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@Stealth83, is that most people do NOT know the police officers names. Â So looking them up isn't as easy as you are saying. Â And the FOI act doesn't apply to law enforcement officers home addresses. Â This is a common sense safety point. Â Just like Prison guards are not suppose to give their full names to the inmates. Â It is for safety. Â I had a uncle in NC who was a police officer, and some did know his address, and it was scary when his kids were little. Â More than once he had people knocking at his door, that didn't want to have showing up at your house. Â My aunt never left her kids at home alone, even as teens.I have an uncle that was a Warden at a prison in NC, same thing. Â He had a murderer show up at his house one night. Â The guy had served his time, and was released. Â He thanked my uncle for being a positive influence on his life while he was in prison. Â Still scared the heck out of my aunt. Â To this day she is armed 24/7, and my uncle has been retired for over 10 years.It is a pos move by a pos activist. Â But this is Texas and if you read the comments under the stories, you will see that a lot of citizens are willing to help protect the officers homes. Â Just another way for someone with zero critical thinking abilities to cause more of a divide in our country, instead of thinking of ways to make positive changes.
@Fallon: If they own a home they also have the option to change their name to simply reflect "current owner" with the appraisal district too. That way a name search with the appraisal district would be useless. We did several closings with officers that went so far as to keep their name off all recorded real property records. It made for a very frustrating title search but was a very effective approach for the officers..
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