MO-1977

The Toronto Police Services Board (the Police) received a request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act). The requester sought access to "all expense records", including any "monthly expense summaries" and "the accompanying background receipts" submitted by the Chief of Police from January 1, 2000 to the date of the request, a period of over four years. The requester later amended her request to include only records covering three years of expenses.

The Police issued an interim decision in which they addressed both the original and the amended requests. They also issued a fee estimate in the amount of $12,600 to cover the cost of four years of records and $9,450 for three years of expense records and requested a deposit of 50% of these amounts as a down payment. In addition, the Police issued a time extension decision under section 20(1) of the Act stating that a time extension of 112 days is required to complete the search for four years of records and a time extension of 91 days is required to search for three years worth of records. Finally, the Police indicated that some of the requested information may be subject to the discretionary exemption in section 11(d) of the Act (economic interests of an institution).

• MFIPPA
• 45(1)

• search charges