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