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Heated committee debate over bill to codify confidentiality of officers’ department files
Summary
Sen. Kelly King told the committee Senate Bill 781 would apply a uniform model policy, developed by TCOLE, to create a confidential departmental file that holds personal identifying information and unsubstantiated internal records while keeping personnel files available under existing rules.
Sen. King presented a committee substitute for Senate Bill 781, which would codify into statute a Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) model policy that separates an officer’s public personnel file from a confidential department file and shields personal identifying information (home addresses, family names) and certain unsubstantiated internal records from public…
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