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Planet Princeton’s editor has taken Princeton Borough to court to obtain its policing agreement with Princeton University. The OPRA request for records was denied under a security exemption. NJFOG’s president, whom the article states handled a similar case involving Rutgers University in which records were released, is representing her. — Read the article here: Read More …
The New Jersey Office of Administrative Law (OAL) disclosed a listing of pending cases involving State Troopers. At least some of the cases are disciplinary matters which are usually kept strictly confidential. Any interested citizen could find out more about any of these cases by submitting an OPRA request to the OAL for the case’s Read More …
Police videos — or rather, public access to them — is a hot topic these days in the wake of an Appellate Court ruling restricting access to police records and the introduction of legislation (S788) proposing to exempt police videos and 911 calls from OPRA. So when we hear about a member of the public Read More …
The evening of Tuesday, February 23, the Bergen County NAACP will host a public forum to discuss proposed NJ bill S788. Transparency advocate John Paff has provided insightful commentary on the bill, which proposes to make all police videos and 911 calls exempt from OPRA. -NJFOG — NJ Open Government Notes by John Paff Feb. Read More …
In response to the introduction of S788 by Senator Paul Sarlo — the bill proposes to exempt all police videos and 911 calls from OPRA — a forum will be hosted on Feb. 23, 2016 by the Bergen County NAACP to discuss transparency of government and law enforcement agencies. -NJFOG — by Paul Nichols Feb. 09, 2016 The Read More …