context: This statement indicates that the Court of Appeals failed to recognize the significance of this Court's prior decisions refusing to adopt "public policy" exceptions to the Public Records Act. Indeed, in Holt, this Court rejected a public policy exception that bears a striking resemblance to the law enforcement privilege the Court of Appeals herein adopted.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.identifier: 856 F.2d 481, 484
citation_a.parenthetical: stating that the law enforcement privilege is intended "to prevent disclosure of law enforcement techniques and procedures, to preserve the confidentiality of sources, to protect witness and law enforcement personnel, to safeguard the privacy of individuals involved in an investigation, and otherwise to prevent interference with an investigation"
citation_a.sentence: See Holt, 710 S.W.2d at 517; Memphis Publ’g Co. v. City of Memphis, 871 S.W.2d at 685 (describing Holt and stating that the Court rejected the public policy exception despite forceful arguments from the police department of the City of Memphis and “various amicus curiae ” that subjecting closed investigative police files to public scrutiny “would result in greater reluctance of witnesses to criminal activity to talk with authorities, and to a concomitant reduction in the effectiveness of law enforcement”); cf. United States v. Myerson, 856 F.2d 481, 484 (2d Cir.1988) (stating that the law enforcement privilege is intended “to prevent disclosure of law enforcement techniques and procedures, to preserve the confidentiality of sources, to protect witness and law enforcement personnel, to safeguard the privacy of individuals involved in an investigation, and otherwise to prevent interference with an investigation”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 871 S.W.2d 685, 685
citation_b.parenthetical: describing Holt and stating that the Court rejected the public policy exception despite forceful arguments from the police department of the City of Memphis and "various amicus curiae " that subjecting closed investigative police files to public scrutiny "would result in greater reluctance of witnesses to criminal activity to talk with authorities, and to a concomitant reduction in the effectiveness of law enforcement"
citation_b.sentence: See Holt, 710 S.W.2d at 517; Memphis Publ’g Co. v. City of Memphis, 871 S.W.2d at 685 (describing Holt and stating that the Court rejected the public policy exception despite forceful arguments from the police department of the City of Memphis and “various amicus curiae ” that subjecting closed investigative police files to public scrutiny “would result in greater reluctance of witnesses to criminal activity to talk with authorities, and to a concomitant reduction in the effectiveness of law enforcement”); cf. United States v. Myerson, 856 F.2d 481, 484 (2d Cir.1988) (stating that the law enforcement privilege is intended “to prevent disclosure of law enforcement techniques and procedures, to preserve the confidentiality of sources, to protect witness and law enforcement personnel, to safeguard the privacy of individuals involved in an investigation, and otherwise to prevent interference with an investigation”).