5820-00879 — Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The complainant alleged that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) improperly withheld information under paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Access to Information Act. The OIC found that the withheld information was obtained by the RCMP during a lawful investigation related to the suppression of crime and was created less than 20 years before the request. The OIC was also satisfied that the RCMP reasonably exercised its discretion in deciding to withhold the information.

• Whether the information was obtained or prepared by an investigative body in the course of a lawful investigation pertaining to the detection, prevention or suppression of crime.
• Whether the information came into existence less than twenty years prior to the request.
• Whether the RCMP reasonably exercised its discretion to withhold the information.