Dear North Bergen Township,

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.

Records requested:

The records are listed below by their date of submission. The quoted wording is the title appearing within each document.

1. Submitted February 19, 2026:
“NOTICE OF TORT CLAIM” with the attached “Tort Claim Supplementation,” dated February 18, 2026.

2. Submitted March 25, 2026:
“NOTICE OF TORT CLAIM” with the attached “Supplemental Narrative in Support of Notice of Tort Claim.” The claim form is certified March 23, 2026, and the supplemental narrative is dated March 25, 2026.

3. Submitted on or about April 15, 2026:
“FORMAL COMPLAINT AND DEMAND FOR THE IMMEDIATE REMOVAL OF XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXX FROM THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION — Regarding Internal Affairs Integrity, Credibility, and Brady/Giglio Concerns.”

4. Submitted on or about April 16, 2026:
“Request for Immediate Protection, Evidence Preservation, and Investigation into Potential Witness Tampering, Retaliation Against a Witness or Informant, and Cyber-Harassment.”

5. Submitted on or about April 19, 2026:
“FORMAL SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT AND DEMAND FOR IMMEDIATE PRESERVATION, AUDIT TRAILS, INDEPENDENT REVIEW, AND CORRECTIVE ACTION — Regarding Apparent Record Manipulation, Retroactive Backfilling, Backdating, Alteration or Falsification of Official POSS/VCS Records, Destruction or Impairment of Evidence, Public-Records Tampering, Spoliation, Retaliation, Due Process Violations, and Internal Affairs Integrity Concerns.”

6. Submitted on or about April 21, 2026, with a cover dated April 20, 2026:
“FORMAL COMPLAINT AND RENEWED DEMAND FOR IMMEDIATE REMOVAL OF XXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX FROM THE NORTH BERGEN INTERNAL AFFAIRS FUNCTION — Regarding Internal Affairs Integrity, Credibility, and Brady/Giglio Compliance Concerns — With Authority Citations, Evidence Summary, Witness Summary, Exhibit Index, and Records-Preservation Request.”

7. Submitted on or about May 6, 2026:
An untitled letter beginning “Dear Township Attorney Tom Kobin,” documenting an incident that occurred, May 6, 2026, at approximately 1:00 p.m.”

8. Submitted on or about May 7, 2026:
“NOTICE OF TORT CLAIM,” consisting of the updated six-page claim form certified March 23, 2026, and identifying Mayor Nicholas Sacco, Police Commissioner Allen Pascual, Township Attorney Tom Kobin, Deputy Chief David Corbisiero, Lieutenant Santiago Hernandez, and other persons to be identified.

9. Submitted on or about May 9, 2026:
“FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT TO TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR JANET CASTRO — Regarding Internal Affairs Conflict Concerns, Failure to Take Corrective Action, Conflict of Interest and on the Part of Township Attorney Thomas Kobin, and Request for Immediate Separation of XXXXX XXXX XXXX from the Internal Affairs Unit.”

10. Submitted on or about May 11, 2026:
“FORMAL SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT REGARDING TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY THOMAS KOBIN’S MARCH–APRIL 2026 HOUSING-PROPERTY LEGAL GUIDANCE, FAILURE TO PROVIDE WRITTEN AUTHORITY, AND ITS CONNECTION TO THE XXXXXX INTERNAL AFFAIRS CONFLICT.”

11. Submitted on or about May 11, 2026:
“FORMAL SUPPLEMENTAL ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT REGARDING TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY THOMAS R. KOBIN’S HANDLING OF THE INSPECTOR PROMOTIONAL-TESTING ISSUE, THE LATER ORDINANCE CHANGE, AND ITS CONNECTION TO THE XXXXX INTERNAL AFFAIRS CONFLICT.”

12. Submitted on or about May 11, 2026:
“FORMAL SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT REGARDING TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY THOMAS KOBIN’S SELECTION OF COUNSEL FOR THE JUNE 10, 2025, UNION CITY MATTER AND ITS CONNECTION TO THE LEROY TRUTH MATTER, THE XXXXX INTERNAL AFFAIRS CONFLICT, AND KOBIN’S CONTINUED CONFLICTED DECISION-MAKING.”

13. Submitted on or about May 11, 2026:
“FORMAL SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT REGARDING THE 2024 LEROY TRUTH / FIRST AMENDMENT TRAINING MATTER AND ITS RELEVANCE TO THE PRESENT CONFLICT INVOLVING TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY THOMAS KOBIN AND LIEUTENANT XXXXX XXXXX.”

14. Submitted on or about May 13, 2026:
“FORMAL INTERNAL AFFAIRS COMPLAINT AND REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE ENFORCEMENT OF NO-CONTACT SAFEGUARDS, PHYSICAL-SEPARATION MEASURES, EARLY WARNING SYSTEM REVIEW, AND EVIDENCE PRESERVATION — Regarding XXXXX May 12, 2026, Email Contact, Continued Internal Affairs Assignment, and Related Early Warning System Concerns.”

15. Submitted on or about July 9, 2026:
An untitled formal administrative complaint of reported tampering and record changing of classifications of accidents.

16. Submitted on or about July 23, 2026:
“FORMAL CEASE-AND-DESIST, RECUSAL, NON-RETALIATION, AND LITIGATION-HOLD DEMAND — WITNESS NON-INTERFERENCE | EVIDENCE PRESERVATION | NEUTRAL REVIEW,” regarding “Pending Civil Litigation; Reported Interference with the June 5, 2026 Department-Vehicle Crash Review; Termination of the May 14, 2026 Good-Faith Understanding.”

Please provide each record as a separate electronic PDF, complete with every page, exhibit, appendix, and attachment that accompanied the submission. If a record is maintained under a different filename, please locate it using the submission date, author, exact title or opening language, recipient, and subject matter stated above.

This request seeks existing records only and does not require the Township to conduct legal research, answer interrogatories, or create a new record.

If any record or portion is withheld or redacted, please identify the specific legal basis for the withholding and release all reasonably segregable nonexempt material to be used in appeal procedures with the Government Records Council.

Please be advised that any denial, partial denial, redaction, or deemed denial of this request will be challenged by filing a Denial of Access Complaint with the New Jersey Government Records Council. The GRC’s current official guidance confirms that a person denied access to a government record may file a Denial of Access Complaint with the Council under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-6.

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,

Alicia Raposo