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REQUESTING VIDEOS
How to request body worn camera
video:
• via the Open Records Center: www.austintexas.gov/pir
• Email: [email protected]
• Mail in:
Central Records/Open Records
PO BOX 689001
Austin, Texas 78768
Sec. 1701.661. RELEASE OF INFORMATION RECORDED BY BODY WORN CAMERA.
(a) A member of the public is required to provide the following information when submitting a
written request to a law enforcement agency for information recorded by a body worn camera:
(1) the date and approximate time of the recording;
(2) the specific location where the recording occurred; and
(3) the name of one or more persons known to be a subject of the recording.
(b) A failure to provide all of the information required by Subsection (a) to be part of a request for
recorded information does not preclude the requestor from making a future request for the same
recorded information.
Texas State Law
Public Requests for Videos must contain:
1. The date and time
2.Specific location
3. Name of one or more persons, known to
be the subject of the recording.
*The subject of the recording is not the
police officer*
Requesting Videos
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Texas State Law
•Police may not release any part of a video
made in a private space or a recording of a
misdemeanor punishable by fine only,
without written permission from the person
involved.
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Texas State Law
•It is a crime to release video without permission from
agency
•A video of a use of deadly force by an officer or the
investigation of an officer can not be released to the
public until all criminal and administrative process have
been completed
• A law enforcement agency may release a video if the
agency determines
that release of the video advances a law enforcement purpose
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