Investigation Report: FIPPA Refused Access – City of Winnipeg, Winnipeg Police Service
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fippa
Summary
Provisions 17(1), 17(2)(b), 17(4)(e)(i), 7(2).
The City of Winnipeg – Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) received a request for Professional Standards Unit records about officers accused of impaired driving from January 1, 2017, to present. The WPS refused access on the basis that the records contain personal information of third parties and release of the information would be an unreasonable invasion of privacy. The ombudsman determined that the decision to refuse access was authorized and the records could not reasonably be severed. The complaint was not supported.
Case 2019-0556