City of Fayetteville v. Rose

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

This is a Freedom of Information Act case. The question is whether the so-called law enforcement provision of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act makes records of an investigation conducted by the Fire and Police Departments of the City of Fayetteville closed to the public. The trial court held that the records and photographs held by the Fayetteville Police Department were exempt from public disclosure because they were records of an “undisclosed investigation by a law enforcement agency of criminal activity.” It held the fire department records open to the…