Opinion No.

Mr. Brent D. Houston Benton City Attorney Jensen Young Houston, PLLC 1230 Ferguson Drive Post Office Box 1500 Benton, Arkansas 72018

Dear Mr. Houston:

I am writing in response to your request, made pursuant to A.C.A. § 25-19-105(c)(3)(B)(i) (Supp. 2007), which is contained within the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (the "FOIA"), A.C.A. § 25-19-101 — 109 (Repl. 2002 and Supp. 2007), for my review of the decision by the City of Benton, as custodian of the records, to withhold from disclosure records relating to an internal investigation that resulted in the disciplining of an officer in the…