SUMMARIES OF SELECTED STATEMENTS 2015-45. In order to protect the political neutrality of the Ombudsman institution, the Ombudsman declined to investigate a complaint about the closure of the Commission on Iraq and Afghanistan The Ombudsman received a complaint about the decision of the centre-right government that had recently taken power to close the Commission on Iraq and Afghanistan. The Commission had been appointed by the previous, Social Democrat-led government. The Ombudsman assessed that the case was of such an extraordinary political nature that in order to protect the political neutrality of the Ombudsman institution, he should not take any action in relation to the complaint. 2015-47. Refusal of request for access to information about speed checks A journalist requested access to information concerning the speed checks conducted in a police district from 2010 until 4 May 2015. For each speed camera van deployed, the journalist wanted information about the exact addresses at which it had been positioned, the dates and time periods when it was deployed, the number of cars passing the van and the number of cars recorded for speeding. The police refused the journalist’s request with reference to section 33(i) of the Access to Public Administration Files Act. The police gave weight to the fact that information about where camera vans had previously been deployed formed part of the basis for the police’s tactical solutions and initiatives in the current year. Thus, automatic speed checks would be conducted in the same locations as previously, among others. The police were therefore of the opinion that if such information were made public, there would be a risk that this would adversely affect the police’s possibilities of preventing and investigating traffic offences under the Road Traffic Act. The National Police upheld the police’s refusal. The Ombudsman agreed that because of the need to ensure the general preventive effect of automatic speed checks, the police could not be obliged to make information about future locations of camera vans public in advance. However, the Ombudsman was of the opinion that the assessment of the local police force and the National Police that it was necessary to exempt information about where camera vans had been positioned was not sufficiently justified. Among other things, the Ombudsman emphasised that making such infor- 139