Mesa police records

Mesa, Arizona police records: requests, copies and access rules

Mesa Police CJID maintains police reports and related records, but the access route depends on the record type. A standard report, accident report, certified copy, audio, video, or arrest-record search can have a different fee or request path.

Central police repositoryMesa says CJID is the central repository for police reports and related records.
Accident reports have a special online pathEligible non-criminal accident reports can be downloaded separately from general police-record requests.
Some personal data is redactedMesa says released public-record documents may be edited to remove protected identifiers such as DOB and SSN.
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Choose the police-record product first

The DR number, incident details, media type, and whether the report is an accident record all affect the request.

First identify the Mesa record productAccident reports, police reports, arrest-record searches, and police media use different access rules.
Good identifiers speed up the requestA departmental report number, incident date, time, and location can help Mesa locate the right record.
Release can be narrower than the original fileProtected personal information and active-investigation rules can affect the copy that is released.
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What should you know about this search?

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Direct answer

Start with Mesa Police CJID for police records. Use the accident-report download only for eligible non-criminal crashes; request fatal crashes, DUI-related incident reports, certified copies, and media through the police records process.

Mesa routes police records separately from other city records

Police

Mesa Police records

Police reports, police media, accident-report exceptions, and arrest-record search products.

Other city records

City public records

Building, zoning, city operations, and other municipal record families use different request paths.

Other agencies

County / state custodians

Mesa’s city page points divorce, marriage, property-tax, and property-line records to outside custodians.

Mesa police-record products do not all use the same route

Record productAccess / fee detail
Eligible non-criminal accident report Online; $5; DR number and accident date required
Police report $5 first 50 pages, then $0.20/page
Certified police report Standard report charge plus $10 certification
Adult arrest record search (MAARS) $10 including certification; fingerprints not included

Identifiers that help Mesa locate the report

Request clueWhere it matters
Departmental report number (DR#) Online accident download and general police-record identification
Incident date Required with mailed report requests and useful for accident search
Incident time Listed for mailed report requests
Incident location Listed for mailed report requests

Media and copy products have separate prices

Photo

Photo CD/DVD

$10 each

Audio

Audio medium

$10 each

Video

Non-police video medium

$25 each

Police video

Police video review

$46 per hour of video reviewed, prorated by the minute

What the released copy may contain — and what may be edited

Released record

  • The police report or media product that can be disclosed under the applicable records rules.
  • A certified copy when certification is ordered and available.

Protected information

  • Mesa says released records may be edited to remove information such as date of birth and Social Security number.
  • An ongoing investigation or another legal restriction can also affect what is releasable.

Where this page was verified

External sources are marked nofollow.

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Mesa Police — CJID records centerPolice-video review is listed at $46 per hour of video reviewed, prorated by the minute; photo and audio media are $10 each and non-police video media is $25 each.
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Mesa Police — victim/report copy information
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City of Mesa — public-record routing
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