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The Honorable Katherine Fernandez Rundle State Attorney Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida 1350 Northwest 12th Avenue Miami, Florida 33136-2111

Dear Ms. Rundle:

You have asked for my opinion on substantially the following question:

Does section 112.533(2)(a), Florida Statutes, which provides for the confidentiality of pending police internal affairs investigations, apply to an inactive criminal investigative file maintained by the state attorney's office during the pendency of a police internal affairs investigation concerning the same complaint?

In sum:

The confidentiality provisions of section…