Tex. Local Government Code § 143.090
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 143.090, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 143.090. RELEASE OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF POLICE OFFICERS.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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