There was a mix-up at the TABC with the procedure I was given. I just spoke to the ORR office there and the document they gave me was a draft, not the one that was actually put into effect. They are going through the process of redacting the actual procedures, but over the phone I was told that what was actually in effect had the language changed to indicate that the team may use recording equipment, but it removed the imperative part of the whole thing (which I made a lot of hay about). I feel bad for any unnecessary hackle raising because I spread that information.
I did get a response that I was not expecting to the following request (I thought it was being blocked):
"The report or other records from the internal review of Agent Jergins' actions during the undercover operation at Rebel Drafthouse in September 2016, Inspection ID 2552001. Including records related to who conducted the internal review, what their instructions were, the justification for the determination that Agent Jergins' providing alcohol to a 17 year old did not constitute wrongdoing."
They gave me a bunch of docs including the field activity plan from the night of the sting, two different Complete/Completed Case File Production documents that are 130 and 211 pages (I suspect there is a lot of overlap between them), and a ~30 minute interview between Agent Jergins and a TABC Internal Affairs guy that was done on December 17, 2018.
I am excited to go through these and see what I find out.
Brian Alg
Brazos Coalition for Responsible Government and Moderator Restraint