The decision concerned the misdeeds of Elizabeth's former police director.
three years ago should be released publicly and gave guidance on how courts should handle future requests for documents that have long been cloaked in confidentiality.
He’d been the civilian director for just over 20 years following a 31-career as a Newark police officer.Former New Jersey police officer and open public records advocate Richard Rivera requested the Cosgrove report – investigated and produced by the Union County Prosecutor’s Office – via OPRA and common law requests.
that decision and found the report non-disclosable for other OPRA grounds, and rejected Rivera’s common law claims. And, if the report is made public, appropriate redactions should be made, like names of complainants, witnesses, informants and cooperators, and personal identifying information about officers and others, such as their home addresses and phone numbers.
And it went on, “Racist and sexist conduct by the civilian head of a police department violates the public’s trust in law enforcement. It undermines confidence in law enforcement officers generally, including the thousands of professionals who serve the public honorably.”
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