Police Department

The Racine Police Department Records Bureau is responsible for maintaining and updating department records and files, such as incident and accident reports. The Records Bureau also collects payments for warrants, traffic, municipal, and parking tickets, towed vehicles and fees for report copies.

Records Requests:

Requests for Records may be made in person, via phone, fax, email, or through the mail.

All records are reviewed by the Records Bureau Supervisor or designee prior to release. If the request is not permissible under the Open Records law, it will be denied. Reports will be redacted if required by law.

Please call the Records Bureau during normal business hours to verify the report is available for release.

Phone: 262-635-7750

Fax: 262-636-9332

Email: RPDRecords.Request@cityofracine.org

In person or mailed to:

Racine Police Department
Attn: Records
730 Center St Racine, WI 53403

Hours of Operation: Monday- Friday (Except Holidays) from 7:00 am – 6:00 pm.

When requesting Records, please provide as much of the following information as possible: Type of record requested (written reports, body camera footage, squad camera footage)

• Name of subject in record
• Date of incident
• Location of incident
• Incident number, if known
• If you are requesting your own records.
• If you are requesting on behalf of a law firm/law office.
• Additional information that will help staff locate records
• Email address (or other method to receive the requested records)

The copy cost for an Incident record is $1.35 plus $.25 each additional page. Copy cost for Police reports is $0.25 per page (most requests are less than $5.00).

High volume records customers can choose a quarterly billing option. Please contact the Records Specialist for more information.

The Racine Police Department is happy to announce that we have recently partnered with  Crashdocs.org powered by Carfax, simplifying the process of obtaining vehicle accident reports from the City of Racine Police Department.

Avoid traveling to the Police Department and waiting in line.

Reports will be:

• Available in up to 10 business days.
• Available for $1.50 each. (Same as coming into the Police Department)

To begin:

• Visit the  Crashdocs.org website.
• Select the State and Agency from the available fields.
• Select the report you wish to purchase.
• Follow the payment prompt.
• Your report will available to you online.

It’s that easy!