Access to Information Orders
Decision Information
• Occurrence reports and police officers’ notes
• Section 38(b) upheld
• Section 16 (public interest override) does not apply
• Police’s search for responsive records upheld
• No records ordered disclosed
Decision Content
NATURE OF THE APPEAL:
The Kingston Police Service (the Police) received the following request for information under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act):
…all information in regards to the incident(s) surrounding my complaint(s) of bodily harm and trespassing against my stepson … made to the Kingston Police Force on or about the 16th, 17th and 18th of August, 2004; …
The requester states in his request letter that there is a compelling public interest in the disclosure of the information requested, which outweighs the application of any exemptions under the Act to any responsive information, thereby raising the possible application of section 16 (public interest override) of the Act.