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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="4-351" title_number="4" title_name="Public Information Act" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Denials of Inspection">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section, a custodian may deny inspection of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>records of investigations conducted by the Attorney General, a State’s Attorney, a municipal or county attorney, a police department, or a sheriff;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an investigatory file compiled for any other law enforcement, judicial, correctional, or prosecution purpose;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>records that contain intelligence information or security procedures of the Attorney General, a State’s Attorney, a municipal or county attorney, a police department, a State or local correctional facility, or a sheriff; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>records, other than a record of a technical infraction, relating to an administrative or criminal investigation of misconduct by a police officer, including an internal affairs investigatory record, a hearing record, a record of positive community feedback, and records relating to a disciplinary decision.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A custodian may deny inspection by a person in interest only to the extent that the inspection would:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>interfere with a valid and proper law enforcement proceeding;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>deprive another person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>disclose the identity of a confidential source;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>disclose an investigative technique or procedure;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>prejudice an investigation; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>endanger the life or physical safety of an individual.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A custodian shall allow inspection of a record described in subsection (a)(4) of this section by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the United States Attorney;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Attorney General;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the State Prosecutor; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the State’s Attorney for the jurisdiction relevant to the record.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a custodian:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall redact the portions of a record described in subsection (a)(4) of this section to the extent that the record reflects:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>medical information of the person in interest;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>personal contact information of the person in interest or a witness; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>information relating to the family of the person in interest; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may redact the portion of a record described in subsection (a)(4) of this section to the extent that the record reflects witness information other than personal contact information.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A custodian shall notify the person in interest of a record described in subsection (a)(4) of this section when the record is inspected, but may not disclose the identity of the requestor to the person in interest.</text>
  </level>
</section>
