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Residents tell Denton County court they faced obstruction and aggressive treatment when seeking records
Summary
Two residents told the Denton County Commissioners Court during public comment that county clerks and deputies refused or delayed public-records requests and acted aggressively when approached; the court advised callers to use the county's online open-records forms and said it complies with requests as allowed by law.
Two people used the public-comment period at the Denton County Commissioners Court meeting on March 18 to say they had been obstructed or treated aggressively while trying to obtain public records and discovery and while filming incidents involving deputies.
The comments came during the court’s allotted public-input time for items not on the agenda. A resident identified as Cody said he had been denied access to records requests and that deputies and clerks gave residents false instructions. “Whenever I asked them what the problem was, they…
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