Police Records Request

Upon receipt of your request, the Boardman Police Department should acknowledge receipt within five business days in most cases. The Records Manager will first need to ascertain whether the records you request are in the care of the Boardman Police Department. This may require that we contact other divisions, units, or personnel within the Boardman Police Department and/or other agencies. You will be notified if some or all of the requested documents are not in our care.

The Public Records Law does not impose on public bodies the duty to create public records.  A public body is not obligated to create new information using its computer programs or to create a new program to extract the data from its computer in a manner requested by the public. The public body is not required to develop or acquire new or additional software or programs in order to retrieve the requested information.

A public body is only required to make available for inspection those records that exist at the time of the request. Persons seeking to inspect or obtain copies of records on a continuing basis may be required to make a new request for records.

The Boardman Police Department reserves the right to provide records after the desired date if the burden of meeting the requested date is impractical. 

The Boardman Police Department will provide the records as quickly as reasonable and without delay.

Please be aware that requests are processed in the order they are received.

In most instances, it should be possible to complete the response within ten business days. However, in some cases, more time—even significantly more time—may be required. Unforeseen staffing shortages and other circumstances or research requirements may delay a response. The Boardman Police Department will attempt to fulfill all record requests within fifteen business days.