Records Bureau

531 Speedwell Avenue, 1st floor, Morris Plains, NJ  07950
(973) 538-2284, Ext. 109
(Voice Mail Ext. 4204)

Records Bureau Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:30pm

Records Clerk: Deann Carroll 

 

Please have your incident case number, date of Incident and type of incident.

The fees to be charged for Crash and Incident reports are as follows:

• $.75 per page for each of the first ten pages photocopied.

• $.50 per page for the eleventh to twentieth pages photocopied.

• $.25 per page for all pages over twenty photocopied.

All persons requesting public police records must complete and sign
a 'Request for Public Records' form.

                                                              

Open Public Records Act

Members of the public are hereby advised that the provisions of the New Jersey Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, et seq., allow for public access to government records with several exceptions listed below.

Members of the public who are requesting copies of police records must complete a 'Request for Public Records' form which is available at the Records Bureau, 531 Speedwell Avenue, 1st Floor, Morris Plains, New Jersey.  You may also print a 'Request for Public Records' for your convenience.

The statute provides for a right to appeal any denial or failure to provide access to a government record as follows:

A person who is denied access to a government record by the custodian of the record, at the option of the requestor, may:

Institute a proceeding to challenge the custodian's decision by filing an action in Superior court which shall be heard in the vicinage where it is filed by a Superior Court Judge who has been designated to hear such cases because the judge's knowledge and expertise in matters relating to access to government records; or 

in lieu of filing action in Superior Court, file a complaint with the Government Records Council established pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2001, c.404 (C.47:1A-7).

The right to institute any proceeding under this section shall be solely that of the requestor. Any such proceeding shall proceed in a summary or expedited manner. The public agency shall have the burden of proving that the denial of access is authorized by law. If it is determined that access has been improperly denied, the court or agency head shall order that access be allowed. A requestor who prevails in any proceeding shall be entitled to a reasonable attorney's fee.

You may read further about the Open Public Records Act at the OPRA site by clicking the below link.

EXCEPTIONS TO PUBLIC ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS Privileged or Protected Category

Autopsy Reports Child abuse or sex assault victim name or address Court records sealed Computer security information Criminal investigatory records Credit Card Numbers Grand Jury testimony, information Grievance information with public employer Domestic Violence data Drivers' license numbers DYFS information Electronic Surveillance Materials Emergency or security information or procedures Employee sexual harassment complaints Fingerprint cards Inter-agency or intra-agency advisory communications Juvenile records Labor Negotiation information, strategy or position Medical Examiner Photographs Otherwise inappropriate material Pension and personnel records Photographs Pre sentence investigations Public Agency insurance communications Safety of persons or public Security measures and surveillance techniques Social Security Numbers Unlisted telephone numbers Victim locations (Domestic Violence) Victim records Record has been destroyed/not retained pursuant to Records Retention and Disposition Schedule NJ Dept. of State, Div. of Archives Mgmt

N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq. N.J.S.A. 2A:82-46b Executive Order 69 N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq. Court Rule 3:6-7 N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq. N.J.S.A. 2C:25-33 N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq. N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.10 N.J.S.A. 2A:156A-19 N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq. Executive Order 69 N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq. N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-60 N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq. Executive Order 69 N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq. Exec. Order 69 State vs. DeGeorge, 113 NJ Supra.542  N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq.; Exec. Order 69 N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq. N.J.S.A. 2C:25-26c. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq.

 

OPRA

All persons requesting public police records must complete and sign a
 'Request for Public Records' form.