Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to LA FOIP, Chapter 4, Exemptions from the Right of Access. Updated 24 July 2025. 48 Offence means a violation of the law; a crime.170 Security means a state of safety or physical integrity.171 Security includes securing, ensuring safety or protecting from danger, theft or damage.172 Security means sufficient security.173 Lawful detention means any person held in custody pursuant to a valid warrant or other authorized order. It extends to individuals remanded in custody (charged but not yet tried or convicted). It does not include individuals released under bail supervision.174 Centre of lawful detention is a centre where persons are detained when suspected of a crime, awaiting trial, or sentencing, found to be an illegal immigrant or youthful offender, or for political reasons. It can also include a centre where persons are in custody under federal or provincial statute.175 In general, any person held in custody pursuant to a valid warrant or other authorized order is under lawful detention.176 When there is a review by the IPC, the local authority is invited to provide a submission (arguments). The local authority should describe the harm in detail to support the application of the provision. Local authorities should not assume that the harm is self-evident on the face of the records. A local authority cannot rely on subsection 14(1)(a) of LA FOIP for a record that: a) Provides a general outline of the structure or programs of a law enforcement agency; or b) Reports, by means of statistical analysis or otherwise, on the degree of success achieved in a law enforcement program (see subsection 14(2) of LA FOIP). 170 Garner, Bryan A., 2009. Black’s Law Dictionary, Deluxe 10th Edition. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group at p. 1250. 171 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 4, p. 155. 172 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 4, p. 146. 173 The Legislation Act, S.S. 2019, Chapter L-10.2 at ss. 2-29. 174 Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, resource Access to Information: Policy and Procedures Manual, October 2017 at p. 130. 175 Adapted from Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 4, p. 154. Defines “Persons lawfully detained”. 176 Government of Ontario, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Manual, Chapter 5: Exemptions and Exclusions, Law Enforcement. Available at https://www.ontario.ca/document/freedominformation-and-protection-privacy-manual/chapter-5-exemptions-and-exclusions. Accessed October 8, 2019.
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