N. Police records.

The privacy exemption, D.C. Code Ann. § 2-534(a)(2), investigatory records exemption, id. at § 2-534(a)(3), and arson reporting exemption, id. at § 2-534(a)(9), may apply. Complaints and other specified police records shall be open for public inspection under D.C. Code Ann. § 5-113.06.

The Mayor's office has ruled that when a defendant has pleaded guilty to a charge and a videotaped confession was never used against him in court, the privacy rights of the police officers involved (absent allegations of police misconduct) and the victim's family bring the videotape under the privacy exemption of the D.C. Act. The defendant was found to have forfeited his privacy rights, and parts of the tape could be made public that merely identified him as the perpetrator. The Mayor's office did, however, recognize that the police officers' privacy interests must be weighed on a case-by-case basis against the public interest served by releasing their identities and information about their practices and tactics. In re Appeal of Molly Pauker, Esq., (unnumbered FOIA App.) (Office of the Mayor, Nov. 3, 1989).

No sex offender registration information is available as a public record except those records made public by regulations promulgated by the Mayor. D.C. Code Ann. § 22-4017.