Photographs of Department personnel will not be released without approval of the Director. Requests for photographs of arrested persons will be referred to the Director or, in his absence, to the Deputy Chief for approval. When possible, all identifying marks or numbers will be removed from an arrestee's photograph before release. Photographs of victims or witnesses will only be released by the Director and only if such release may aid in solving the case. E. Release of Information from Department Files 1.
Incident reports are available upon request for review by members of the media.
Reports which are solely the result of investigative efforts will not be released to anyone other than other law enforcement officers for official use. This includes all supplemental reports which list informants, opinions, suppositions, hearsay, investigative leads, and any non-factual investigative information. All Freedom of Information requests will be forwarded through the Director to the Medical University's Legal Office. F. Incidents Involving Police Officers 1. The Director or the Deputy Chief may release the names of those Department personnel involved in an incident.