Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to LA FOIP, Chapter 4, Exemptions from the Right of Access. Updated 24 July 2025. 94 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). IPC Findings In Review Report 037-2018, the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) released some records to the applicant and withheld others pursuant to several provisions including subsection 14(1)(m) of LA FOIP. SPS applied subsection 14(1)(m) of LA FOIP to two pages of the record which constituted a note from an officer to a prosecutor. It advised of special arrangements that may have been required in the courtroom based on the history of some of the individuals involved in the court proceeding. SPS asserted that the note revealed the security arrangements of the Court of King’s Bench building. Furthermore, that it would reveal patterns of security personnel at the Court. Upon review, the Commissioner found that the note only contained one suggestion about security for the Court of King’s Bench. In addition, there was no evidence that the suggestion had been relayed on to the Court or that the Court followed the suggestion. Finally, if the security measure had been followed, it would have been observable by those who attended at the time. The Commissioner was not persuaded that subsection 14(1)(m) of LA FOIP applied to the note. In Schiller v Saskatchewan Health Authority, 2025 SKKB 37 at paragraphs [50] to [52] the Court upheld the Commissioner’s finding that usernames and passwords were exempt from disclosure on the grounds that if they were revealed, the security arrangements of computer and communications systems would be placed in jeopardy. Subsection 14(2) Law enforcement and investigations 14(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to 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. Subsection 14(2) of LA FOIP provides that a local authority cannot rely on subsection 14(1) of LA FOIP for a record that:
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTgwMjYzOA==