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The hours of
operation are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through
Friday, closed on all major holidays.
Contact Records
- (863) 968-5183
The Auburndale Police Department
utilizes a centralized records management section
whose responsibilities are to maintain hard copies
of all reports and to enter computer data into the
Police Department's records management computer
system. These different forms of documentation are
used when needed by the court system or the Police
Department or when dealing with public requests.
The Police
Department forwards the computer-generated data
taken from all offense reports to the Florida
Department of Law Enforcement for the state’s
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Frequently
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Where do I go to get a copy of a police report?
We are located at 2 Bobby Green Plaza in
Auburndale The Records window is open Monday – Friday
8:00 am to 5:00 pm. We are closed on all major holidays.
Copies of all police reports and documents open to
public access are available from the Records Section.
There is a charge of 15 cents per page for copies.
Please allow 5 to 10 working days after an incident,
arrest, or accident for processing before attempting to
obtain a copy of a report.
Are police reports available to anyone?
Yes, with very few limitations such as juvenile
information, the identity of a victim of a sexual
offense or domestic violence and reports containing
information about open or ongoing investigations. Nearly
all police reports are available to anyone.
Am I entitled to police report information about my
neighbor’s activities?
Florida Public Records Law allows anyone to
request police report information about any individual.
May I use police report information to solicit
business from the victims of crimes?
No. Public Records Law prohibits the use of
police report information for the commercial
solicitation of victims of crimes.
What
is the difference between criminal profiling and
bias-based profiling?
Criminal profiling is a legitimate tool in the fight
against crime. It is an investigative method in
which an Officer, through observation of activities
and environment, identifies suspicious behavior by
individuals and develops a legal basis, consistent
with the Fourth Amendment, to detain and question.
Bias-based profiling refers to a decision by an
Officer to stop, detain, interdict, or search an
individual based on race, color, gender, ethnicity,
religion, age, sexual orientation, or national
origin.
It is the policy of the Auburndale Police
Department to prohibit bias-based profiling in all
Police-initiated actions. These include all
investigative detentions, field contacts, traffic
contacts, arrests, searches, asset seizures and
forfeiture efforts. An Officer's actions will be
based on a standard of reasonable suspicion or
probable cause as required by the Fourth Amendment
of the U.S. Constitution and statutory authority.
Officers must be able to articulate specific facts,
circumstances and conclusions which support
reasonable suspicion for an investigative detention
or traffic stop, or probable cause for arrest.
Officers shall not consider race, ethnicity,
national origin, religion, age, gender identity or
sexual orientation in establishing either reasonable
suspicion, probable cause, or as a basis for
requesting consent to search.
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