Mayor of Baltimore v. Maryland Committee Against Gun Ban

RODOWSKY, Judge.

In this case inspection of public records is sought under the Maryland Public Information Act (the Act), Maryland Code (1984, 1992 Cum.Supp.), §§ 10-611 through 10-628 of the State Government Article. 1 The records were generated in the course of an investigation, conducted by the Internal Investigation Division (IID) of the police department in Baltimore City, that resulted from one or more civilian complaints about the conduct of police officers during the service of a subpoena duces tecum. Following the police department’s refusal to disclose, a circuit court held that the…