Requestors often seek access to police department internal affairs records, but the courts and the GRC have consistently held that these records are exempt under OPRA. See this post, and also this one, for some examples. In an unpublished opinion issued today, the Appellate Division once again turned away an effort to make internal affairs files public. Doe v. City of Trenton.

The court held that these records are exempt because the Attorney General’s Internal Affairs Policy and Procedure makes them confidential and exempt from public disclosure. The court did not engage in additional analysis, presumably because the confidentiality of internal affairs records is so well-settled.