Chicago Police Department Records and Procedures

Guidelines for Requesting Police Reports from the Chicago Police Department.


Members of the general public may obtain a copy of a case report or other document containing information to substantiate a personal injury, a loss or damage to property. Such reports, except for Traffic Crash Reports, are reviewed by Department personnel prior to their release in order to remove the investigative portions and other such sensitive information.

Members of the general public may initiate this process:

1 . In person, at Central Police Headquarters, 3510 S. Michigan, 1st Floor, Room
1043, with payment of applicable fees as designated below.
2 . By mail:
Addressed to: Chicago Police Department Records Inquiry and Customer
Service Section, Unit 163 3510 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60653.

Please be sure to include the following information:
1) The victim or reporting person’s name and address,
2) the type of location of incident
3) the RD number, (a report number given by the Police at the time a report is made.)
4) accompanied by a:
1) self-addressed stamped envelope;
2) check or money order payable to the “Department of Revenue, City of Chicago” in the amount of the payment of the applicable fee as designated below.

Applicable Fees
1) .50 cents for each copy of a case report.
2) $5.00 for each copy of a Traffic Crash Report
3) $20.00 for a report generated by an accident reconstruction officer or
accident reconstruction team in the case of traffic crash.