Tristan Owens- Animal Cruelty
ASK NJ Media made this OPRA request to Wanaque Borough This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Wanaque Borough,
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:
Please send your response in PDF format.
Police CAD report 20-15345
7-18-2020 Approximately 22:02 military time
Animal Cruelty
47 Dupont Avenue
Haskell, NJ 07420
1. Copies of any police CAD report(s) with narrative(s), preliminary law enforcement incident report(s), arrest report(s), criminal charge complaint(s), affidavit(s) of probable cause, and indictments against defendant Tristan Owens who was arrested on 7-20-2020.
2. I seek all Body-Worn Camera Footage and audio communication recordings for any police officers-involved for the above incident on 7-18-2020 at 47 Dupont Avenue Haskell, NJ 07420 approximately 22:02 military time.
3. Please provide all dash camera footage and audio communication for any police car involved for the above incident on 7-18-2020 at 47 Dupont Avenue Haskell, NJ 07420 approximately 22:02 military time.
4. Any and all radio transmissions between 911 dispatch and any officers involved for the above incident on 7-18-2020 at 47 Dupont Avenue Haskell, NJ 07420 approximately 22:02 military time.
5. Any and all cell phone calls/phone calls between 911 dispatch, other government officials, and any officers involved for the above incident that happened on 7-18-2020 at 47 Dupont Avenue Haskell, NJ 07420 approximately 22:02 military time.
6. A copy of any and all cell phone texts between 911 dispatch, other government officials, and any officers involved for the above incident that happened on 7-18-2020 at 47 Dupont Avenue Haskell, NJ 07420 approximately 22:02 military time.
7. A copy of the 911 call and/or non-emergency call to the 911 dispatch that occurred on 7-18-2020 approximately at 22:02 military time about 'Animal Cruelty' for the above incident that happened at 47 Dupont Avenue Haskell, NJ 07420.
Please include a Record Index with your response.
*A record index that identifies each record requested and the specific legal basis for a denial of access (including redactions) to each record.
Yours faithfully,
ASK NJ Media Co.
I will be out of the office from August 31st through September 4th.
If you need assistance please contact Linda Cervino at
[email address] or Aimee Greenspan at
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Katherine J. Falone, RMC, CMC
Municipal Clerk
Borough of Wanaque
579 Ringwood Avenue
Wanaque, New Jersey 07465
(973) 839-3000 X7111 - Phone
(973) 839-4959 - Fax
Email – [Wanaque Borough request email]
Jen, See below response.
All radio transmissions between dispatch and officers involved were burned
to a disk and ready for mailing.
Disk was mailed out 8/31/20. Extension request for additional discovery
until September 11, 2020 granted.
OPRA Request attached-
· Most Records responsive to this request are in DVD and VIDEO
format
• Preliminary law enforcement incident report(s) attached
• The Affidavit(s) of probable cause
I had to contact the Court for these documents, as I stated in the
first conversation, I did not have these available to me.
• Record index: NJSA 47:1A-1.1 (17) Personal identifying information
redacted.
Drivers License number, Telephone number, Social Security number
Thank You
Kim DeVore
Wanaque Police Records Bureau
Fax: 973-835-0690
Dispatch: 973-835-5600
cc: Katherine J. Falone, RMC, CMC
Municipal Clerk
Borough of Wanaque
Jen Coombs
ASK NJ Media Co.
OPRA request for the video disks (#2 and #3 below) from the L-3 Mobile
Vision system.
The video and audio system that the Wanaque Police Department utilizes
does not have the capability to redact specific personal identifiers
captured in the video.
For that reason records responsive to this request are denied under NJSA
47:1A-1.1
Personal identifying information.
Specifically:
a. Social security numbers, except that a social security number contained
in a record required by law to be made, maintained or kept on file by a
public agency shall be disclosed when access to the document or disclosure
of that information is not otherwise prohibited by State or federal law,
regulation or order or by State statute, resolution of either or both
houses of the Legislature, Executive Order of the Governor, rule of court
or regulation promulgated under the authority of any statute or executive
order of the Governor.
b. Credit card numbers
c. Unlisted telephone numbers
d. Drivers’ license numbers.
Kim DeVore
Wanaque Police Records Bureau
Fax: 973-835-0690
Dispatch: 973-835-5600
From: PD Records
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 11:00 AM
To: [OPRA #16334 email]
Cc: Kathy Falone
Subject: OPRA request - Tristan Owens- Animal Cruelty
Jen, See below response.
All radio transmissions between dispatch and officers involved were burned
to a disk and ready for mailing.
Disk was mailed out 8/31/20. Extension request for additional discovery
until September 11, 2020 granted.
OPRA Request attached-
· Most Records responsive to this request are in DVD and VIDEO
format
• Preliminary law enforcement incident report(s) attached
• The Affidavit(s) of probable cause
I had to contact the Court for these documents, as I stated in the
first conversation, I did not have these available to me.
• Record index: NJSA 47:1A-1.1 (17) Personal identifying information
redacted.
Drivers License number, Telephone number, Social Security number
Thank You
Kim DeVore
Wanaque Police Records Bureau
Fax: 973-835-0690
Dispatch: 973-835-5600
cc: Katherine J. Falone, RMC, CMC
Municipal Clerk
Borough of Wanaque
Dear PD Records,
I am sorry, I am trying to keep track of what you have produced and what you have not produced. You refer to mobile videos. Are those dash cams? Or, body cams? Are you not producing either? Can you please clarify whether body cams exist and whether dash cams exist and the reason that you are not producing them? I think you have to find a way to redact these videos – OPRA requires it.
Yours sincerely,
ASK NJ Media Co.
Jen Coombs
ASK NJ Media Co.
Dear Jen,
Wanaque Police do not wear Body Cameras, they are equipped with Mic packs
and Dash cameras as stated in the original request. They are recorded on
an L-3 Mobile Vision system. The video and audio are all in one system
(one recording has both) .
L-3 Mobile Vision advised us that they do not have the capability at this
time to redact random parts of these recordings.
I realize this is an OPRA request, but I cannot produce what I do not have
the ability to do.
All dispatch calls and reports were sent to you in previous requests.
Kim
Kim DeVore
Wanaque Police Records Bureau
Phone: 973-839-3000 x7144
Fax: 973-835-0690
Dispatch: 973-835-5600
cc: Kathy Falone