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c. Records and Information Maintained by a Police Department

i. Records The following types of law enforcement records may generally not be released in whole, though certain information in these records may be disclosed as described below.

Records of complaints to the department;

Records of investigations conducted by the department;

Records of intelligence information or security procedures; Investigatory or security files compiled by the department; 359

Records of child abuse, child molestation, elder abuse, and crimes involving juveniles as a suspect and/or victim; 360 and Criminal history report of any individual obtained from CLETS and/or the DOJ. 361

However, these law enforcement records may generally be released in whole:

Traffic accident reports to persons with a “proper interest therein,” including, but not limited to drivers, injured persons, insurance representatives, and owners of vehicles or damaged property; 362 and Initial property crime reports involving destruction or loss of property may be released including a list or description of the property. The name, address and other identifying information of arrestees or suspects may be redacted if releasing the information would jeopardize the investigation. 363 ii. Information Notwithstanding that certain records are exempt from disclosure, the general public, victims and the press may be provided with certain information in those records. Except in the circumstances set forth below, all of the following information may be disclosed to the person(s) described: a. Information Requested By a Victim A person identified as the victim in an incident report; an authorized representative of a victim; an insurance carrier against which a claim has been or might be made; or a person suffering bodily injury or property damage/loss as a result of an incident caused by arson, burglary, fire, explosion, larceny, robbery, carjacking, vandalism, vehicle theft, an act of terrorism, or other misdemeanor or felony may obtain all of the following information:

Names and addresses of persons involved and witnesses to the incident (other than confidential informants);

The description of any property involved;

Date, time and location of the incident;

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