In an opinion issued today, the Appellate Division held that a domestic violence offense report, which an officer is required to file after responding to a domestic violence call, is exempt under OPRA. North Jersey Media Group v. Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office. The court determined that this report is exempt because the Domestic Violence Act and the court rules provide full confidentiality to domestic violence records.

Unfortunately, as has occurred with several other fairly recent Appellate Division cases involving OPRA issues of first impression, the opinion is not published and therefore not precedential.