City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge v. Capital City Press, L.L.C.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the CourtKuhn, J.
lain this appeal, we consider whether the trial court erred in concluding that Internal Affairs Division (“IAD”) files of the Baton Rouge Police Department (“the BRPD”), be deemed confidential under La. R.S. 40:2532 and not subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act, La. R.S. 44:1 et seq. 1 Finding that the police officers under investigation had no individual privacy interest in these files and recognizing a strong public interest in disclosure, we find the trial court erred in not order ing disclosure of the records after the redaction of certain protected information, as later…
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