When police records are put out of reach

From Sunshine Review

October 8, 2008

[edit] When police records are put out of reach

"Sometimes public records are also police records. Some police records, for obvious reasons, are not available to the public. You would no doubt get a polite “no” if you asked the police for the names and addresses of confidential informants.

But citizens sometimes need copies of police records — for instance, an accident or burglary report to support a claim made to an insurance company. According to police, the department releases about 19,000 reports each year to individuals and insurance companies."

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