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Advisory Opinion 20-004 20-004A City asked about whether it was the agency with “primary investigative responsibility” pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13.82, subdivision 7, when the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) investigates an offic…
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Advisory Opinion 19-011 19-011A City asked about the classification of data that the police department collected from a school district pursuant to a subpoena, as part of a criminal investigation. The District argued that the data were private perso…
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Advisory Opinion 19-005 19-005A law enforcement agency asked about the classification of data in an inactive criminal investigation of an officer-involved fatal shooting. The Commissioner opined that the data were variously classified under Minnesot…
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Advisory Opinion 12-010 12-010An individual who was pulled over by peace officers and subjected to a strip search asked for access to the squad car video of the incident. The City denied access, saying it was private personnel data because there is …
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Advisory Opinion 04-028 04-028Has the City of Minneapolis complied with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in its determination regarding a January 20, 2004, request for access to data?
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Advisory Opinion 03-021 03-021What is the classification of the following data that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources maintains: a list of each Conservation Officer's annual citation numbers for the past two years?
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Advisory Opinion 01-079 01-079When a government entity uses Minnesota Statutes, section 13.393, as the basis for denying access to public documents sought pursuant to a data practices request, must the government entity also give the underlying basi…
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Advisory Opinion 01-074 01-074Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of Burnsville improperly deny access to police reports containing public data, i.e., arrest data, request for service data and response or incident data? Pursuant…
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Advisory Opinion 01-069 01-069What is the classification of previous and current reports about X that the Le Sueur County Sheriff maintains? X requested and signed a
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Advisory Opinion 00-078 00-078Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of Hibbing respond appropriately to a request for access to the following data: name and address of an individual, present at the scene of an alleged crime, whom …
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Advisory Opinion 00-025 00-025Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, did the City of Rochester respond properly to a request for access to data on unpaid parking tickets?
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Advisory Opinion 99-031 99-031What is the classification of the following data maintained by the City of Fairmont Police Department: data contained in the Master Name and Incident Listing?
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Advisory Opinion 94-040 94-040When an employee of the City of Buffalo didn't know what the classification of a piece of private data was, did that constitute a violation of the minor child's rights by impeding access to government data and not apply…