The Tiverton Police Department is committed to providing you with public records in an expeditious and courteous manner. The Tiverton Police Department has instituted the following procedures to help you obtain public records.
The normal business hours for the Records Division are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM Monday thru Friday. The Records Division is closed on all holidays.
The Records Division is staffed by a full-time records clerk and a full-time municipal court clerk. The Planning and Training Lieutenant supervises the Records Division.
- If you come to headquarters after regular business hours, please complete the Request for Public Records Form and it will be given to the Senior Records Clerk the next business day. The form is located in the headquarters lobby.
- You are not required to provide identification or reasons why you are seeking public records.
- To ensure you are provided with the public records that you seek in an expeditious manner, we ask that you complete the Request for Public Records Form. You are not required to complete this form in order to obtain public records.
- Records may be picked up at headquarters in person, sent through the mail, faxed, or emailed.
- Accident reports can also be obtained at www.buycrash.com.The cost per copied page of written public documents is fifteen cents ($.15) for documents copied on common business or legal-size paper. You may elect to obtain public records in any and all media we are capable of providing.
- There may be an additional charge for the search and retrieval of documents. The hourly cost for a search and retrieval is fifteen ($15.00) per hour, with no charge for the first hour. We would be more than happy to provide you with an estimate. Upon request, we will provide a detailed itemization of the costs charged for search and retrieval.
- You may also obtain a form with additional information on the Access to Public Records Act, which gives more detail on the Tiverton Police Department’s procedures and your rights to access public records. To view this form, please click HERE.
- There are times when the public records you seek are not available at the time of your request. The Access to Public Records Act gives a public body ten (10) business days to respond. The Act further provides that “for good cause, this limit may be extended for a period not to exceed thirty (30) business days”. We will notify you if we will need longer than ten (10) business days to fulfill your request.
- You will be advised, in writing, if we are not able to provide the records that you are requesting. If you feel that you have been denied access to public records, you have the right to appeal to the Chief of Police, Tiverton Police Department, 20 Industrial Way, Tiverton RI 02878. If you are still not satisfied, you may file a complaint with the Rhode Island Department of Attorney General, 150 South Main St., Providence, RI 02903, or file suit in Superior Court.
Accident Reports
Accident reports can be obtained online at www.buycrash.com
Other Reports
The Tiverton Police Department is committed to providing the public with access to public records, under R.I. Gen. Laws Section 38-2-1, while protecting from disclosure information about individuals maintained that would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. The Tiverton Police Department provides numerous public documents to the public, media and attorneys every day in the ordinary course of business.
Contact
To speak to a member of our Records Division please call (401) 625-6717 ext. 107 or email records@tivertonpoliceri.com
For more information on access to public records, please visit the Attorney General’s website at http://www.riag.ri.gov/homeboxes/OpenGov.php