In Re: the People of the State of Colorado v. Regina M. Sprinkle

Summary

The court held that the district court had subject matter jurisdiction to resolve the records dispute through a stipulated show-cause hearing, even though Sprinkle did not file the statutory application. It also held that the governing statute does not require a requester to identify a specific incident of alleged misconduct when seeking completed internal investigation files, and therefore ordered release of the records subject to statutory exclusions and redactions. The court discharged the rule to show cause.