Traffic Ticket W 177352
Dear Wall 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-5(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:
Body cam footage or Ticket information
Name of defendant: Lucio Morales - Rosas
ate: 01/07/ 2015 1:23pm
Offense: 39:3-10B
Location: HWY 35
Ticket Number: W 177352
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,
Madison
With respect to your request, the Police Department conducted a good faith search for responsive records. The responsive record can be downloaded here: https://we.tl/t-K2KbHPFn8oEYoD3f Please note that the provided records have been redacted to remove information that pertains to a citizen’s personal information as well as protect privacy. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 provides that “a public agency has a responsibility and an obligation to safeguard from public access a citizen’s personal information with which it has been entrusted when disclosure thereof would violate the citizen’s reasonable expectation of privacy.” This includes social security numbers, unlisted telephone numbers, driver’s license numbers, personal email addresses, dates of birth, home addresses, SBI numbers, etc. See e.g., N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5 (“Prior to allowing access to any government record, the custodian thereof shall redact from that record any information which discloses the social security number, credit card number, unlisted telephone number, or driver license number of any person[.]”); Mawhinney v. Egg Harbor City Police Department (Atlantic), GRC Complaint No. 2015-85 (2016) (no challenge made to the redaction of social security and SBI numbers); Herron v. New Jersey Department of Education, GRC Complaint No. 2011-268 and 2011-269 (2012) (finding that the records custodian lawfully denied access to dates of birth); Wolosky v. Somerset Cty., A-1024-15T4, 2017 WL 1179852, at *3 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Mar. 30, 2017) (stating that “home addresses do not directly relate to the ‘core concern’ of OPRA, which is to allow citizens access to records pertaining to the transaction of government business”).
Your OPRA request is now deemed answered and closed. In the event of a clarification or appeal, the Police Department reserves the right to raise any other ground for denial not raised in this response. The failure of the Police Department to assert an exception or privilege at this time does not act as a waiver of any grounds for denial. Thank you for your professional courtesies and attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Jennilee Bulkley #420
Records Manager
Wall Township Police Department
2700 Allaire Road/PO Box 1168
Wall Township, NJ 07719
Phone: 732-449-4500 ext. 1420
Fax: 732-974-0053
[email address]