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State bill to limit access to officer files stalls; board hears implications for public access
Summary
OCPO policy analyst Sierra Obasuji briefed the board on House Bill 15 from the second special session, which sought to treat certain law-enforcement department files as confidential; the measure did not pass after the conference committee report was rejected Sept. 2.
Sierra Obasuji, policy analyst for the Office of Community Police Oversight, updated the Community Police Oversight Board on the status of House Bill 15, a bill considered during the second special session of the 89th Texas Legislature.
HB 15 would have defined a "department file" maintained by a law-enforcement agency for each license holder and classified those files as confidential and not subject to public disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act except…
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