Houston Chronicle Publishing Co. v. City of Houston

CURTISS BROWN, Justice.

The City of Houston, through its police department, maintains a number of forms, records, and instruments relating to police activities, criminal investigations, and incarceration of persons in the jail facilities.

One of these records is called an “Offense Report.” This report includes: the offense committed, location, identification and description of complainant, premises, time of the occurrence, property involved, vehicles involved, identification and description of witnesses, weather, details of the offense in question, and the names of the investigating officers.…