RTK (Right-to-Know) Request
Please Note: Criminal Investigation records are not public records, and their dissemination is specifically protected under an exception in Pennsylvania's RTK law at 65 P.S. §67.708 (b) (16). However, if the requesting party is "a crime victim or a defendant in a civil action in which a crime victim is a party," pursuant to 18 Pa. C.S. § 9158 et seq. - then please refer to the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office Crime Victim Right of Access. Request form for Crime Victim Right of Access Request can also be found at CRIME VICTIM RIGHT OF ACCESS REQUESTS.
REQUESTING INFORMATION UNDER THE RIGHT-TO-KNOW LAW
To request records under Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law, you may file a request with this Agency’s Open Records Officer:
Jack Myers (Deputy Mayor)
Whitehall Township
3219 MacArthur Road
Whitehall, PA 18052
Phone: 610-437-5524, ext. 1148
Fax: 610-437-6963211
To challenge this Agency's response to a RTKL request, you may file an appeal within 15 business days with:
Pennsylvania Office of Open Records
Commonwealth Keystone Building
555 Walnut Street, Suite 605
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0225
Phone: (717) 346-9903
Fax: (717) 425-5343
Email: openrecords@pa.gov
Please see - OOR - How to File an Appeal
To challenge this Agency's response to a RTKL request for criminal investigative records, you may file an appeal within 15 business days with:
Lehigh County District Attorney's Office
Lehigh County Courthouse
455 W. Hamilton St.
Allentown, PA 18101-1614
Phone: 610-782-3100
Fax: [Fax No.] 610-871-2796
E-mail the request to: daopenrecords@lehighcounty.org
Please Note: The Right-to-Know Law does not apply to audio and/or video recordings made by law enforcement pursuant to Act 22 of 2017. Requests for such law enforcement audio and/or video recordings can be found at Act 22 of 2017. Any denials of law enforcement audio or video recordings must be appealed to the appropriate Court of Common Pleas, not the Office of Open Records. Per policy, due to the time and resources required to review and redact necessary information for each individual video (including additional approval from the District Attorney's Office for certain recordings), Whitehall Township will charge a fee of $100 per each approved video/audio recording for release in accordance with the provisions of Act July 07, 2017, P.L. 304, No. 22.
