Sunday, September 18, 2016

Police video is public record under OPRA Paff v Ocean County Prosecutors Officer

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