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Advisory Opinion 17-002 17-002a newspaper asked if a city police department had properly classified various data elements in various police incident reports (ICRs). The Commissioner determined that the city had properly redacted some data elements, …
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Advisory Opinion 12-014 12-014A County asked whether implementing a web-based automated crime mapping program would violate the rights of data subjects. The Commissioner opined that certain data subjects’ rights could be violated by the automated sy…
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Advisory Opinion 08-006 08-006Did the Stearns County Attorney comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to a request for the following data related to a shooting that occurred on January 25, 2008: the names, dates of birth and city o…
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Advisory Opinion 04-033 04-033Did the City of Minneapolis comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to a February 13, 2004, request for access to and inspection of the Friday, February 6, 2004, Minneapolis Police Department police re…
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Advisory Opinion 03-042 03-042Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Koochiching County Sheriff respond appropriately to a request for the name of an alleged victim of a certain incident under investigation?
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Advisory Opinion 01-069 01-069What is the classification of previous and current reports about X that the Le Sueur County Sheriff maintains? X requested and signed a
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Advisory Opinion 01-050 01-050Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of St. Paul Police Department respond appropriately to a March 22, 2001, request for data by denying KSTP-TV access to the identity of the complainant and the tra…
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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 94-060 94-060May access to certain law enforcement data be denied pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13.82, subdivisions 7 and 10, if those data have been disseminated in a briefing to members of the public by the law enforcemen…