MO-4459

The appellant filed a request under the Act with the police for records relating to the manner in which the police conduct investigations and execute search warrants, including but not limited to the investigations of two identified individuals. The police located responsive records and granted the appellant partial access to them. The police withheld portions of records under sections 14(1) (personal privacy) and 8(2)(a) (law enforcement report). The police also withheld records in full under the solicitor-client privilege exemption in section 12. The appellant appealed the police’s decision to the IPC and raised the application of the public interest override in section 16. In this order, the adjudicator orders the police to disclose certain records and information that she finds not exempt under section 14(1) or section 8(2)(a). She upholds the police’s decision to withhold the remainder of the information and records under sections 12 and 14(1).