MO-2178

• Request for police records including videotaped interviews.
• Preliminary issue - effect of publication ban on the access decision - no impact on the decision in this appeal.
• Section 2(1) definition of “personal information” - records contained personal information of appellant, and others.
• Sections 14(1) and 38(b) (personal privacy) upheld for personal information of other individuals.
• Section 8(1)(a) and (f) (law enforcement) not upheld.
• Reasonable search - Police did not conduct a reasonable search for records.
• Appellant's own information severed from the records and disclosed; appellant's own videotaped statements disclosed based on absurd result principle. Access to other individual’s information denied under section 38(b) and 14(1). Search conducted was not reasonable.

• MFIPPA
• 2(1) personal information
• 14(1)
• 14(3)(a)
• 14(3)(b)
• 8(1)(a)
• 8(1)(f)
• 38(a)
• 38(b)

• Publication Ban
• effect of existence of ban

• Request for police records including videotaped interviews.
• Preliminary issue - effect of publication ban on the access decision - no impact on the decision in this appeal.
• Section 2(1) definition of “personal information” - records contained personal information of appellant, and others.
• Sections 14(1) and 38(b) (personal privacy) upheld for personal information of other individuals.
• Section 8(1)(a) and (f) (law enforcement) not upheld.
• Reasonable search - Police did not conduct a reasonable search for records.
• Appellant's own information severed from the records and disclosed; appellant's own videotaped statements disclosed based on absurd result principle. Access to other individual’s information denied under section 38(b) and 14(1). Search conducted was not reasonable.