Police reports and document requests concerning the Wallington
Police Department are submitted through the Wallington Police Department,
and it is necessary to establish the fees that may be charged for
the copies provided, consistent with the provisions of the New Jersey
Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5b: A copy or copies of a government
record may be purchased by any person upon payment of the fee prescribed
by law or regulation. Except as otherwise provided by law or regulation,
the fee assessed for the duplication of a government record embodied
in the form of printed matter shall be $0.05 per letter size page
or smaller and $0.07 per legal size page or larger. If a public agency
can demonstrate that its actual costs for duplication of a government
record exceed the foregoing rates, the public agency shall be permitted
to charge the actual cost of duplicating the record. The actual cost
of duplicating the record, upon which all copy fees are based, shall
be the cost of materials and supplies used to make a copy of the record.