MO-4541

The appellant sought access to records related to investigations conducted by the Thunder Bay Police Services Board (the board). The board withheld some of the responsive records pursuant to the law enforcement and personal privacy exemptions, and the labour relations exclusion, in the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act). The appellant appealed the access decision to this office, and also challenged the reasonableness of the board’s search.
During the inquiry process, the board took the position that the ongoing prosecution exclusion at section 52(2.1) applied to all the records at issue. The adjudicator added this issue and sought representations from the appellant. In this decision, she upholds the board’s application of section 52(2.1) and its search for responsive records and dismisses the appeal.