Vigo County Sheriff's Office
Policy Manual
Records Maintenance and Release
member; and the factual basis for a disciplinary action in which final action has been taken and that resulted in the member being suspended, demoted, or discharged (I.C. § 5-14-3-4).
1.
Job titles and job descriptions of deputies shall remain confidential (I.C. §
5-14-3-4.3).
2.
The home address, telephone number, and contact information of a deputy shall
remain confidential (I.C. § 5-14-3-4(b)(19)).
3.
If a deputy is operating undercover, the name, compensation, business address
and telephone number, education and training background, previous work
experience, or dates of first employment shall also remain confidential.
- (c)
- Records that are either intra-agency/interagency advisories or deliberative material that are expressions of opinion or of a speculative nature and that are communicated for the purpose of making a decision (I.C. § 5-14-3-4).
- (d)
- Work product of an attorney for the Sheriff's Office (I.C. § 5-14-3-4).
- (e)
- Administrative or technical information that would jeopardize a record keeping or security system (I.C. § 5-14-3-4).
- (f)
- The telephone number and address of a complainant contained in Sheriff's office records except if the address is the location of the suspected crime, infraction, accident, or complaint reported (I.C. § 5-14-3-4).
- (g)
- Records requested by an offender that contain personal information about a correctional officer, law enforcement officer, judge, the victim of a crime, or a family member of any of the preceding (I.C. § 5-14-3-4).
- (h)
- Certain law enforcement juvenile-related records (I.C. § 31-39-3-4).
- (i)
- Investigatory records (I.C. § 5-14-3-2(i); I.C. § 5-14-3-4).
- (j)
- Criminal intelligence information (I.C. § 5-14-3-2(c); I.C. § 5-14-3-4).
- (k)
- Certain types of reports involving but not limited to child abuse and molestation (I.C. § 31-33-18-1; I.C. § 31-33-18-2) and endangered adult abuse (I.C. § 12-10-3-15).
- (l)
- Personal identifying information submitted by a person to obtain or renew a license to carry a handgun, or information obtained by a federal, state, or local government entity in the course of an investigation concerning a person who applies to obtain or renew a license to carry a handgun (I.C. § 35-47-2-3).
- (m)
- Audio, visual, or audiovisual recordings of law enforcement activities captured by a body-worn camera or MAV system (I.C. § 5-14-3-4):
- (n)
- A recording that has captured information about airport security, procedures, areas, or systems, unless there is approval by an appropriate public agency.
- (o)
- A record assembled, prepared, or maintained to prevent, mitigate, or respond to an act of terrorism, including a record which, if released, would have a reasonable likelihood
(a)
If disclosure of any law enforcement recording is required under I.C. § 5-14-3-5.1
or I.C. § 5-14-3-5.2, the Records Clerk should ensure applicable portions are
obscured as required, before releasing the recordings.