Unedited bodycam footage
Dear Jersey City,
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:
Unedited Body cam footage from officer G. full badge number 3521 & officer C fontanez 3373 all officers body cams involved in the incident. I am also requesting the bond company information of every officer involved.
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,
Andrew Coletta
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Dear Andrew Coletta,
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Jersey City, NJ
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Dear Andrew Coletta:
Thank you for your interest in open public records of Jersey City OPRA
Center. This will serve to acknowledge receipt of your Open Public
Records Act (OPRA) request. Your request was received in this office on
9/9/2024. Kindly refer to the reference number E003854-090924 when
communicating with our office in this regard. Your request mentioned:
OPRA request - Unedited bodycam footage Dear Jersey City, 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: Unedited Body cam footage from officer
G. full badge number 3521 & officer C fontanez 3373 all officers body
cams involved in the incident. I am also requesting the bond company
information of every officer involved. 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, Andrew
Coletta
Your request will be forwarded to the relevant City department(s) to
locate the information you seek and to determine the volume and any costs
associated with satisfying your request. You will be contacted about the
availability and/or provided with copies of the records in question.
PLEASE NOTE: The State Public Information Act does not require a
governmental body to create new information, to do legal research, or to
answer questions.
You can track and monitor the progress of your request at the link below
and you'll receive an email when your request has been completed. Again,
thank you for using the Jersey City OPRA Center.
Jersey City, NJ
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RE: OPEN PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of September 09, 2024, Reference #
E003854-090924
Dear Andrew Coletta,
The City received a public information request from you on September 09,
2024. Your request mentioned:
OPRA request - Unedited bodycam footage
Dear Jersey City,
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:
Unedited Body cam footage from officer G. full badge number 3521 &
officer C fontanez 3373 all officers body cams involved in the
incident. I am also requesting the bond company information of every
officer involved.
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,
Andrew Coletta
This letter is to notify you that this request is being closed because it
is a duplicate of request #E003846-090724, which has been circulated for
the requested records.
If you have any questions, or wish to discuss this further, please contact
me at 201-547-4774.
Sincerely,
Hjordys Espinal
Office of City Clerk
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Dear Jersey City,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Open Public Records Act reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Jersey City's handling of my OPRA request 'Unedited bodycam footage'.
[ GIVE DETAILS ABOUT YOUR COMPLAINT HERE ]
On September 7, 2024, I submitted an OPRA request directly to the Jersey City Police Department requesting:
My arrest report from 9/1/2024.
Unedited body cam and dash cam footage from my arrest
. Footage from transport to/from the hospital, including when I was injured on the hood of the cop car.
Names and badge numbers of all involved officers to obtain all bond information.
Instead of fulfilling the request, Jersey City improperly forwarded it to the Division of Criminal Justice, which denied it on the basis that they were not the investigating agency. Jersey City, however, was the arresting agency and should have processed the request under OPRA. Their failure to do so constitutes a constructive denial of access.
Requested Remedy:
I am requesting that the GRC compel the Jersey City Police Department to provide a full response and release of the records I requested.
A full history of my OPRA request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://opramachine.com/request/unedited...
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Coletta
Dear Jersey City,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Open Public Records Act reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Jersey City's handling of my OPRA request 'Unedited bodycam footage'.
Refusal to request and all bond information of all officers present
A full history of my OPRA request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://opramachine.com/request/unedited...
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Coletta
Good afternoon, everyone.
Dear Mr. Coletta,
You had filed three (3) separate OPRA requests last year. The first one on
9/07/24 under your personal email address; and two (2) more on 9/09/24,
under two (2) different "opramachine" email addresses.
These are the reference numbers and email addresses you used:
E003846-090724
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E003854-090924
[2][OPRA #66296 email]
E003856-090924
[3][email address]
All three requests were looking for the same records (i.e., BWC from the
same police officers, same date, same incident) as follows:
“I am requesting the unedited body camera footage of my arrest on 9/1/2024
around 8:30 pm from officer G. Full badge number 3521 & officer C.
Fontanez 3273 and
the body camera footage of every officer involved in the incident
including Sargent O. Badaw. I am also requesting the bond company
information of every officer involved.”
The first request was circulated and is still pending revisions and
potential redactions by the Law Dept. We do not have access to BWC
footages because they are always sent directly to the Law Dept.
The other two requests (the ones from "opramachine"), I closed them as
"duplicate requests" because you were requesting the same thing on both as
the first request.
I sincerely apologize for the delay in producing the requested footage.
But as I explained, we do not have access to it. It’s in the hands of the
Law Dept.
Hjordys D. Espinal
Office of the City Clerk
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