Public Arrest Reports
submitted: May 25th 2008 |
by: JedElaine
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While it's reassuring to see so many websites on the net posting Public Arrest Reports for people's awareness and information, it's also disturbing to note the rate of occurrence of such incidents. These reports send informative and cautionary messages simultaneously to both the public and potential delinquents alike. They can also be individually retrieved for its own specific purpose.
An Arrest Report constitutes a complete list of arrestees over a specific period duration accompanied with information details on personal particulars, situation of the incidents and charges of each case. It stands as an official record of detention or enforced custody by an authorized agency and will be documented into the respective individual file of each of the arrestees.
The Police are largely the ones to generate Public Arrest Reports and that's why they are often called Police Arrest Reports also. Having that said, the compilation and issuance of these reports are performed directly by the Sheriff Office in several locales as well. There are other enforcement agencies which also hold the capacity to issue Public Arrest Reports such as Narcotics, Vice, Traffic, Military and so forth.
After an arrest has been completed, a report is put up by the arresting agency to document the incident. It is then submitted to the Case Intake Prosecutor assigned to it for further action. The report basically recites the entire event of the arrest furnished with all the pertinent details where possible such as the personal particulars of the arrestee, the time and place of the incident, case number and type, grounds of arrest, witnesses' names and addresses and even environmental conditions such as weather.
There is no fixed format or frequency with which Public Arrest Reports are provided to the public. However, the general duration is around one week and the issuing agency is either the County Police Department or Sheriff Office. Arrests are usually listed collectively on a single main report and cumulative to-date lists and those of previous years are often attached. Expunged records and those arrestees under a certain age would not be shown also.
Aside from being a standard enforcement documentation procedure, a primary function of Public Arrest Reports is to serve as an official statement or evidence in determining the appropriate formal charges for the Prosecutor or Grand Jury, whichever applies for the particular case. Although they are generally not admissible to Court trials, they often have a significant impact on the bail amount, plea bargain and trial tactics.
Public Arrest Reports are Public Records which are mandated by law as a right to anyone to retrieve. As such, they can be requested from government agencies which are tasked with the function. Not unlike most public services, there are procedures to follow and lead-time to wait through. That's why if time is of the essence, people turn to commercial record providers which can deliver in a matter of minutes.
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For more on State Government Resources such as Free Arrest Records, visit Online Public Arrest Records for more info.
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