Officer employment numbers and changes, May 25 - July 25, 2020 (Newark Police Department)

Beryl Lipton filed this request with the Newark Police Department of Newark, NJ.
Tracking #

20-0704

Multi Request Officer employment numbers and changes, May 25 - July 25, 2020
Status
Completed

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From: Beryl Lipton

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, I hereby request records sufficient to show the following data points:

• The number of law enforcement and/or police officers employed under the jurisdiction of this agency as of May 27, 2019.
• The number of law enforcement and/or police officers that voluntarily resigned from their positions at the department (and otherwise left roles held as of May 27, 2019) for the period from May 27, 2019 through July 27, 2019.
• The number of law enforcement and/or police officers employed under the jurisdiction of this agency as of July 27, 2019.

• The number of law enforcement and/or police officers employed under the jurisdiction of this agency as of May 25, 2020.
• The number of law enforcement and/or police officers that left or resigned from their positions at the department (and otherwise quit) for the period from May 25, 2020 through July 25, 2020.
• The number of law enforcement and/or police officers employed under the jurisdiction of this agency as of July 25, 2020.

These documents are being requested as part of the fact-finding effort for a journalistic piece. Along with the completed journalistic product, these records will be made available to the general public. This request is being made by a journalist at a non-profit news organization. It is not being made for commercial purposes, and it would be appreciated if your agency would process this request with the appropriate recognition that it is a request being made in the public interest.

If you have any questions about this request, please contact me via the email address from which this request was sent or by phone at 617-500-7123.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.

I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 7 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Beryl Lipton

From: Newark Police Department

Good Afternoon:

The Office of the Clerk of the City of Newark has assigned your request tracking number PD-20-0704 CV-19 and forwarded it to the Police Division.

Please be advised that on March 20, 2020, Governor Murphy signed into law P.L. 2020, c.10, which provides that OPRA’s statutory deadlines do not apply for the duration of a Governor-declared state of emergency pursuant to the Disaster Control Act (N.J.S.A. App.A.9-33 et seq.), a public health emergency under the Emergency Health Powers Act (N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.), or when a state of local disaster emergency is declared by a county or by a municipality. Governor Murphy has extended this State of Emergency most recently in Executive Order 162 (Murphy 2020).
Since that date, this Office has made “reasonable efforts” to respond to the OPRA requests we have received. However, on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, amid the ongoing concerns regarding COVID-19 and growing numbers of residents who have tested positive for the virus, Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced a strict Shelter in Place mandate for the City of Newark. In order to protect not only the citizens of our city but also our public employees, all municipal agencies have vastly reduced operations and personnel.
In order to gather the documents responsive to your requests, the OPRA unit sends your requests to the respective City Departments which actually created, received, or retained these documents. Given the Executive Order and the Shelter in Place Mandate, the deadline by which you will receive a response to your request will be 60 business days from the conclusion of the Governor's state of emergency with requests processed in the order in which they were received. The current state of emergency is set to end on September 5, 2020; thus, September 31, 2020, is the current deadline by which the response to your request will be due.
The Office of the City Clerk respectfully requests your understanding and forbearance as we navigate this uncharted territo

From: Newark Police Department

Good Afternoon:

The Office of the Clerk of the City of Newark has received the attached response to your OPRA request from the Police Division. Attached please find a copy of your request and a copy of the police response.

Sincerely,

Samora Noguera

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