Records staff process officer's reports such as arrest reports, field interviews, court dispositions, accidents, warrants and other miscellaneous reports. Both paper and electronic records are kept of officer reports.
Records is the primary access point for our customers. You can request or drop off forms from the Records Division.
Bring completed forms to the Records window at the police department. You can get blank copies of any of the forms listed on the right from the Records window directly. To print them from here you will need Adobe Acrobat® Reader to download and print some of these forms.
The Records Division is open five days per week from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MST.
LAPD detention staff takes fingerprints for those persons requesting them for employment or other purposes. Most people have two sets of prints taken. Make sure you bring:
- Official fingerprint cards from the agency/organization requesting your prints. We cannot use LAPD cards for this purpose, because the cards will come back to the Department, rather than to the agency/organization requesting your prints.
- $5.00 cash per card.
- Detention staff will issue you a cash receipt for your fingerprints. If the prints are illegible for any reason, LAPD will re-do the fingerprints provided that you have your receipt.
Wednesdays from 1:00 to 3:00pm
- Fridays from 1:00 to 3:00pm
- Saturdays from 9:00 to 11:00am
We understand that these hours may not work for everyone's schedule. Therefore, anyone that cannot attend one of the above listed time can call the Detention Control Room at 505-662-8235 to schedule a fingerprinting session.
LAPD offers a house check service for people who live in single dwellings and plan to be absent from their homes. Service is provided for a time period not to exceed two weeks. This service is not offered to residents of apartments, condominiums, duplexes or quad-plexes.
- Please come to the Department to fill out the house check request form and personally bring it to the LAPD Records window.
- There is no fee for this service.
Note that when a resident returns home, he/she must come to LAPD in person to cancel the house check; phone calls are not accepted for house check cancellations.
Citizens and community organizations often request a police presence for special events such as middle and high school dances, high school football or basketball games, veterans parades, fund-raising marathons, etc.
- Please complete the Request for Off-Duty Police Officer and bring it to the LAPD Records window.
- Be sure to include all billing information on your request. LAPD will bill you for the officer’s time.
- The fee for this service is $60.00/hour/officer, with a two-hour minimum charge per officer.
LAPD strongly recommends that you/your organization give the Department at least two weeks advance notice for your request.