Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service

The complainant has requested photographs taken at the scene of her brother’s death. The Metropolitan Police Service (the “MPS”) confirmed it held the photographs but refused to disclose them under sections 38 (health and safety) and 30 (investigations and proceedings). The Commissioner’s decision is that the exemption at section 38 is engaged and that the public interest favours maintaining it; he has not therefore gone on to consider section 30. The MPS is not required to take any steps.