Sec. 8. (a) The head of a law enforcement agency or that person's designee may grant any person having a legitimate interest in the work of the agency or in a particular case access to the agency's confidential records. In exercising discretion, the head of a law enforcement agency shall consider that the best interests of the safety and welfare of the community are generally served by the public's ability to obtain information about:
(1) the identity of anyone charged with the alleged commission of any act that would be murder or a felony if committed by an adult; and
(2) the identity of anyone charged with the alleged commission of an act that would be part of a pattern of less serious offenses.
(b) A person having access to records under this section is not bound by the confidentiality provisions of IC 31-39-3 and may disclose the contents of the records.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-8-1.2(c).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.22.
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