Police video is public record under OPRA Paff v Ocean County Prosecutors Officer __
NJ Super. __ (App. Div. 2016)
(MVRs)
in police vehicles - which, in
accordance with the police chief’s
written policy order, are generated automatically whenever the vehicle’s overhead lights are activated - are
“government records” subject to
disclosure under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13.
Appellant Ocean County Prosecutor’s
Office failed to carry its statutory burden to show that the films fall within
an exception under OPRA. Judge Gilson dissents. A-4226-14T3
