OBTAIN REPORTS

The Milwaukee Police Department Open Records Counter’s purpose is to fulfill simple open records requests that are reasonably specific and narrowed in scope as quickly as possible.

To ensure that as many people as possible can receive their records each day, requests for large amounts of records will be processed with the general backlog of records requests, not at the counter. Requests for records requiring time-intensive review cannot be fulfilled at the counter.

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Public records requests are reviewed on a case by case basis. Any request may require further review before it is fulfilled, especially when requested records are extensive or include legally protected information (such as juvenile information). In order to receive reports over the counter, they must be deemed a simple request. If a request cannot be fulfilled at the counter, the requestor will be asked to fill out a request form and the request will be processed in the order in which it is received.

“SIMPLE” REQUESTS

  • Accident Reports
  • Citations
  • CAD logs and printouts

  • MPD Standard Operating Procedures
  • Non-Violent incident reports
  • Non-Sensitive incident reports

TIME-INTENSIVE REQUESTS

  • Most Violent/Sensitive Incident Reports
  • Video records
  • Audio records
  • MPD Personnel Records
  • Internal Affairs Division Records

25¢

PAGE OR CD

50¢

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CASH OR CHECK ONLY

MPD OPEN RECORDS

2333 N. 49th Street, 2nd Floor
Milwaukee, WI 53210

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8 AM – 3 PM

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TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS & CRASHES

“Reportable” traffic accident reports, completed by Milwaukee Police Department (MPD), will be available from MPD Open Records Section generally within 14 days of the incident. Search online or call to verify that your report was completed by MPD and is available.

All accident reports, completed by MPD officers can be requested by contacting LexisNexis or the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT).

NON-REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS

A non-reportable accident is any accident that does not:

  • result in injury or death to any person,
  • damage government-owned non-vehicle property to an apparent extent of $200 or more,
  • result in total damage to property owned by any one person to an apparent extent of $1000 or more.