially responsive records in accordance with New Jersey law. The
County also reserves the right to request an additional extension of time,
if necessary. See Scheeler v. New Jersey Department of Educ., GRC
Complaint No. 2014-123 (2016).
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.
Very truly yours,
Kelly Mager - Custodian of Records
20 Grove Street
PO Box 3000
Somerville, New Jersey 08876
(908) 231 - 7030
[Somerset County request email]
Dear A Dinkelspiel,
The County of Somerset (“County”) records custodian received your Open
Public Records Act (“OPRA”) request on 01/21/2026. The seven (7) business
day deadline to respond to your request is 02/13/2026. As such, the County
is timely responding to your request in accordance with New Jersey law.
Your OPRA request seeks the following records:
Dear Somerset County, 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: All of Shannon Snook and Justin Nielsen for the
following: K9 reports; all Daily Activity Reports/Sheets/Logs with reports
including vehicle mileage accountability; All K9 requests/responses
documented in CAD with each officers response dictating if a K9 was
available and what K9 team responded; All VCSPOSS entries for overtime,
including departmental overtime, special detail overtime, and extra detail
overtime including all road job overtime sheets; All 2025 Schedule
changes, reason for schedule changes, and the approval for any schedule
changes by a supervisor; All 2025 undocumented time off not in the
scheduling system to include what Snook refers to as “flex time”; how
Snook and Nielsen’s 2025 “flex time” was accrued; date and times worked
accruing said “flex time” all documentation proving each officer earned
“flex time” and what daily activities each officer conducted to earn said
“flex time” off; each supervisor’s approval to accrue “flex time”; her
supervisor’s approval to use her “flex time”; her approval for Nielsen to
use his “flext time” and what was their “flex time” used for (ie taken
flex time to work a road job); and where their “flex time” is formally
documented and tracked. All 2025 emails from Sgt. Snook to her unit
advising the use of “flex time” and the rule implemented to use “flex
time” All 2025 VCSPOSS entries referencing “flex time” for Sgt. Snook and
Nielsen. All 2025 K9 and all in-service trainings Sgt. Snook and Nielsen
attended; All firearms qualification dates and scores for handgun, rifle,
shotgun, and all firearms approved for carry on duty; All special response
team and/or unit training documentation for Sgt. Snook and Nielsen for
2025; All special response team responses by Sgt. Snook and Justin Nielsen
for 2025; All 2025 Veterinarian records for all department issued K9s and
paid for by the agency; All 2025 DRE/DUI reports and/or reports of her
involvement in DRE/DUI investigations; All of her supervisor’s approval to
attend training for overtime; All of her supervisor’s approval to
move/alter her schedule to compensate the ability to work overtime; All
2025 K9 requests that were requested thru the Somerset County K9 Online
Request Form; Sgt. Snook’s approval and denial requests and all emails
denying a request with her explanation for such denied requests; all 2025
Internal Affairs complaints listing Sgt. Snook and Nielson as a principal;
all 2025 Internal Affairs outcome reports indicating the finding of any
Internal Affairs reports with Sgt. Snook and/or Justin Nielsen ie
(sustained, not sustained, unfounded, exonerated); All 2025 disciplinary
actions for Sgt. Snook and Justin Nielsen; All emails sent and received to
and from Sgt. Snook in 2025 from her Somerset County department issued
email addresses; All emails sent and received from Justin Nielsen from his
Somerset County departmental issued email addresses. 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. Please put all documents into PDF
form.
OPRA allows the records custodian to seek extensions of time pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5i. The County anticipates requiring an additional two
weeks (until March 2, 2026) to compile, review, and produce the
potentially responsive records in accordance with New Jersey law. The
County also reserves the right to request an additional extension of time,
if necessary. See Scheeler v. New Jersey Department of Educ., GRC
Complaint No. 2014-123 (2016).
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.
Very truly yours,
Kelly Mager - Custodian of Records
20 Grove Street
PO Box 3000
Somerville, New Jersey 08876
(908) 231 - 7030
[Somerset County request email]
Dear A Dinkelspiel,
The County of Somerset (“County”) records custodian received your Open
Public Records Act (“OPRA”) request on 01/21/2026. The seven (7) business
day deadline to respond to your request is 03/02/2026. As such, the County
is timely responding to your request in accordance with New Jersey law.
Your OPRA request seeks the following records:
Dear Somerset County, 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: All of Shannon Snook and Justin Nielsen for the
following: K9 reports; all Daily Activity Reports/Sheets/Logs with reports
including vehicle mileage accountability; All K9 requests/responses
documented in CAD with each officers response dictating if a K9 was
available and what K9 team responded; All VCSPOSS entries for overtime,
including departmental overtime, special detail overtime, and extra detail
overtime including all road job overtime sheets; All 2025 Schedule
changes, reason for schedule changes, and the approval for any schedule
changes by a supervisor; All 2025 undocumented time off not in the
scheduling system to include what Snook refers to as “flex time”; how
Snook and Nielsen’s 2025 “flex time” was accrued; date and times worked
accruing said “flex time” all documentation proving each officer earned
“flex time” and what daily activities each officer conducted to earn said
“flex time” off; each supervisor’s approval to accrue “flex time”; her
supervisor’s approval to use her “flex time”; her approval for Nielsen to
use his “flext time” and what was their “flex time” used for (ie taken
flex time to work a road job); and where their “flex time” is formally
documented and tracked. All 2025 emails from Sgt. Snook to her unit
advising the use of “flex time” and the rule implemented to use “flex
time” All 2025 VCSPOSS entries referencing “flex time” for Sgt. Snook and
Nielsen. All 2025 K9 and all in-service trainings Sgt. Snook and Nielsen
attended; All firearms qualification dates and scores for handgun, rifle,
shotgun, and all firearms approved for carry on duty; All special response
team and/or unit training documentation for Sgt. Snook and Nielsen for
2025; All special response team responses by Sgt. Snook and Justin Nielsen
for 2025; All 2025 Veterinarian records for all department issued K9s and
paid for by the agency; All 2025 DRE/DUI reports and/or reports of her
involvement in DRE/DUI investigations; All of her supervisor’s approval to
attend training for overtime; All of her supervisor’s approval to
move/alter her schedule to compensate the ability to work overtime; All
2025 K9 requests that were requested thru the Somerset County K9 Online
Request Form; Sgt. Snook’s approval and denial requests and all emails
denying a request with her explanation for such denied requests; all 2025
Internal Affairs complaints listing Sgt. Snook and Nielson as a principal;
all 2025 Internal Affairs outcome reports indicating the finding of any
Internal Affairs reports with Sgt. Snook and/or Justin Nielsen ie
(sustained, not sustained, unfounded, exonerated); All 2025 disciplinary
actions for Sgt. Snook and Justin Nielsen; All emails sent and received to
and from Sgt. Snook in 2025 from her Somerset County department issued
email addresses; All emails sent and received from Justin Nielsen from his
Somerset County departmental issued email addresses. 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. Please put all documents into PDF
form.
OPRA allows the records custodian to seek extensions of time pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5i. The County anticipates requiring an additional three
weeks (until March 23, 2026) to compile, review, and produce the
potentially responsive records in accordance with New Jersey law. The
County also reserves the right to request an additional extension of time,
if necessary. See Scheeler v. New Jersey Department of Educ., GRC
Complaint No. 2014-123 (2016).
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.
Very truly yours,
Kelly Mager - Custodian of Records
20 Grove Street
PO Box 3000
Somerville, New Jersey 08876
(908) 231 - 7030
[Somerset County request email]
Dear A Dinkelspiel,
The County of Somerset (“County”) records custodian received your Open
Public Records Act (“OPRA”) request on 01/21/2026. The County previously
processed time extension in accordance with OPRA standards. As such, the
County is timely responding to your request in accordance with New Jersey
law.
Your OPRA request seeks the following records:
Dear Somerset County, 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: All of Shannon Snook and Justin Nielsen for the
following: K9 reports; all Daily Activity Reports/Sheets/Logs with reports
including vehicle mileage accountability; All K9 requests/responses
documented in CAD with each officers response dictating if a K9 was
available and what K9 team responded; All VCSPOSS entries for overtime,
including departmental overtime, special detail overtime, and extra detail
overtime including all road job overtime sheets; All 2025 Schedule
changes, reason for schedule changes, and the approval for any schedule
changes by a supervisor; All 2025 undocumented time off not in the
scheduling system to include what Snook refers to as “flex time”; how
Snook and Nielsen’s 2025 “flex time” was accrued; date and times worked
accruing said “flex time” all documentation proving each officer earned
“flex time” and what daily activities each officer conducted to earn said
“flex time” off; each supervisor’s approval to accrue “flex time”; her
supervisor’s approval to use her “flex time”; her approval for Nielsen to
use his “flext time” and what was their “flex time” used for (ie taken
flex time to work a road job); and where their “flex time” is formally
documented and tracked. All 2025 emails from Sgt. Snook to her unit
advising the use of “flex time” and the rule implemented to use “flex
time” All 2025 VCSPOSS entries referencing “flex time” for Sgt. Snook and
Nielsen. All 2025 K9 and all in-service trainings Sgt. Snook and Nielsen
attended; All firearms qualification dates and scores for handgun, rifle,
shotgun, and all firearms approved for carry on duty; All special response
team and/or unit training documentation for Sgt. Snook and Nielsen for
2025; All special response team responses by Sgt. Snook and Justin Nielsen
for 2025; All 2025 Veterinarian records for all department issued K9s and
paid for by the agency; All 2025 DRE/DUI reports and/or reports of her
involvement in DRE/DUI investigations; All of her supervisor’s approval to
attend training for overtime; All of her supervisor’s approval to
move/alter her schedule to compensate the ability to work overtime; All
2025 K9 requests that were requested thru the Somerset County K9 Online
Request Form; Sgt. Snook’s approval and denial requests and all emails
denying a request with her explanation for such denied requests; all 2025
Internal Affairs complaints listing Sgt. Snook and Nielson as a principal;
all 2025 Internal Affairs outcome reports indicating the finding of any
Internal Affairs reports with Sgt. Snook and/or Justin Nielsen ie
(sustained, not sustained, unfounded, exonerated); All 2025 disciplinary
actions for Sgt. Snook and Justin Nielsen; All emails sent and received to
and from Sgt. Snook in 2025 from her Somerset County department issued
email addresses; All emails sent and received from Justin Nielsen from his
Somerset County departmental issued email addresses. 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. Please put all documents into PDF
form.
OPRA allows the records custodian to seek extensions of time pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5i. The County anticipates requiring an additional two
weeks (until April 6, 2026) to compile, review, and produce the
potentially responsive records in accordance with New Jersey law. The
County also reserves the right to request an additional extension of time,
if necessary. See Scheeler v. New Jersey Department of Educ., GRC
Complaint No. 2014-123 (2016).
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.
Very truly yours,
Kelly Mager - Custodian of Records
20 Grove Street
PO Box 3000
Somerville, New Jersey 08876
(908) 231 - 7030
[Somerset County request email]
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Dear Requestor,
The [2]Request Number: PRR-2026-74 has been completed. Please click on the
request link to download the response documentation.
Your Open Public Records request has thus been processed in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 47:1A:1 and is now closed.
Thank you,
Kelly Mager - Custodian of Records
20 Grove Street
PO Box 3000
Somerville, NJ 08876
(908) 231 - 7030
[Somerset County request email]
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