(TNS) — The Montgomery County Attorney’s Office is supporting law enforcement agencies’ efforts to keep vehicle chase policies confidential after Precinct 4 Constable Rowdy Hayden refused to release his department’s policy after a deputy pursued a driver on U.S. 59 that ended in a head-on collision and killed a Houston mother.
County Attorney B.D. Griffin has requested an opinion from the Texas Attorney General’s Office on whether Hayden’s policy can remain confidential after the Oct. 9 pursuit.
“Montgomery County law enforcement has consistently urged that pursuit policy is exempt from disclosure under Section 552.108(b)(1) and the attorney general has permitted the withholding from public disclosure,” Griffin said Friday…