[Amended 6-20-2011 by Ord. No. 11-16]
There is hereby established the Office of the Custodian of Government
Records and the Office of the Deputy Custodian of Government Records
for Police Matters pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1
et seq., who are hereby designated as the Township Clerk and the Police
Director or officer in charge, respectively, or such other officials
as the governing body may from time to time appoint. The said Custodian
of Government Records shall have the sole jurisdiction over the custody,
release, distribution, dissemination and safekeeping of all general
governmental records. The Deputy Custodian of Government Records for
Police Matters shall have the sole jurisdiction over the custody,
release, distribution, dissemination and safekeeping of all police
records and documents to members of the public requesting same.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be interpreted or construed
so as to require the Township to provide or furnish copies of any
private and confidential documents not deemed public information in
accordance with the definition in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.