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Residents press Pasadena council on missing police records and transparency during public comment
Summary
Multiple public commenters at the April 21 Pasadena City Council meeting urged greater transparency from the police department, reporting unfulfilled Texas Public Information Act requests and alleging missing records and booking photos in cases they say require review.
At the April 21 Pasadena City Council meeting, several residents used the public-comment period to press city officials about allegedly missing police records and slow responses to Texas Public Information Act requests.
Eric Sanchez, a public commenter, said he has been "making several TPIA requests for the past 2 years" and that the responses have not answered his questions. Sanchez alleged that records tied to cases including Derek Deal and Bruce Wayne Parker — specifically body-camera photos and booking photos — were not available, and he told the council that five…
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