Access to Information Orders
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The Ottawa Police Services Board (the Police) received a request under the
Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to all police records relating to an investigation into a fire that took place at the requesters’ place of business on a specified date.
The request specifically asked for the following:
1. The sworn information forming the basis of the search warrant(s) issued in relation to the business premises;
2. A copy of the executed search warrant;
3. A list of the items seized from the premises in the execution of the search warrant;
4. The results of the forensic testing conducted by the RCMP;
5. The police report and notes from any an all officers attending at the scene of the fire or conducting follow-up interviews or investigations;
6. Copies of all the witness statements taken in the course of the police investigation;
7. Any and all other information in the possession, power or control of the Ottawa Regional Police Service pertaining to this matter is also expressly requested.
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NATURE OF THE APPEAL:
The Ottawa Police Services Board (the Police) received a request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to all police records relating to an investigation into a fire that took place at the requesters’ place of business on a specified date. The request specifically asked for the following:
1. The sworn information forming the basis of the search warrant(s) issued in relation to the business premises;
2. A copy of the executed search warrant;
3. A list of the items seized from the premises in the execution of the search warrant;
4. The results of the forensic testing conducted by the RCMP;
5. The police report and notes from any an all officers attending at the scene of the fire or conducting follow-up interviews or investigations;
6. Copies of all the witness statements taken in the course of the police investigation;
7. Any and all other information in the possession, power or control of the Ottawa Regional Police Service pertaining to this matter is also expressly requested.