BC FIPA has sent a submission the the Vancouver Police Board regarding the Vancouver Police Department’s (VPD) policy of simultaneous disclosure of responses to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.
BC FIPA notes that the BC Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner concluded that this practice violates the fundamental purpose of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. BC FIPA also notes that Vancouver City Council passed a resolution committing the city to “… not engaging in the practice of simultaneous disclosure of materials resulting from a Freedom of Information request.”
BC FIPA asks that the Board instruct the VPD to comply with the Commissioner’s recommendations and abandon this practice.