private university police departments

By Drew Joseph San Antonio Express-News Originally published Jan. 16, 2015 A bill from a powerful state senator aims to make police departments at private universities, such as the one at the University of the Incarnate Word, subject to the same public records law that applies to other law enforcement agencies. The measure from state Sen. John Whitmire, a Houston Democrat who chairs the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, would specify that campus police departments are governmental bodies even if they are at a private institution. The Texas Public Information Act now shields private university police departments from releasing certain records that [...]