rev. denied sub nom., Gillum v. Tribune Co., 503 So.2d 327 (Fla.1987). While Florida has a strong public policy in favor of open government, the sanctity of police records compiled during a criminal investigation also has a long heritage in Florida. For years, law enforcement agencies could seek protection based on the common law “police secrets rule,” a rule adopted by Florida courts to shield certain investigative information from public inspection. See generally Op.Att’y Gen.Fla. 80-96 (1980). This rule was based on the belief that some agency records had to be kept confidential, at least temporarily, so that the agency may successfully complete its investigations and, ultimately, apprehend violators of the law. See Lee v. Beach Pub. Co., 127 Fla. 600, 604, 173 So. 440, 442 (1937) (<HOLDING>). In another context, the supreme court has
holding that a childabuse report is not a public record and therefore is not subject to public inspection recognizing that intent of public records act is to provide all citizens with access to the records of all public governmental bodies holding that duty existed as a matter of public policy independent of the restatement recognizing that some police records must remain secret and free from public inspection as a matter of public policy recognizing presumption in favor of public inspection and copying of matters received into evidence at public session of trial