Post edited 3:30 pm – November 20, 2009 by Foz

Did not catch the start of the pursuit but I do believe it started as an Attempt to Locate in District 1 possibly in Willis.

It appears a mother called the sheriff's office saying she was following her son. She claimed her son had been drinking and had a gun and was possibly headed to his girlfriend's house.

Near Bentwater the suspect was spotted by law enforcement (District 5) and the chase began. During the chase the suspect shot out of his vehicle at pursuing officers several times.

The chase ended in the Huntsville area (Walker County)at approximately 5:15 p.m. If I get a chance, I will review the recording of this incident and post some more information if warranted.

Update: Have distilled audio of the 30 min chase down to about 5 mins. Check Out

Willis to Walker County Pursuit 06-19-08 16:30 in the audio gallery if you are interested.

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Post edited 3:32 pm – November 20, 2009 by Foz

Hehe The last part of the audio is the suspect wrecking out. After that was not much audible traffic on the Montgomery County System since the incident ended in Walker County.

I have a press release up with some more info.

See Press Release

Hiya

The address in the example referenced in this thread for the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office is correct.

Precinct 1 Montgomery County Constables were also involved in the pursuit, so you ought to send a similar request to them also at the address below:

Constable Don Chumley
300 S. Danville
Willis, Texas 77378
Phone: 936-856-6329
Fax: 936-856-9408

Don't forget to ask for the dispatch audio each agency may have.

I do not have any Walker County Contact info, but I am sure a quick google search could get you an address for Walker County Sheriff as well as Sam Houston State University Police and Huntsville PD.

As far as your example request, I would also add a starting location and an ending location in your request.

Starting location could be a bit tricky. The attempt to locate (ATL) was originally aired for Eva and Liberty Street in Montgomery, Texas. First visual contact was made at FM-1097 and Bentwater Drive.

For an ending location, it was 16th St. and Avenue E.

Remember the Public Information Act allows governmental entities to charge for the information requested. They can also give it out for free if they so choose.

Typically we have paid from $0 to $4 per dvd for information.

If you think the section below applies, you can ask the governmental entity to waive all fees.

552.267. WAIVER OR REDUCTION OF CHARGE FOR PROVIDING
COPY OF PUBLIC INFORMATION. (a) A governmental body shall provide a copy of public information without charge or at a reduced charge if the governmental body determines that waiver or reduction of the charge is in the public interest because providing the copy of the information primarily benefits the general public.
(b) If the cost to a governmental body of processing the collection of a charge for providing a copy of public information will exceed the amount of the charge, the governmental body may waive the charge.

Also, one exception from disclosure under the Act includes information related to a criminal investigation.

552.108(a)(1) Information held by a law enforcement agency or prosecutor that deals with the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime is excepted from the requirements.

However, since the potential suspect in any crime committed is deceased, I am not sure that exception would still apply.

If the governmental body wishes to withhold the information they must ask the Attorney General's Office for a ruling. Typically in Montgomery County, the County Attorney will send you a letter alerting you that they are asking for a ruling from the AG's office.

Hope I did not overwhelm or confuse you.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Hi Manleymom

Clarify a bit for me please.

The post office returned/did not deliver the letter? The mention of a cell or pin # is confusing me.

Or did the sheriff's department answer the letter and say you did not provide enough information to locate the videos?

Please elaborate a bit more.

HI Manleymom

I sent you a private message. Check your inbox please.

Post edited 3:44 pm – November 20, 2009 by Foz

Thanks MyTgr8ful An update on this issue would be nice ManleyMom if you are up to it. 

I wanted to point out an issue you may have already run into or may run into ManleyMom. We attempted to get some in-car video from a case in which a prisoner slipped his cuffs and stole an MCSO Patrol vehicle.

In order to further understand why it turned out to be so difficult to obtain this information from the MCSO, we requested a copy of the in-car video policy for the MCSO.

Unfortunately, it seems, the Sheriff's Office actually reuses videotapes many times, thus erasing the original captured video. This 90 day erasure policy can cause a problem when attempting to obtain video from the MCSO.

You can read the Policy HERE

This policy could potentially make it necessary to ask for the video once each day in order to prevent it from being destroyed.

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