FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

 

In the Matter of a Complaint by                        FINAL DECISION

 

Richard L. Goldstein,

 

                        Complainant

 

            against              Docket #FIC 90-59

 

Norwalk Police Department,

 

                        Respondent                  May 23, 1990

 

            The above-captioned matter was heard as a contested case on April 5, 1990, at which time the complainant and the respondent appeared and presented testimony, exhibits and argument on the complaint.

 

            After consideration of the entire record, the following facts are found and conclusions of law are reached:

 

            1.  The respondent is a public agency within the meaning of 1-18a(a), G.S.

 

            2.         It is found that on January 18, 1990, the complainant requested copies of all records of the respondent regarding himself.

 

            3.         It is found that on February 13, 1990, the complainant filed his complaint with the Commission alleging that the respondent had failed to provide him with the requested records.

 

            4.         The respondent claims that all the requested records have been provided.

 

            5.         It is found that one of the records provided to the complainant references a report which has not been provided, i.e., a report concerning an incident in which the complainant heard voices speaking to him over the public address system of a department store.

 

            6.         It is found that the respondent has searched for the report described in paragraph 5, and has not been able to locate it.

 

            7.         It is found that the respondent has complied with the complainant's request by providing him with all the records in its possession which reference the complainant.

 

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            The following order by the Commission is hereby recommended on the basis of the record concerning the above-captioned complaint.

 

            1.         The complaint is hereby dismissed.

 

Approved by order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular meeting of May 23, 1990.

 

                                                         

                                    Tina C. Frappier

                                    Acting Clerk of the Commission

 

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PURSUANT TO SECTION 4-180(c), G.S. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES OF EACH PARTY AND THE MOST RECENT MAILING ADDRESS, PROVIDED TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION, OF THE PARTIES OR THEIR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE.

 

THE PARTIES TO THIS CONTESTED CASE ARE:

RICHARD L. GOLDSTEIN

167 Main Street

Norwalk, CT 06851

 

NORWALK POLICE DEPARTMENT

c/o M. Jeffry Spahr, Esquire

City Hall

P.O. Box 798

Norwalk, CT 06854

 

                                                         

                                    Tina C. Frappier

                                    Acting Clerk of the Commission