Use of Force reports: 2014-2017

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Dear Brick Township,

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:

Copies of all the police department’s Use of Force Reports for January 1, 2014-December 31, 2017. Please send them in separate files for each year.

Lynnette Iannarone, Brick Township

I will be out of the office until Tuesday, June 15, 2021. If you require immediate assistance please call the Municipal Clerk's Office at 732-262-1001. If you would like to submit an OPRA request or a marriage application please submit to my Assistant Jessica Larney at [email address].
Thank you.

Jessica Larney, Brick Township

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    2017 Use of Force Reports Redacted for OPRA.pdf

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    2016 Use of Force Reports Redacted for OPRA.pdf

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In response to your below OPRA request:

Please find the attached Reports which have been redacted citing:

Executive Order No. 26 (McGreevey 2002)
4) Information relating to medical, psychiatric or psychological history, diagnosis, treatment or evaluation.
AND
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 (Legislative Findings)
1) Privacy Interest - "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." See Burnett v. Cnty. of Bergen, 198 N.J. 408 (2009).
AND
N.J.S.A 2C:25-33 ("Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991")
- All records maintained pursuant to this act shall be confidential and shall not be made available to any individual or institution except as otherwise provided by law.
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2A:4A-60 Disclosure of juvenile information; penalties for disclosure.
Social, medical, psychological, legal and other records of the court and probation division, and records of law enforcement agencies, pertaining to juveniles charged as a delinquent or found to be part of a juvenile-family crisis, shall be strictly safeguarded from public inspection.

Sincerely,

Jessica L. Larney, RMC/CMR
Assistant Municipal Clerk
Deputy Registrar of Vital Statistics

Office of the Township Clerk/Vital Statistics
401 Chambers Bridge Road
Brick, New Jersey 08723
732-262-1003

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