Mack v. District Attorney for the Bristol District

Summary

The court held that records concerning the fatal police shooting were not exempt from disclosure under the privacy exemption because they related to a law enforcement misconduct investigation, regardless of whether the investigation resulted in a finding of misconduct. It also held that home-security videos, the draft homicide report, and the factual portions of the draft preliminary report and room summary were not shown to be protected, while the legal-analysis sections of the draft preliminary report could be withheld. The court remanded for further determinations concerning the investigatory exemption for videotaped public-employee interviews and interview questions, and rejected the claim that the POST commission had exclusive authority to release officer names.