[Amended 9-28-82 by Ord. No. 82-21; 3-10-87 by Ord. No. 87-4; 9-23-97 by Ord. No. 97-22; 11-26-02
by Ord. No. 2002-31; 4-14-15 by Ord. No. 2015-15]
The following fees are hereby established for certain services
extended and material distributed, pursuant to law, by the Town of
Secaucus Police Department:
A. Fees for copies of all criminal and noncriminal reports that can
be photocopied or printed within municipal facilities shall be in
accordance with the general fees set forth in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-2 and
shall be increased or decreased as set forth in said Statute.
B. In the event that the actual cost for duplication of a record exceeds
the general fees as set forth in the statute, the charge shall be
the actual cost of duplicating the records requested.
C. For any record copied onto a non-paper medium, including but not
limited to, any video tape cassettes, CDs or digital recording devices,
the fee shall be the actual cost of the non-paper medium.
D. Discovery requests to the Police Record Bureau shall be charged at the same rate established in Subsection
A of this section, and if applicable, shall include an additional charge for postage for the mailing of the discovery requested.
E. All requests for copies of accident reports shall also be provided at the same cost established in Subsection
A of this section, and if applicable, shall include an additional charge for postage for the mailing of the reports requested.
F. If a request to the Police Records Bureau requires an extraordinary
expenditure of time and effort, a special service charge shall be
assessed. Any special service charge assessed may take into account,
but is not limited to, the following: the volume of the request, type
of records requested, time period of records, redaction level, number
of officers or employees involved in handling the request, whether
or not the records are easily accessible or archived, and the amount
of time used by an officer or employee to locate, retrieve, assemble,
duplicate and return said records.
G. If fingerprints need to be taken by the Secaucus Police Department
for miscellaneous applications, the cost shall be $10.
[Amended 9-28-82 by Ord. No. 82-21; 8-14-84 by Ord. No. 84-36; 4-14-15 by Ord. No. 2015-15]
Reviewing of any reports or photocopies of reports, viewing
of accident photographs, images or videos and viewing of any video
tape cassettes, CDs, digital recordings or any other recording shall
be conducted at the Record Bureau, Police Headquarters, Municipal
Government Center, Secaucus, New Jersey, daily, from Monday through
Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
No searching fee will be charged if a report is not on file
or if formally requested by any local, state, county or federal law
enforcement agency. The same exception will be made in the case of
request to review photographs of accidents.
A receipt will be issued for all moneys received by the Police
Department of the Town of Secaucus for services extended and material
distributed by said Police Department as hereinabove set forth. All
fees collected are to be transmitted monthly to the Town Treasurer.