Public Arrest Reports
Jed Elaine
Public Arrest Reports are not good for the people with their names in them but definitely welcomed by others whose names are not. Not only are they freely retrievable for specific uses, they are in fact publicly posted by a great many enforcement authorities on a routine basis. These reports keep the public alerted while having a psychologically deterrent effect on potential criminals at the same time.
Arrest Reports are official documentation of arrests made by enforcement authorities that result in detention or confinement. They comprise a list of all the offenders arrested, their personal particulars, details of the incidents and the resultant charges if any. On its own, each individual report forms part of the arrestee's criminal records.
The Police are largely the ones to generate Public Arrest Reports and that's why they are often called Police Arrest Reports also. Having that said, the compilation and issuance of these reports are performed directly by the Sheriff Office in several locales as well. There are other enforcement agencies which also hold the capacity to issue Public Arrest Reports such as Narcotics, Vice, Traffic, Military and so forth.
After an arrest has been completed, a report is put up by the arresting agency to document the incident. It is then submitted to the Case Intake Prosecutor assigned to it for further action. The report basically recites the entire event of the arrest furnished with all the pertinent details where possible such as the personal particulars of the arrestee, the time and place of the incident, case number and type, grounds of arrest, witnesses' names and addresses and even environmental conditions such as weather.
Police Department and Sheriff Office Websites routinely post recent Public Arrest Reports as a public service. They are updated at different frequencies which are determined by the individual agency but weekly intervals seem to be the most widely adopted. Such Public Arrest Reports list the arrests on group basis by time periods within a specific locality of coverage. Historical Arrest Reports are often attached in the case of electronic postings on internet websites
Aside from being a standard enforcement documentation procedure, a primary function of Public Arrest Reports is to serve as an official statement or evidence in determining the appropriate formal charges for the Prosecutor or Grand Jury, whichever applies for the particular case. Although they are generally not admissible to Court trials, they often have a significant impact on the bail amount, plea bargain and trial tactics.
Public Arrest Reports are a public service. They are accessible by anyone and information further to what is posted can be requested from the responsible government departments. They can also be privately purchased from commercial information providers who basically derive them from the same government sources but value-add with data refinement and extras from private and proprietary sources.
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