Manns v. City of Charleston Police Department

This case is before this Court upon appeal of a declaratory and injunctive relief order entered by the Circuit Court of Kanawha County on February 24, 2000, ordering the appellants and defendants below, the City of Charleston Police Department and Jerry Riffe, in his official capacity as Chief of Po*622lice1 (hereinafter “appellants”), to disclose various police records including internal investigation documents pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request by the appel-lee and plaintiff below, Laura Manns. In this appeal, the appellants contend that the circuit court erroneously concluded…