California Borough v. A.G. Rothey

OPINION BY PRESIDENT JUDGE LEAVITT

California Borough (Borough) appeals a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County (trial court) affirming a final determination of the Office of Open Records (OOR) that a video recording of a holding cell at the Borough Police Department was disclosable. The video records a confrontation between a police officer and a detainee in the cell. The Borough contends that the OOR lacked jurisdiction to hear the requester's appeal; that the trial court erred in holding otherwise; and that OOR's final determination was legally invalid. For the…