§92F-22  Exemptions and limitations on individual access.  An agency is not required by this part to grant an individual access to personal records, or information in such records:

     (1)  Maintained by an agency that performs as its or as a principal function any activity pertaining to the prevention, control, or reduction of crime, and which consist of:

          (A)  Information or reports prepared or compiled for the purpose of criminal intelligence or of a criminal investigation, including reports of informers, witnesses, and investigators; or

          (B)  Reports prepared or compiled at any stage of the process of enforcement of the criminal laws from arrest or indictment through confinement, correctional supervision, and release from supervision.

     (2)  The disclosure of which would reveal the identity of a source who furnished information to the agency under an express or implied promise of confidentiality.

     (3)  Consisting of testing or examination material or scoring keys used solely to determine individual qualifications for appointment or promotion in public employment, or used as or to administer a licensing examination or an academic examination, the disclosure of which would compromise the objectivity, fairness, or effectiveness of the testing or examination process.

     (4)  Including investigative reports and materials, related to an upcoming, ongoing, or pending civil or criminal action or administrative proceeding against the individual.

     (5)  Required to be withheld from the individual to whom it pertains by statute or judicial decision or authorized to be so withheld by constitutional or statutory privilege. [L 1988, c 262, pt of §1; am L 1993, c 250, §3]

Case Notes

  Because plaintiff did not claim that the police department's reliance on this section and §92F-13 was improper or unwarranted, the police department was entitled to withhold documents under the sections.  937 F. Supp. 2d 1220 (2013).