[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.