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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 …
UPDATE (July 11, 2016): The Appellate Court issued a published (and thus precedential) decision on June 30, 2016 that the police dashcam video in question is disclosable under the state’s Open Public Records Act. https://njfog.org/2016/07/11/appellate-division-rules-release-dog-bite-dashcam-video/ — This APP article concerns a lawsuit brought against the Ocean County Prosecutor seeking a dashcam video that shows a Read More …
“The thing about audio and video is they don’t lie. Obviously, people can interpret them, but audio and video recordings are as neutral as you can get. Those are the best records to have public,” said NJFOG president Walter Luers. NJ bill S788 proposes to make all police videos and 911 calls and transcripts exempt from OPRA. Read More …
December 28, 2015 NJ Open Government Notes by John Paff At its September 17, 2015 meeting, the State Records Committee approved changes to state, county and municipal Records Retention Schedules requiring routine video surveillance recordings to be retained for a period of thirty days. The requirement covers “real-time footage of buildings, grounds, and physical properties Read More …