Texas Local Government Code

§ 143.090 — RELEASE OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF POLICE OFFICERS

LG § 143.090Title 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Part A. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Ch. 143. MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS · Art. F. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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A department, commission, or municipality may not release a photograph that depicts a police officer unless:

(1)the officer has been charged with an offense by indictment or by information;

(2)the officer is a party in a civil service hearing or a case before a hearing examiner or in arbitration;

(3)the photograph is introduced as evidence in a judicial proceeding; or

(4)the officer gives written consent to the release of the photograph.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 300 (H.B. 2006), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.