October 7, 2015

The Honorable Ken Paxton

Attorney General of Texas
209 W. 14th St. 6th Floor
Austin, Texas 78701
RE:

Public Information Requests Request for Opinion

Honorable Attorney General:

The Irving Police Department has received a request for information (See Exhibit A) which falls
within exceptions to required disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act. The
Department has withheld that information, and requests an opinion from your office holding that
the information is excepted from mandatory public disclosure.
The request for public information, included with this correspondence and marked as Exhibit A,
was made by:
Tina Foster
606 Young Street
Dallas, TX 75202
A copy of this letter has been sent to the requestor.
The request for public information (Exhibit A) seeks, in part, all City of Irving internal
communications including emails in connection with the Ahmed Mohammed arrest and
detention. The remaining portions of her request have been submitted as a separate request for
opinion. The request at issue was submitted on September, 23, 2015, a date within 10 days of
this request for opinion.
The following exceptions apply to the information withheld:
Texas Govt. Code Sections 552.101, 552.103, 552.108, 552.117 & 552.1175.
Discussion and comments regarding these exceptions will follow in separate correspondence
pursuant to Section 552.301, and the withheld material will be forwarded with that
correspondence for your review.
The City of Irving asserts that some of the records requested are protected from disclosure, and I
request an opinion from your office determining that those records are excepted from disclosure
under the Texas Public Information Act.

Attorney General Ken Paxton

October 7, 2015

Sincerely,
Les Moore
SBN 14359020
Police Legal Advisor
Irving Police Department
972-721-2543
LM/lg
Enc:

Exhibit A (request for information)

Cc:

Tina Foster
606 Young Street
Dallas, TX 75202