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Opinion Letter No. 92-01
February 21, 1992
Department of Public Safety’s Standards of Conduct
The OIP opined that the "Standards of Conduct
for the Department of Corrections" must be made
available for public inspection and copying by the Department of
Public Safety (PSD). Based upon a
previous opinion regarding the standards of conduct of the Honolulu
Police Department, and court
decisions cited therein, the OIP concluded that the PSD’s
standards of conduct were not protected
from disclosure to the public under the UIPA’s "frustration
of a legitimate government function"
exception. Accordingly, the OIP opined that the PSD’s standards
of conduct must be made available
for public inspection and copying upon request by any person, including
inmates in State correctional
facilities.
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