A.H. Belo Corp. v. Mesa Police Department

OPINION

FIDEL, Judge.

¶ 1 A taped 911 call regarding an injured child is the subject of this public records dispute. We consider whether, in light of the privacy interests of the child and his family, the City of Mesa has adequately satisfied its public records disclosure obligation by providing a transcript of the call to KTVK-TV,1 or whether, as the station claims and the trial court determined, Mesa must provide a copy of the audiotape.

Background

¶ 2 On February 29, 2000, Nancy Walsh, a babysitter, called a 911 operator to report that Dominic D., then sixteen months old, had fallen from his…