Requests can be made at the front desk of Owen Sound Police Service at 922 2nd Avenue West, Owen Sound.  Applicants will be asked to fill out a Municipal Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Form and pay a legislated $5.00 application fee.  (additional fees may apply if applicable)

Applicants will be asked:

• to fill out a Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act form
• pay a legislated $5 application fee, and
• provide a copy of one piece of government issued photo identification with your request.

Requests can be made in writing by completing the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection Act form and mailing it to:

Owen Sound Police Service
922 2nd Avenue West
Owen Sound, Ontario
N4K 4M7

In addition to the access fee and depending on the nature of your request and the volume of records requested, there may be additional fees associated with your request, such as:

• Photocopies and computer printouts, $0.20 per page.
• Manually searching a record, $7.50 for each 15 minutes spent by a person (n/a for accessing your own personal information).
• Preparing a record for disclosure, including severing a part of the record, $7.50 for each 15 minutes spent by any person (n/a for accessing your own personal information).
• Developing a computer program or other method of producing a record from a machine readable record, $15 for each 15 minutes spent by any person.
• Costs, including computer costs, that the institution incurs in locating, retrieving, processing, and copying the personal information requested if those costs are specified in an invoice that the institution has received.

If you are not satisfied with the decision given by the Police Service, under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, you may appeal that decision to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario online at www.ipc.on.ca within 30 days of receipt of the decision letter and request a review. The appeal fee is $10.00 for personal information requests and $25.00 for all other requests. Or, you may mail the appeal form together with a cheque or money order for the applicable fee to:

Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
2 Bloor Street East
Suite 1400
Toronto, ON M4W 1A8
416-326-3333 or 1-800-387-0073
E-mail: info@ipc.on.ca