Investigation Report: FIPPA Refused Access – City of Winnipeg (Winnipeg Police Service)
investigations & monitoring
fippa
Summary
City of Winnipeg (Winnipeg Police Service); refusal of access to portions of a specific Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) incident report and related records, on the basis that disclosure would be harmful to third parties’ privacy, harmful to law enforcement, harmful to security of property, and would violate solicitor-client privilege; provisions 17(1), 17(2)(b), 25(1)(c) and (e), 26 and 27(1)(b); ombudsman found that the exceptions applied to the withheld information.
Case 2012-0388