Missing Native Americans (Sussex County Sheriff)
| Tracking # |
423 |
| Multi Request | Missing Native Americans |
| Submitted | June 15, 2021 |
| Est. Completion | July 6, 2021 |
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Communications
From: Urban Indigenous Collective
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Basic information on all cases (open and closed) of missing American Indian/Alaska Native persons (including juveniles) within your region, from 2000 through 2021; this basic information can include but is not limited to: person name, age, DOB, incident date, case closure date, county/jurisdiction in which person was reported missing.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 7 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Urban Indigenous Collective
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 15, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Sussex County Sheriff
To Whom It May Concern:
This email is to notify you of this office receiving your OPRA request and assigning same OPRA Request #423 on June 24, 2021. Your original request was emailed to a now inactive email for an individual no longer employed by this office. The updated email for OPRA requests is currently listed on our website. However, the response to your request is now being investigated and you can expect a response from this office on or before Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you,
Undersheriff Matthew Avenatti
Sussex County Sheriff's Office
39 High Street
Newton, NJ 07860
(973) 579-0850 X2108
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This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Sussex County Sheriff's Office. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the Sussex County Sheriff's Office, is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way and you should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this message in error.
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From: Sussex County Sheriff
To Whom It May Concern:
This email is to notify you of this office received your OPRA request and assigned same OPRA Request #423 on June 24, 2021.
You specifically requested "Basic information on all cases (open and closed) of missing American Indian/Alaska Native persons (including juveniles) within your region, from 2000 through 2021; this basic information can include but is not limited to: person name, age, DOB, incident date, case closure date, county/jurisdiction in which person was reported missing."
Upon searching our records we have found no responsive records to your request.
This concludes your request.
Thank you,
Undersheriff Matthew Avenatti
Sussex County Sheriff's Office
39 High Street
Newton, NJ 07860
(973) 579-0850 X2108
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mavenatti@sussexcountysheriff.com<mailto:mavenatti@sussexcountysheriff.com>
NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Sussex County Sheriff's Office. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the Sussex County Sheriff's Office, is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way and you should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this message in error.
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From: Urban Indigenous Collective
Thank you for replying back to our OPRA request,
We have a few follow up questions:
1. Do you keep records of missing cases in your jurisdiction?
2. Do you keep these records based on race/ethnicity, gender, age, and/or other demographic characteristics?
3. If you do not have any records pertaining to missing Native Americans/Alaska Natives, do you have any records of murdered Native America/Alaska Natives in file in your jurisdiction?
Thank you in advance for your anticipated participation in the matter.
Sincerely,
Urban Indigenous Collective
From: Sussex County Sheriff
To Whom It May Concern:
This office received your email below on 6/7/2022 in regards to OPRA request #423 dated 6/24/2021.
At this time you must resubmit an OPRA request. This request should name recognizable government records that are not otherwise exempt. Your follow up questions in your aforementioned email request information which is improper under OPRA.
Thank you,
Undersheriff Matthew Avenatti
Sussex County Sheriff's Office
39 High Street
Newton, NJ 07860
(973) 579-0850 X2108
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mavenatti@sussexcountysheriff.com<mailto:mavenatti@sussexcountysheriff.com>
NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Sussex County Sheriff's Office. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the Sussex County Sheriff's Office, is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way and you should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this message in error.
Sussex County Sheriff
OPRA Office
39 High Street
Newton, NJ 86007
June 7, 2022
This is a follow up to request number 423:
Thank you for replying back to our OPRA request,
We have a few follow up questions:
1. Do you keep records of missing cases in your jurisdiction?
2. Do you keep these records based on race/ethnicity, gender, age, and/or other demographic characteristics?
3. If you do not have any records pertaining to missing Native Americans/Alaska Natives, do you have any records of murdered Native America/Alaska Natives in file in your jurisdiction?
Thank you in advance for your anticipated participation in the matter.
Sincerely,
Urban Indigenous Collective
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