Criminal investigations
Denied: Components of a sexual offender assessment
December 07, 2009
Denied: Three requests to the
Sexual Offender Assessment Board for copies of
records that were components of a board
assessment. Read
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Denied: Petition about inmate, as criminal investigative record
September 14, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for
information related to a petition to place an
inmate on a restricted release list. Read
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Granted: Dept. of Corrections policy on inmate book ordering
August 31, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for two parts of a
Department of Corrections policy manual.
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Denied: State Police records on 40-year-old murder case
August 28, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania State Police for information or
records regarding a murder that took place about
40 years ago. Read
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Granted: Records where borough failed to prove they could be withheld
August 24, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for a number of records
related to the requester’s employment with the
borough of Jim Thorpe, including police reports,
records of disciplinary actions and investigation
records. Read
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Denied: Erie code violation notice as non-criminal investigative record
July 24, 2009
Denied: A request to the City of
Erie for a copy of a housing code violation
notice for the address where the requester rents.
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Misdirected: Appeal of township police records request must go to D.A.:
July 15, 2009
Misdirected: An appeal filed in
error with the Office of Open Records instead of
the Berks County District Attorney's Office.
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Misdirected: Appeal of Erie police records request must go to D.A.
July 15, 2009
Misdirected: An appeal filed in
error with the Office of Open Records instead of
the Erie County District Attorney's Office.
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Granted: Securities Commission settlement agreement
July 15, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Pennsylvania
Securities Commission for investigatory and
administrative files regarding a particular case.
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Granted: Redacted PSP inspection report on fatal accident
July 02, 2009
Granted in part, denied in part:
A request for an inspection report about at fatal
accident from the Pennsylvania State Police.
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Denied: Autopsy report not yet filed with prothonotary
June 29, 2009
Denied: A request for autopsy
reports from the Lancaster County District
Attorney's Office concerning a specific death.
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Denied: Request for unredacted fire report by convicted arsonist
June 18, 2009
Denied: A request for unredacted
fire marshal's reports on fires at a certain
address in Philadelphia. The city had partially
granted and partially denied the request,
providing the requester with one record but
redacting personal identifying information on the
grounds that the requester had been convicted for
murder and arson in connection with the fire in
question. Read
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Granted: Release of redacted State Police incident reports
June 18, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: Pennsylvania State Police records
relating to a mobile home fire in South
Connellsville. Read
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Denied: Search warrant times as criminal investigation records
June 15, 2009
Denied: A request for records
showing arrival and departure times of
Pennsylvania State Police officers serving a
search warrant at the requester's home on behalf
of the Attorney General's office. Read
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Denied: PSP accident reports from time it didn't patrol the area
June 12, 2009
Denied: A request for a traffic
or accident reports from the Pennsylvania State
Police for a four-hour period on a specific day
ion 2006 on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia. The
PSP denied the request, saying the records were
exempt from disclosure under the Pennsylvania
Vehicle Code. Read
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Denied: Securities Commission investigation records about requester
June 05, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Securities Commission for both a
list of records and actual records relating to a
criminal investigation of the requester and
organizations under his control. Read
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Granted: Police department's police on Taser use
May 19, 2009
Granted: A request to the
borough of Churchill for its policy on the use of
Tasers by its police department. Read
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Denied: Request for Game Commission records resulting from complaint
May 07, 2009
Denied: A request for any
document generated as a result of the requester's
complaint regarding a wildlife sanctuary. The
request contained a number of questions seeking
information, and repeated requests noted in a
previous appeal. Read
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Denied: Wildlife sanctuary report as criminal investigation record
April 17, 2009
Denied: A request for a
Pennsylvania Game Commission inspection report,
which had been denied as a criminal investigative
record. Read
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Granted: Emails about requester's application for real estate license
April 13, 2009
Granted: Unredacted emails
related to the requester's unsuccessful license
application to the Real Estate Commission. The
Department of State had denied access to the
emails, citing the predecisional deliberative,
personal security, public safety and criminal
investigative exceptions. Read
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Denied: Request to State Police for arrest photo
April 01, 2009
Denied: A request for an arrest
photograph from the Pennsylvania State Police.
The PSP had denied the request, saying the
photograph was exempt from disclosure as a
criminal investigative record and also protected
by the Criminal History Record Information Act.
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Granted: PSP incident report, including names of victim and accused
March 23, 2009
Granted: A Pennsylvania State
Police incident report including the name of the
victims and the names of those charged.
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Granted: PSP incident report, including name of victim
March 23, 2009
Granted: A Pennsylvania State
Police incident report including the name of the
victim. Read
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Denied: The times of arson fires under investigation
March 20, 2009
Denied: A request to the city of
Coatesville for a list of times of fires ruled
arsons in 2008. The city had provided the dates
and locations of the fires. Read
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Denied: Request for investigative report, not incident report
March 16, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania State Police for investigative
reports relating to a trailer theft. The PSP
denied the reports, citing the exception the
allows investigative records to be withheld.
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