Training records for 2023-2025
Dear Pompton Lakes 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:
Copies of any records maintained by the Borough that document employee participation in trainings, seminars, courses, or classes conducted or attended between January 1, 2023 and today, August 14, 2025. These records may include, but are not limited to:
• Sign-in sheets
• Attendance rosters
• Certificates of completion
• Internal training logs or databases
• Invoices or receipts showing training costs
• Schedules or memos detailing the date, title/type, location, and attendees of trainings
I am not requesting the creation of new records, but rather copies of existing records that identify:
• The name or type of the training
• The date(s) it occurred
• The location
• The cost
• The name and title of the employee(s) who attended
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.
Alexis Moore
Ms. Moore,
Your request is denied Under OPRA NJSA 47:1A-1.1: Advisory, consultative, or deliberative material exclusion.
Elizabeth Brandsness, RMC
Municipal Clerk / Deputy Administrator
Borough of Pompton Lakes
25 Lenox Avenue
Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
973-835-0143 ext. 238
-----Original Message-----
From: Alexis Moore <[OPRA #79551 email]>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2025 1:56 PM
To: Elizabeth Brandsness <[Pompton Lakes Borough request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Training records for 2023-2025
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Dear Pompton Lakes 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:
Copies of any records maintained by the Borough that document employee participation in trainings, seminars, courses, or classes conducted or attended between January 1, 2023 and today, August 14, 2025. These records may include, but are not limited to:
• Sign-in sheets
• Attendance rosters
• Certificates of completion
• Internal training logs or databases
• Invoices or receipts showing training costs
• Schedules or memos detailing the date, title/type, location, and attendees of trainings
I am not requesting the creation of new records, but rather copies of existing records that identify:
• The name or type of the training
• The date(s) it occurred
• The location
• The cost
• The name and title of the employee(s) who attended
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.
Alexis Moore
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Dear Elizabeth Brandsness,
Training records are being denied in this OPRA request, but another person who filed a nearly-exact OPRA request in June was told they could be released for an exorbitant cost, approximately $4,000. Two different answers to the same OPRA query. The Borough is giving different replies to OPRAs to different citizens filing the request, and police training records are accessible to the public to boot.
• NJ GRC, White v. Township of Rockaway (2005): Required release of certifications and training records because they were not considered confidential personnel evaluations.
• NJ Appellate Division, Kovalcik v. Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office (2007): Held that police training records are disclosable because they relate to qualifications for public employment, not personal privacy.
Alexis Moore