Opinion Letter Summary

Opinion Letter No. 94-19
October 13, 1994
PSD’s Policy Not Public

The OIP found that disclosure of a Department of Public Safety (PSD) policy would result in the
frustration of a legitimate government function by rendering it operationally useless for its intended
purpose, and because it would permit inmates to circumvent prison security measures. The policy is
not an administrative rule relating to the transportation of inmates for court appearances, for
community service, to other facilities, or to hospitals; it contained security measures to be followed by
PSD employees.

In contrast, the OIP found that a PSD policy concerning the placement of inmates in protective custody would not result in the frustration of a legitimate government function. The opinion applied a two-part test established in a previous OIP opinion regarding the disclosure of PSD policies and procedures.

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