Fl Gov't in the Sunshine - how does this affect docs release?

by oviedo45 Wed May 06, 2009 3:54 pm

Government-in-the-Sunshine Manual
What are the statutory exemptions relating to law enforcement records?
Chapter updated: 03/11/2009

1. Active criminal investigative and intelligence information exemption

a. Purpose and scope of exemption

Arrest and crime reports are generally considered to be open to public
inspection. AGOs 91-74 and 80-96. And see AGO 08-23 (officer trip
sheets revealing identity of officer, location and hours of work and
locations to which officers have responded for emergency and
non-emergency purposes are public records). However, s.
119.071(2)(c)1., F.S., exempts active criminal intelligence information
and active criminal investigative information from public inspection.
To be exempt, the information must be both "active" and constitute
either "criminal investigative" or "criminal intelligence" information.
See Woolling v. Lamar, 764 So. 2d 765, 768 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000), review
denied, 786 So. 2d 1186 (Fla. 2001) (in order for a record to
constitute exempt active criminal investigative information, "the
claimant must show that the record is both 'active' and that it
constitutes 'criminal investigative information'").

Article:
http://www.myflsunshine.com/sun.nsf/...2566F3006C7A1A

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