Griffin quoted in editorial about body cam lawsuit

The Trentonian published an editorial on January 15, 2019, calling for Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora's administration to be more transparent. The editorial discusses a lawsuit filed on the newspaper's behalf by CJ Griffin, a Partner at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden and Editor of the NJ OPRA Blog. Griffin, who is quoted in the editorial, sued for the newspaper to obtain access to a body camera recording which would confirm whether the Mayor's Chief of Staff had falsely accused one of the Trentonian's reporters of stealing documents from his office. To read the editorial, learn about the litigation, and view the body camera recording, click here.

Unlike dash camera recordings, body camera recordings are "required by law to be made, maintained, or kept on file" pursuant to Attorney General Directive 2015-1 and thus they cannot be exempt under OPRA's criminal investigatory records exemption.