February 9, 2011

Mr. Bryan McWilliams

Public Safety Legal Advisor

City of Amarillo

P.O. Box 1971

Amarillo, Texas 79105-1971

OR2011-01964

Re: Request for APD Incident No. 10-522643 and/or the associated criminal complaint filed by APD involving the arrest of two named individuals in December 2010

Dear Mr. McWilliams:

The Office of the Attorney General has received your request for a ruling and assigned your request ID# 413757 (Amarillo #11-105).

After reviewing your arguments and the submitted information, we have determined your request does not present a novel or complex issue. Thus, we are addressing your claims in a memorandum opinion. You claim the submitted information may be withheld from the requestor pursuant to section 552.108(a)(2) of the Government Code. We have considered your arguments and the submitted information and have determined that in accordance with section 552.108(a)(2) you may withhold the submitted information. However, you must release the basic information pursuant to section 552.108(c) of the Government Code.

For more information on the cited exception, as well as information on the rights and obligations of governmental bodies and requestors, please refer to open government information contained on the Office of the Attorney General website at www.oag.state.tx.us. You may also contact our Open Government Hotline at 1-877-OPENTEX.

Enc: Submitted documents

c: Requestor

(w/o enclosures)

Ref: ID# 413757

c: JANELLE STECKLEIN

AMARILLO GLOBE-NEWS

900 SOUTH HARRISON

AMARILLO TX 79101

(w/o enclosures)

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