Document

M-116

File #  M-910295
Institution/HIC  Metropolitan Toronto Police Services Board
Summary  The Metropolitan Toronto Police Services Board (the Police) received a request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act ) for access to copies of ten administrative and operational procedures, 18 standing orders, seven directives, two training précis, information relating to two plainclothes courses, and 16 Staff Sergeant theses. Following discussions with the Police, the requester agreed to narrow the scope of his request to four administrative and operational procedures, four standing orders, three directives, two training précis, information relating to two plainclothes courses, and one Staff Sergeant thesis. The Police granted partial access to records responsive to the narrowed request, with severances pursuant to sections 8(1)(e), 8(1)(g), 8(1)(l), 14 and 32(c) of the Act . The requester appealed the decision of the Police. During mediation, the Police granted access to most of the information originally severed from the records, leaving at issue only four severances to the Staff Sergeant thesis. The thesis was written in 1979 by six police officers attending a course at the Charles O. Bick College. Severances 1 and 2 consist of the name of an individual found in two places in the thesis, Severance 3 consists of the names, signatures and badge numbers of the six authors of the thesis, and Severance 4 is the name and signature of one of the six authors. Access was denied to this information pursuant to section 14 of the Act . Further mediation was not possible, and notice that an inquiry was being conducted to review the decision of the Police was sent to the Police, the appellant and the six authors of the thesis. Written representations were received from the Police, the appellant and three of the six authors.
Legislation
  • MFIPPA
  • 14(1)(f)
  • 14(2)(a)
  • 2(1) personal information
  • 2(1) personal information (c)
  • 2(1) personal information (e)
  • 2(1) personal information (g)
  • 2(1) personal information (h)
  • 3(2)
Subject Index
Signed by  Holly Big Canoe
Published  Mar 31, 1993
Type  Order
<< Back
Back to Top
25 Years of Access and Privacy
To search for a specific word or phrase, use quotation marks around each search term. (Example: "smart meter")