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M-849

Document		M-849


File #		M-9600224


Institution/HIC		Metropolitan Toronto Police Services Board


Summary		This is an appeal under the Municipal Freedom of Information andProtection of Privacy Act (the Act ). The appellant submitted a request to the Metropolitan TorontoPolice Services Board (the Police) for access to the "major newsreports-occurrences" (the Occurrence Sheets) and "major newsreports-arrest and story" sheets (the Arrest Sheets), in computerized format. The appellant wanted copies of all records since the Police beganstoring these documents on a word processing system, estimated by him to be in1994 or 1995. The appellant is a reporter with a major Toronto newspaper. The Police denied access to the records, claiming that they qualify for exemption under section 14(1) of the Act (invasion of privacy). The appellant appealed this decision. He also specified that he wanted hisrequest to include all information current to the date of this order. The Police provided this office with a representative sample of Occurrence Sheets and Arrest Sheets. With the agreement of both parties, my decision with respect to these sample records will apply to all records responsive to theappellant's request. A Notice of Inquiry was provided to the appellant and the Police. Representations were received from both parties.


Legislation		MFIPPA 14(1)(c) 14(1)(f) 14(2)(a) 14(2)(b) 2(1) record 32(c) Section 16


Subject Index		criminal charges limiting disclosure or dissemination machine readable not available under MFIPPA Personal Information (Definition) request for electronic format


Signed by		Tom Mitchinson


Published		Oct 16, 1996


Type		Order


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