Counselors: Attached is an interesting unreported OK CIV APP case on the Open Records Act. The appellate court rejected an argument that a video taken inside a jail facility was not a "record" because it was not made "in connection with the transaction of public business, the expenditure of public funds or the administering of public property." Instead, the court held that "the very purpose of surveillance cameras is to administer the property surveilled - to create a record of what occurs at the location as many be needed for future use." The court also held that where the jail facility argued it was not a law enforcement agency before the trial court it could not reverse its position on appeal. The court also ordered that investigative records had to be provided, but noted that the jail "failed in this appeal to provide a sufficient record as to exactly what the records in question are." Jonathan E. Miller City Attorney City of Mustang 1501 N. Mustang Road Mustang, Oklahoma 73064 Telephone: (405) 376-7746 Facsimile: (405) 376-7721 This email is sent by the City Attorney and may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you received this email in error, please notify the sender by reply email and delete the email and any attachments. If you are a and officer, employee or agent of the City of Mustang, you should not share this email with others. Sharing this email may result in a loss of the attorney-client privilege.