Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES |
Subtitle A. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES |
Chapter 143. MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS |
Subchapter F. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
Sec. 143.090. RELEASE OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF POLICE OFFICERS
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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.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 300 , Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.