Here, you will learn how to obtain a report that was filed to NYPD. Usually, there are three kinds of report:
- Complaint Report: The most common report that is made by the public is complaint report (aka, crime report or police report). Complaint report can be filed for criminal matters such as assault, robbery, larceny etc. and non-criminal matters such as lost property. If you made a complaint report to NYPD, you can either obtain a Verification of a Complaint Report which is a brief summary of the complaint report you filed with the NYPD or obtain copies of the Full Complaint Report. Verification of a Complaint Report is a free report and can be requested online or by mail. Verification of a Complaint Report can be used to show any entity (i.e., banks, IRS, phone companies, EZ Passport etc.) that you made a report to the police [NYPD]. If any entity ask you for a full complaint report, you can obtain copies of the Full Complaint Report here.
- Aided Report: If you got injured during an incident other than vehicle accident, made an Aided report to NYPD, and need a copy of that report, you can Request a Copy of that Aided Report here. You can request a copy of the Aided Report by mail only.
- Accident/ Collision/ Crash Report: If you need to obtain an Accident/ Collision/ Crash reports that was filed to NYPD, you can walk into any NYPD precinct and obtain an Accident/ Collision/ Crash report. After walk into a precinct, let the officer know that you came to get a copy of accident report. If you have the accident report number, give it to officer. If you don’t have accident report number, give your driver license or pedigree information, occurrence date, location, etc. to the officer and they will look into their system. If the report is ready, I mean verified by a supervisor, the officer will then print a copy of the report. Although, NYPD website says you can obtain an Accident Report online, it’s better you go to a precinct in person. Accident Reports are given free.
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