Written Reports fall into one of these categories:

Assault, Burglary, Robbery, Vandalism, Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs, Driving Under Suspension or Revocation, Driving with an Open Alcohol Container, Drinking on Public Property, Trespassing, Shoplifting, Disorderly Conduct, and Public Indecency.   A COPY OF THE FRONT PAGE OF THESE REPORTS IS PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MAY BE ATTAINED AT THE POLICE STATION FOR $1/PAGE.   

These reports have a cover page which lists the adults involved and the charges with a brief explanation of what happened. If damage is done, the value is listed for insurance purposes.  The name of juveniles is not listed on cover page. The other pages are referred to as investigative information and are not "public information."  Only the cover page of the report may be given to an individual. 

Officers of the court and other governmental agencies may get the entire report with proper application. An individual's lawyer may petition the court for the entire report and it will be provided with the court order. The individual will be charged for the copying cost.

Many other contacts with citizens may occur in which no written report is necessary. These are what are called "coded reports" and nothing is written down in the form of a report.  The officer will have notes on the situation and may be able to help answer question about the situation when needed.

Citations are of three categories:

Arrests- When an individual breaks the law in a manor that is severe enough to warrant an officers attention and public property or other individuals are involved, they may be given a citation that requires them to appear in court or to report to the court to pay a fine.

Moving Violations- Individuals that break the traffic laws are issued a citation that indicates what law they broke and when they must appear in court to satisfy the letter of the law.  Usually this is taken care of by paying a fine.

Warning-When an individual is stopped and the situation warrants, the office may issue a warning which gives the individual 5 days to correct whatever situation has caused the traffic stop to occur. These require the individual to make the corrective action and get the signature of law enforcement personnel indicating that the correction has been done. This may be brought to the station or you may have any officer of the law sign the citation and return it in person or by mail. Warnings not taken care of will require further action and the individual will end up going to court.