Access to Information Orders
Decision Information
The Guelph Police Services Board (the Police) received a request under the
Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to the following:
… any and all records general and personal of any sort pertaining to myself … (name and date of birth of requester) … This includes but is not limited to any and all records, dialogue, correspondence, etc., with any lawyer, crown, correction facility, government agency, hospital, or other police service or employees of concerning myself or events surrounding April 23/95….
The Police located records responsive to the request and granted partial access to 25 pages of responsive records. In denying access to the remaining portions of the records, the Police relied on section 38(b) of the
Act, in conjunction with the presumption in section 14(3)(b) (information compiled as part of an investigation into a possible violation of law) and sections 8(1)(a), (b), and (c) (law enforcement) in conjunction with section 38(a) of the Act. The Police also provided the appellant with a fee estimate of $65 to cover the cost of searching for and severing the records, as well as the cost of photocopies. The fee was broken down as consisting of $60 for search and severing (2 hours @ $30 per hour), plus $5 for photocopying (25 pages @ $0.20 per page).
Decision Content
NATURE OF THE APPEAL:
The Guelph Police Services Board (the Police) received a request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to the following:
… any and all records general and personal of any sort pertaining to myself … (name and date of birth of requester) … This includes but is not limited to any and all records, dialogue, correspondence, etc., with any lawyer, crown, correction facility, government agency, hospital, or other police service or employees of concerning myself or events surrounding April 23/95….