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Financial/Economic Development

Goal 1: Continue Responsible Fiduciary Emphasis for the Organization and Council
Objective 2: Organize to Improve Operational Efficiency
Project Performance Measure(s) Department(s)
Core Open Records • Number of Open Records Requests Police
FED Requests/Intergovernmental • Number of Intergovernmental
1.2.1 Agency Requests agency requests
Summary:

Number of Open Record Requests
The Records Services Division manages official Police
Department records and responds to public (ORR) and 4,400
interagency (IRR) requests under the Texas Public 3,900
Information Act. Records include reports, 911 calls,
photos, and A/V recordings. Most ORRs come from data 3,400
mining companies seeking crash reports. The division
must respond within 10 business days and works with 2,900
the City Attorney to determine what can be released or 2,400
redacted. Redacting A/V materials, especially body-worn
camera footage, is time-intensive, requiring about 10 1,900
minutes per minute of video.
1,400
Update: 900
Open Records Requests (ORR) decreased 24.5% since the 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
same quarter of the previous year and decreased 25.5%
since the previous quarter. LexisNexis requests FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025
decreased 37% since last year.

Interagency Records Requests (IRR) decreased 23.5%
since the same quarter of the previous year and Number of Interagency Record Requests
decreased 33.5% since the previous quarter. DFPS 1,800
request decreased 22.5 since last year.
1,700
1,600
1,500
1,400
1,300
1,200
1,100
1,000
900
800
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025

80