Barfield v. City of Tallahassee

Michael Barfield appeals an order denying a petition seeking public records from the Tallahassee Police Department. The trial court concluded that an email and attachment forwarded to TPD that alleged an incident of domestic violence were exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act (PRA), because they related to an active and ongoing criminal investigation. See § 119.071(2)(c)l, Fla. Stat. We reverse because some of the information contained in the documents was within the part of the statute excluding the “time, date, location, and nature of a reported crime” from the exemption, and…