https://illinoisfoia.org/exemptions/7-1-d-vii/ 2022-02-10T00:00:00Z https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2021-pac-68752/ 2022-02-10T00:00:00Z

The requester, a legal-services organization representing a sexual-assault victim, sought the police report and investigative records concerning the victim's report to a police department, which denied the request in full as related to an ongoing investigation. The Public Access Counselor held that the department never established that an investigation was actually ongoing or explained how disclosure would obstruct one, and separately noted the department had ignored the mandatory 72-hour disclo

https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-61964/ 2020-10-26T00:00:00Z

The question was whether the Lockport Police Department properly withheld arrest narratives and video footage under FOIA's law-enforcement exemption for records that would obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation (5 ILCS 140/7(1)(d)(vii)). The Public Access Bureau held that the police department improperly denied the request because its explanation for invoking the exemption was conclusory and did not show how disclosure would interfere with a criminal investigation. The rule applied is that a

https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-32130/ 2019-03-29T00:00:00Z

The question was whether the Village of Forest Park properly withheld surveillance videos of a hit-and-run under FOIA Section 7(1)(d) exemptions, including an unargued but implicated Section 7(1)(d)(iii) fair-trial exemption. The Public Access Bureau held that the Village did not improperly deny the request at the time it was submitted, because disclosure during the pendency of the criminal prosecution would have created a substantial likelihood of depriving the defendant of a fair trial. The re