November 16, 2012

Mr. Adam C. Falco

Senior Assistant City Attorney

City of College Station

P.O. Box 9960

College Station, Texas 77842

OR2012-18503

Re: Request for copies of all police, fire and ems dispatch traffic and all audio/video recordings from the police patrol cars of two named officers from 08/13/2012 from 12:01 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Dear Mr. Falco:

The Office of the Attorney General has received your request for a ruling and assigned your request ID# 476601.

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 explain you have released the dispatch traffic and you have no audio or video from Officer Brad Smith's patrol car. You claim the recording from Officer Chad Jones' vehicle 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.

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.

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