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Bloomfield Township PD

In review The agency answered on Sep 22, 2026 and produced records. We are reading them; our findings and the records themselves are published here after the agency has had seven days with a draft (Methods).

Our public-records requests to the Bloomfield Township Police Department about license plate readers, and the responses, as they happen.

The terms in the tables below are defined in the request log and in the codebook. The records an agency produces, and our findings from them, are added after the agency has had seven days to review a draft. See Methods.

Requests and responses

Request26-956 · text as sent
Sent2026-08-19; counted as received 2026-08-20
Response due2026-08-27
Answered2026-08-26, 4 business days after receipt
Agency's determinationGranted
FeeNone charged
Fee waiverNo fee charged
Paid$0.00
Where it standsRecords produced. Our file is closed (produced in the codebook)
Request26-1065 · text as sent
Sent2026-09-12; counted as received 2026-09-14
Response due2026-09-21; the agency gave notice of an extension
Answered2026-09-22, 6 business days after receipt
Agency's determinationGranted
Fee$160.44 first stated
Fee waiverDenied
Paid$129.52
Where it standsRecords produced. Our file is closed (produced in the codebook)

Appeals

AppealRequestSentOutcomeOutcome date
Fee appeal26-10652026-09-22Withdrawn by us2026-09-24

What we sent

Our requests and appeals, as filed, with contact details omitted. Where a request was filed through a NextRequest portal, its number links to its page there. Some portals show that page only to the requester and the agency.

DocumentRequestSentPages
Our request 26-956, as filed26-9562026-08-191
Our follow-up request 26-1065, as filed26-10652026-09-122
Our appeal of the $160.44 fee to the Township Board, as sent26-10652026-09-223
Our reply on the 26-1065 thread, September 24, 2026, as posted26-10652026-09-241

What the agency sent

The agency's letters, notices and forms on these requests that we have saved. Each file lists the request it belongs to, the date received, and the first 16 characters of its SHA-256 hash; the full hash is on the Documents page.

DocumentRequestReceivedPagesRedaction
Township message closing request 26-956, August 26, 2026: request granted, documents uploaded
c7f09cae524f9aeb…		26-9562026-08-261none (message text copied from the request's public portal page, rendered to PDF; link text is shown without the link addresses; our note at the top)
Invoice 433033 on request 26-1065: $160.44, two hours at $80.22 (Sgt.)
2cf344d9917d976a…		26-10652026-09-221requester's address, phone and email removed; online payment link removed; document properties cleared
Fee Calculation Form on request 26-1065 (Sept 22): search labor, Police, factor 2, 2.00 h x $79.20 = $158.40
3b5bad20c0927252…		26-10652026-09-223document properties cleared
Hourly rate calculation for FOIA, Police Department, 2026: sergeant base rate $52.80/h, benefits capped at 50% of the base rate ($26.40), allowed FOIA rate $79.20
e444012e8e244a8b…		26-10652026-09-221employee's name removed; position and figures retained; document properties cleared
Revised Fee Calculation Form on request 26-1065 (Sept 24): Police 1.50 h x $79.20, Clerk 0.25 h x $18.83, Accounting 0.25 h x $24.04 = $129.52
acc3c12e4f854525…		26-10652026-09-243document properties cleared
Hourly rate calculation for FOIA, Accounting, 2026: accounting clerk $24.04/h
a311c83945b65c9b…		26-10652026-09-241employee's name removed; position and figures retained; document properties cleared
Hourly rate calculation for FOIA, Clerk's Department, 2026: part-time election intern $18.83/h
d667d2d9dad824dd…		26-10652026-09-241employee's name removed; position and figures retained; document properties cleared
Township message on request 26-1065, September 24, 2026: public-interest waiver denied; the two factors used for an unreasonably high cost
99c57803c8c7ed4d…		26-10652026-09-241none (portal message text as received, rendered to PDF; our note at the top)
Township message closing request 26-1065, September 24, 2026: request granted, documents uploaded
e57889996e57ac97…		26-10652026-09-241none (message text copied from the request's public portal page, rendered to PDF; link text is shown without the link addresses; our note at the top)