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Advisory Opinion 01-048 01-048Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of a video tape of the booking area within the secured portion of the Washington County Jail?
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Advisory Opinion 01-040 01-040If the City of Woodbury requires an individual to supply his/her Social Security number as part of applying for a firearm permit, has the City violated that individual's rights under state and federal law?
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Advisory Opinion 01-036 01-036Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Le Sueur County Sheriff respond appropriately to a request in December 1999 for
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Advisory Opinion 01-017 01-017Are the information or reports maintained by ambulance personnel on criminal defendants releasable to law enforcement personnel? Should statements made by criminal defendants to ambulance personnel be differentiated bet…
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Advisory Opinion 00-078 00-078Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of Hibbing respond appropriately to a request for access to the following data: name and address of an individual, present at the scene of an alleged crime, whom …
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Advisory Opinion 00-076 00-076Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of Minneapolis respond appropriately to a request, made at a meeting in late June, for access to a complete police report regarding an incident that occurred on D…
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Advisory Opinion 00-075 00-075As of December 2, 1998, was the preliminary finding of investigators that the squad's red lights were not on at the time of the collision
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Advisory Opinion 00-025 00-025Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, did the City of Rochester respond properly to a request for access to data on unpaid parking tickets?
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Advisory Opinion 00-024 00-024Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data that the Kandiyohi County Sheriff maintains: Name; Race; Date of birth; Address of inmate; Booking number; Height, weight…
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Advisory Opinion 00-011 00-011Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the South Lake Minnetonka Public Safety Department respond properly to a request to inspect the public data contained in the Department's so-called log sheets?
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Advisory Opinion 00-007 00-007Did the Corrections Corporation of America-Prairie Correctional Facility respond properly to a request for access to various policies and procedures?
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Advisory Opinion 99-032 99-032Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data maintained by the City of Brooklyn Park Police Department: a security camera tape obtained from a hotel that the Department us…
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Advisory Opinion 99-031 99-031What is the classification of the following data maintained by the City of Fairmont Police Department: data contained in the Master Name and Incident Listing?
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Advisory Opinion 98-014 98-014Would it violate a data subject's rights for a county attorney to disseminate data obtained in juvenile court delinquency and petty offense proceedings to the law enforcement agency whose officer signed the delinquency …
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Advisory Opinion 98-004 98-004Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, what is the classification of the data contained in the Level II Sex Offender notification fact sheet? If a Level II Sex Offender notification fact sheet contains private data,…
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Advisory Opinion 97-050 97-050Would it be a violation of students' rights under Minnesota Statutes Sections 13.32 if School District #347, Willmar, disseminated (without obtaining either consent or a court order) the following data to law enforcemen…
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Advisory Opinion 97-038 97-038Has the City of Lakeville Police Department complied with Minnesota Statutes Section 13.04, subdivision 3, in charging a data subject $6.50 ($5 for the first page and $.50 for each additional page) for copies of data co…
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Advisory Opinion 97-024 97-024What is the classification of certain data, other than blood alcohol content of each of the involved individuals, maintained by the City of Winona Police Department relating to the fatal car accident which occurred on M…
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Advisory Opinion 97-023 97-023What is the classification, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, of the following data maintained by the City of Winona Police Department: the blood alcohol content of each of the five individuals who were involve…
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Advisory Opinion 97-022 97-022Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, did the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office inappropriately disseminate private data (in March of 1996) about a data subject by disclosing the data to a member of the media? (In …
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Advisory Opinion 97-014 97-014What is the classification of the data contained in a letter from the Rice County Attorney to the City of Northfield Police Chief regarding the City's handling of a recent murder investigation?
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Advisory Opinion 97-012 97-012Pursuant to Chapter 13, may the St. Bonifacius & Minnetrista Public Safety Department charge a set fee of $25 in addition to the cost of copies of the photographs? Pursuant to Chapter 13, is it appropriate for St. Bonif…
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Advisory Opinion 97-007 97-007Did personnel of the City of Menahga Police Department inappropriately disseminate data about Y, a minor?
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Advisory Opinion 96-052 96-052Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13.82, subdivision 3a, may N listen, free of charge, to the audiotape of the 911 telephone call placed by N? Pursuant to Section 13.82, subdivision 3a, may N view, free of charge,…
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Advisory Opinion 96-043 96-043Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, are the notes made by Officer Johnson regarding his response to the 911 call made by N accessible to N?