Statistics on handgun carry permits
Dear Voorhees Township (Police Department),
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
1. Number of permit to carry (PCH) applications received before June 23.
2. Number of permit to carry (PCH) applications received from June 23 - present
For the post June 23 applications:
1. How many were denied
2. For those denied - time elapsed between submission and denial
3. How many were approved and forwarded to the court/prosecutors office
4. For those approved - time elapsed between submission to approval and submission to superior court
5. Explanation of background check performed- who is contacted and how? What information is requesting and how is it received?
6. Average time to compete background investigation - if this is unavailable, a list of number of days elapsed for individual applications is sufficient.
7. Any non-privileged communication between police chief/firearms officer and state officials regarding the change in permit to carry procedures.
Yours faithfully,
Resident
I am in receipt of the below OPRA request for police records.
A request for documents through the township starts with filing an OPRA request through our JustFOIA portal by visiting our website at www.voorheesnj.com. There is an OPRA link at the top right of the homepage. Click on the link and you will be directed to the Clerk’s page. Scroll down a bit and you will see where you can submit a “police request”. Our requests are managed through a portal called JustFOIA. Once you submit the request, you should receive an email confirming your request and you will receive a security code to access your documents once they are added to the request.
You are not required to use the portal, but it is much easier and you will be notified via email when the documents are ready for access. Please let me know if you plan to re-submit the request in the portal.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Dee Ober, RMC
Voorhees Township
Thank you so much for submitting this through the portal, it is much appreciated. You should have already received a confirming email that the request was received in our portal.
Best regards,
Dee Ober, RMC
Voorhees Township