1. (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. (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. (2) the identity of anyone charged with the alleged commission of an act that would be part of a pattern of less serious offenses.

2. (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.