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AG: Tapes can be witheld: Rangers do not have to release 9-1-1 tapes.

Byline: F.A. Krift

Oct. 2--The Texas attorney general's office quickly ruled in favor of the Texas Rangers withholding the recorded 9-1-1 calls related to the Sept. 8 fatal shootings of three Odessa police officers.

In a letter dated Sept. 28, Pamela Smith, assistant general counsel, wrote that the Texas Rangers didn't have to release the tapes because their public consumption would interfere with the investigation.

The Odessa American filed a Freedom of Information Act request Sept. 11 to the Rangers, the leading homicide investigators, for the recordings related to the shootings at Larry Neil White's home.

According to Texas Government Code, public ...

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