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Pennsylvania Police Records

June 23rd, 2005  |  Published in Public Records  |  1 Comment

Debra Erdley of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that police agencies in Western Pennsylvania don’t always comply with the state’s public records laws: “About 40 percent of 217 police agencies surveyed declined to provide access to daily call sheets or police blotters.” Police usually cite ongoing investigations or confidentiality concerns when withholding access, but “the law and court rulings consistently say that the public has a right to examine police blotters or call sheets that detail the time, location and nature of daily police activities.”

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  1. David R. Marvin says:

    March 30th, 2006 at 8:09 pm (#)

    I was looking to find any police records of an alleged break in at the Boys and Girls Club of America’s cooperate office. This allegedly occurred on March 26th. It has come to my attention that there is wide spread corruption within the club, starting at the top. As much as I hate to think of the reality of this, certain facts have surfaced in a sequence that deserves attention.

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