Pennsylvania State Police v. Office of Open Records

OPINION BY

Judge COHN JUBELIRER.

The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) petitions this Court for review of the Final Determination by the Office of Open Records (OOR) to grant the appeal of Donald R. Gilliland (Requester) from the PSP’s denial of his request for an incident report (Incident Report) under the Right-to-Know Law (RTKL).1 PSP argues that the OOR erred in granting the appeal because the Incident Report is a criminal investigation record exempted from disclosure under the RTKL.

On February 2, 2009, Requester, the managing editor of the Potter Leader-Enterprise newspaper, submitted a…